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Where They Are Now
Class of 2023
Simone Allen
Walt Whitman High School
Eva Battle
St. John’s College High School
Valentina Baier
Sotogrande International School in Spain
Pierce Bennett
St. John’s College High School
Vicente Brandao
Gonzaga College High School
Elyna Cain
Walt Whitman High School
Fletcher Dennis
Gonzaga College High School
Luke Ferrell
Georgetown Preparatory School
Joshua Gobien
Georgetown Preparatory School
Jack Gormley
Georgetown Preparatory School
Jordan Grosh
Bullis School
Penny Harman
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
Leo Hickey
St. John’s College High School
Andrew Kamine
Sandy Spring Friends
Lily LeBlanc
Connelly School of the Holy Child
Aitana Marina Alonso
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Philip Moyo
Georgetown Preparatory School
Gerald Mugera
St. John’s College High School
Peter Omasere
Georgetown Preparatory School
Sami Ozan
St. John’s College High School
Thomas Palley
St. John’s College High School
Bryant Renz
St. John’s College High School
Harper Rushton
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Ava Scafide
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Ben Sclafani
Georgetown Preparatory School
Elizabeth Tedla
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
Colten Thomson
Walt Whitman High School
Veronica Vaky
National Cathedral School
Francisco Villegas Vega
Georgetown Preparatory School
Kennedy Wright
Georgetown Day School
Woods gave me the foundation and confidence to be an independent thinker, the encouragement to stay curious, and the mindset to always bring my best self William Farland, Woods '19, Landon School '23, Wake Forest University '27
Woods gave me a great foundation for both high school and college - I'm well prepared, have great study habits, and am comfortable connecting with professors. William Lankenau, Woods '19, Montgomery Blair High School '23, Carleton College '27
Class of 2019
Kevin Aldrige
St. John’s College High School
Villanova University
Sophia Alves
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
University of Colorado Boulder
Lila Amirkhalili
Connelly School of the Holy Child
Tulane University
Miguel Barrenechea Arana
Georgetown Preparatory School
University of Southern California
Owen Basso
St. Albans School
University of Dayton
Brooke Beebe
St. John’s College High School
Fairfield University
Isabela Campanario
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Penn State University
Julie Capuano
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Wake Forest University
James Cohen
Georgetown Preparatory School
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Grace Cooper
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Rollins College
Mia D’Augostine
St. John’s College High School
Coastal Carolina University
Charleston DeCain
Gonzaga College High School
University of Virginia
William Farland
Landon School
Wake Forest University
Martin Gaszner
St. John’s College High School
William & Mary
Alice Harper
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Smith College
Charles Lackey
Bishop O’Connell
Virginia Tech
William Lankenau
Montgomery Blair High School, Magnet Program
Carleton College
Trevor Lynch
Georgetown Preparatory School
National Security Language Initiative for Youth Scholarship by the U.S. Department of State - Arabic in Morocco
Gonzalo Marina Alonso
Georgetown Preparatory School
University of Maryland, College Park
Shay McMickle
Peddie School
Noah Moody
Gonzaga College High School
St. Joseph’s University
Mateo Mwendwa
Georgetown Preparatory School
University of Michigan
Claudia Podpierova
Walter Johnson High School
Towson University
Jack Powers
St. John’s College High School
University of Southern California
Andrew Powers
St. John’s College High School
Virginia Tech
Kevin Reese
Gonzaga College High School
Wake Forest University
Grace Sarafidis
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Oberlin College and Conservatory
Leila Sarkarzadeh
St. John’s College High School
Virginia Tech
Theodore Seitz
Georgetown Preparatory School
Bucknell University
Emma Shriver
Connelly School of the Holy Child
Boston College
Sofia Stewart
The Academy of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross
Eleanor van der Does de Willebois
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
Delft University - Netherlands
Natalie Yang
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Duke University