Rio Americano High School Physics
Rio Physics Halls of Fame
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PHYSICS BOWL HALL OF FAME
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Each year since 1991, Rio Americano physics students have
participate in the American Association of Physics Teachers
Physics Bowl competition examination. The exam is 40 multiple
choice questions to be answered in 45 minutes. The exam is
administered across the nation each April. Schools compete within
about 15 regions across the country and in two divisions. Rio
Americano has placed 1st or 2nd in the years indicated below. The
names are those of the four top scorers who combined to give Rio
the winning score. Starting in 1998, top scoring individual
students have been recognized and honored with scholarships.
Due to evolution in Rio Americano's physics priorities and the
nature of the Physics Bowl Exam, Rio no longer competes on this
exam.
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2003 - 2nd Place - Division II: Second
Year Students - Region 14: California, Hawaii, US
Protectorates
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Sean Arenson
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Michael Schoff
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David Sharg
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Jordan Miller-Ziegler
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2001 - 2nd Highest Score -
Division II: Second Year Students - Region 14:
California, Hawaii, US Protectorates
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William Adams
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$100 Scholarship
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2000 - 2nd Highest Score - Division II:
Second Year Students - Region 14: California, Hawaii,
US Protectorates
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William Adams
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$100 Scholarship
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1997 - 1st Place - Division I: All
First Year Physics Students - Region 13: California
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Matthew Powell
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John Stanley
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Leor Thomas
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Paul Zheng
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1992 - 2nd Place - Division II:
Second Year or AP Physics Students - Region 14:
Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming
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Rudi Cilibrasi
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Aaron Lin
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Eric Tune
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Roger Yang
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1991 - 1st Place - Division II:
Second Year or AP Physics Students - Region 14:
Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming
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Rudi Cilibrasi
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Kip Bishofberger
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Stefan Banducci
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Jason Kamras*
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*National
Teacher
of the Year, 2005.
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS HALL OF FAME
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The following Rio Americano High School students have distinguished
themselves by earning the highest scores (4 and 5) on the Advanced
Placement Physics 1, 2, or C Examination.
2020
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DYLON
KELLER
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JACKSON
FERRY-ZAMORA
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Grayson Cliff
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Joshua
Alexander
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2019
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| MAX
BOYKEN |
GRAYSON
CLIFF |
DYLON
KELLER |
MATTHEW
ST. GEME |
Maximus DiPerna
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2018
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HUDSON BURKE
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ELLERY SCHLINGMANN
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DAVID
DAVINI
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Jordan
Baker
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Samuel
Buck
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JONATHAN
SALMAN
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Ezra
Jaffe
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Sophia
Karperos
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GINA
TALCOTT
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Jacob
Osecheck
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Nathan
Witte
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Marley
Fortin
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2017
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SAHAND EDRISIAN
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DAVID DAVINI
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GINA
TALCOTT
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MILES
RICHMOND
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Hudson
Burke
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Jacob
Chigbrow
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Zachary
Gonzalez
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Marley
Fortin
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Jonathan
Salman
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Ava
Soesbe
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*** SAHAND EDRISIAN
***
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2016
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STEPHEN SU
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SAHAND EDRISIAN
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ADAM FRIEDMAN
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Sean
Banks
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Jonathan
Crawford
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Edward
Muallem
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Anthony
Patitucci
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Peyton
Dunn-Finch
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| Reid
Nixon |
Miles
Richmond
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Joseph
Simpson
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Ava
Soesbe
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Michael
Tan
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| John
Wiest |
Caleb
Telander
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Jennifer
Watembach
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2015
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PAIGE BORGOGNO
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STEPHEN SU
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Jason
Baker
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Shaun
Dhillon
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Sean
Banks
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Erik
Ramazzini
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Elizabeth
Helmke
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James Meyer
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Caleb Swain
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Orr
Toledano
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John
Tennant
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John Wiest
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The following Rio Americano High School students have distinguished
themselves by earning the top score (5) on The College Board's
Advanced Placement Physics B or C Exam.
