The 2019 McDermott Scholars
The 2019 class of Scholars is made up of 11 students from Texas, 6 from out of state, and 1 from Bangladesh.
Cady Baltz
Hometown: Germantown, TN
High School: Houston High School
Major: Computer Science
Taylor Crockett
Hometown: Allen, TX
High School: Allen High School
Major: Undecided
Harrison Dal Ponte
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
High School: BASIS Oro Valley
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Lydia Grant
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
High School: Turpin High School
Major: Electrical Engineering
Areeba Hafeez
Hometown: Southlake, TX
High School: Carroll Senior High School
Major: Biology
Elijah Harbut
Hometown: Huntington Woods, MI
High School: International Academy
Major: Biochemistry
Paulina Hruskoci
Hometown: Shrewsbury, MA
High School: Shrewsbury High School
Major: Political Science
Pratik Koppikar
Hometown: Coppell, TX
High School: Coppell High School
Major: Molecular Biology
Avirut Mehta
Hometown: Sugar Land, TX
High School: William P. Clements High School
Major: Undecided
Bhaash Pathak
Hometown: Irving, TX
High School: Coppell High School
Major: Neuroscience
Neha Philip
Hometown: Lewisville, TX
High School: Hebron High School
Major: Neuroscience
Cari Reinert
Hometown: Wylie, TX
High School: Texas Academy of Math and Science
Major: Undecided
Anna Scully
Hometown: Keller, TX
High School: Central High School
Major: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Ted Shi
Hometown: Overland Park, KS
High School: Blue Valley Southwest High School
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Katie Strand
Hometown: Frisco, TX
High School: Independence High School
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Khalid Hossain Tawohid
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
High School: UCSI International School Springhill
Major: Computer Science
Vivian Tran
Hometown: Austin, TX
High School: Westwood High School
Major: Biochemistry
Varun Venkat
Hometown: Frisco, TX
High School: Independence High School
Major: Electrical Engineering