2013
(100% pass rate)
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IVAN CHERKASHIN
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RAMSEY
KARIM
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PATRICK
McCLURE
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SCOTT
McCUEN
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AARON PROHOFSKY
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TYLER
REEVES
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*
KENJI ANZAI *
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**
KENJI ANZAI **
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2011
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FRANKLIN AKINS
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MITCHELL ALLEN
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KRIS LAWRENCE
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RAYMOND MULLEN
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DELANEY
SULLIVAN
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* DELANEY SULLIVAN *
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2009
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ANDREW
JACKSON
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GAVIN MOLER
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GOVIND RAGHAVAN
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2008
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HARVEY CHUI
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JANE
LI
(UC Berkeley)
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LAURA LILLY (Stanford)
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SHERMAN
SELIX
(Brown)
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TYLER SHEAFFER (UC
Berkeley)
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2007
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VIDUR
DADLANI (American River College)
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TYLER DURKIN
(Cal Poly)
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SCOTT KUBICKI
(UC Davis)
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ILAN RUBIN
(Cornell)
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KONSTANTIN RUD
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JOSEPH
SILVERSTEIN (UCLA)
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ERIC
WATSON (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
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2006
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SUSAN McLAIN (University of Texas Austin)
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KESAV
RAGHAVAN
(Stanford)
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EKATERINA SERGAN (UC Davis)
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JUSTIN
TENG
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DAVID WREDEN (USC)
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2005
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GIAN-CARLO DEFAZIO
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RANDON KRUSE
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RACHEL MILLER-ZIEGLER
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JESSICA SCHEIMER
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KEITH SCHWARZ
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ANDREW WOODRUFF
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2004
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PAUL GEBHART
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TREVOR JOHNSON
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CHARLES LILLY
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THOMAS OLIVER
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ARJUN SINHA
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NICKOLAI VOLKOFF-SHOEMAKER
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2003 (Tie with 2002 for Physics B 5's)
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SEAN ARENSON
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BO CAO
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SARAH CRISTY
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PATRICK DO
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BRIAN HOLT
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ANDY JIANG
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KENNETH MAK
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JORDAN MILLER-ZIEGLER
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MICHAEL SCHOFF
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DAVID SHARG
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JESSICA WILLIAMSON
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EVAN WINCHESTER
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2002 (Most AP Physics B passing scores in Rio
history; most Physics 5's in Rio history)
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HENRY ADAMS (Stanford)
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HSINYING (JASON) CHOU (UC Berkeley)
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JESSE EDELSTEIN (UC Berkeley)
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RUSSELL GHISELLI
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WESLEY HOLLIDAY (2003)
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ALLISTAIR HUTCHESON
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DANIEL OLIVER (Caltech)
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KEITH PASKO
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MOHAMMAD (REZA) PEJUHESH
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ARTEM RYAZANTSEV
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ADAM SCHLOTHAN (UC Davis)
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DAVID SIMON
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* MARK SHAMIS *
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2001
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NATHAN SCHLOTHAN (UC Davis)
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WESTON TANTON
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* BHARAT SINHA * (UC Berkeley)
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** BHARAT SINHA ** (UC Berkeley)
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2000
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WILLIAM ADAMS (Stanford)
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JAY BURKHEAD (UC Berkeley)
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JOHN CASON (UC Berkeley)
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STEPHEN JACKSON (UC Berkeley)
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TIAN LIANG (UC Berkeley)
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BHARAT SINHA (UC Berkeley)
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1999 (100% pass rate)
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LESLIE LUI (UC Berkeley)
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JANE LURIE (UC Davis)
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KELLY QUINLEY (UC Berkeley)
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MEGAN TODD (Harvard)
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1998 (Final one-year AP Physics B class at Rio)
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GORDON AU (UC Berkeley)
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STEVEN BLACK (UCLA)
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SHERRY HE (Brown)
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REBECCA JENNINGS (Dartmouth)
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KELLIE KOEDEL (UC San Diego)
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AMANDA LIPON (Pennsylvania)
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ERIN PERCIVAL (Stanford)
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ROBERT SCHAFER (Stanford)
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CHRISTOPHER SHEN (UC Berkeley)
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EMILY SIEGEL (Williams)
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1997 (100% pass rate)
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ANNE DURSTON (Harvard)
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BENJAMIN GUMPERT (UCLA)
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MICHAEL HOUSTON (UC San Diego)
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VRIANA KEMPSTER (UOP)
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KEVIN LAU (UC San Diego)
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MATTHEW POWELL (UC San Diego)
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AARON ROSENBERG (Wesleyan)
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JOHN STANLEY (Stanford)
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LEOR THOMAS (Brown)
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1996
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SUNDEEP AHUJA (Stanford)
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WESLEY JACKSON (UC Berkeley)
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MICHELLE YOUN (MIT)
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* SUSAN CROWN * (Cornell)
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1995 (100% pass rate: nothing but 4's and 5's)
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SUSAN CROWN (Cornell)
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RICARDO ESPINOZA (American River)
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JENNY POGORILER (William & Mary)
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ANNE SCHAFER (Harvard)
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BERKAT S. TUNG (American River)
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1994 (100% pass rate)
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JEREMY KAMRAS (Columbia)
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ERIC McGILL (UC Berkeley)
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LUKAS SIMONIS (UC Berkeley)
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EUGENE SPEVAKOV (UC Berkeley)
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1993
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J. WINSTON CHIONG (UC Berkeley)
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BRIAN DENNY (UC Berkeley)
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KENT ISHIHARA (Vanderbilt)
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BRIAN PERCIVAL (Harvard)
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PAUL PFEIFFER (Dartmouth)
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KARTHIKEYAN THYAGARAJAN
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1992 (Year of the Cardinal?)
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PAUL D'ALBORA (Stanford)
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AARON LIN (Stanford)
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JEFFREY SWATT (Stanford)
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ROGER YANG (Stanford)
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1991
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KIP BISHOFBERGER (MIT)
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RUDI CILIBRASI (Caltech)
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LINSEY MARR (Harvard)
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KENNETH PHILLIPS (Bucknell)
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ERIK SHELLEY (UC Davis)
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1989 (First Rio AP Physics C 5)
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TREVOR BAUER (MIT)
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ROBERT EDWARDS (Stanford)
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KRISTINA ISHIHARA (Cornell)
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MICHAEL PASKOWITZ (UC Davis)
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ERIK STUART (Princeton)
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JESS WALKER (CSU Sacramento)
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* ANTHONY GAMST * (UC Berkeley)
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1987 (100% pass rate; first Rio AP Physics B 5)
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JEREMY GOLLUB (Caltech)
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*Physics C: Mechanics
** Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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PHYSICS GOLDEN STATE EXAMINATION HALL OF FAME
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The Golden State Examination, a statewide honors exam, is given
annually in a variety of academic subjects. In 1999, physics was
added. All first-year physics students are given the opportunity
to take the exam in class. The test consists of multiple choice
questions and a lab task. Student performance is evaluated on a
six-point scale. Students earning the highest score point of 6 are
granted Physics GSE High Honors. Those who earn a 5 are granted
Honors, and those who earn a 4 are granted School Recognition.
Below are annual lists of High Honorees--those who earned the top
score.
In 2003, the Golden State Examination in Physics (and nearly all
other content areas) was terminated due to California's budget
crisis. So the last year of the Golden State Examination in
Physics was 2002.
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2002 High Honorees
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| Sean Arenson + (pb) |
Spencer Bartlett |
Lindsay Blok |
Bo Cao + |
| Michael Coyne |
Sarah Cristy + |
Patrick Do + |
Ranon Dulberg |
| Andrew Elliott |
Erin Fong |
Daniel Heeren |
Danny Holl |
| Jason Hopper |
Andy Jiang + |
Jake Losh |
Benjamin Meyer |
| Jordan Miller-Ziegler +
(pb) |
Jonathan Ostrem |
John Peloquin |
Michael Schoff + (pb) |
| Jessica Stanley |
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2001 High Honorees
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| Henry Adams + |
Andrew Deeringer |
Jesse Edelstein + |
Farhoud Faraji |
| Max Feinstat |
Russell Ghiselli + |
Emily Hersh-Burdick |
Wesley Holliday + |
| Alistair Hutcheson + |
Nina Kapoor |
Daniel Kellow* |
Locke Macomber-Jones |
| Jason Marks |
Jared Moore |
Daniel Oliver + |
Keith Pasko + |
| Mohamad Pejuhesh + |
Artem Ryazentsev + |
Adam Schlothan + |
Mark Shamis + |
| David Simon + |
Mary Sockolov |
Alan Tu |
John Walker |
| Kaitlin Walker |
Leon Xu |
Daniel Yan |
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2000 High Honoree
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Philip Merksamer
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1999 High Honorees
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| William Adams + (pb) |
Teresa Breen |
Eric Buer |
John Cason |
| Daniel Choe |
Michael
Deeringer |
Chad Dibble* |
Stacy Fat |
| James Flannery |
Gregory Hill |
Helena Lee |
Charles
Leininger* |
| Leslie Lui* + |
Jane Lurie* + |
Sarah
Milstein* |
Jennifer
Osborn* |
| Kelly Quinley*
+ |
Geetha Reddy* |
Michael
Shelley |
Avraham Thomas |
| Jori Thomas* |
Megan Todd* + |
Glen Winn |
*AP Student |
+ indicates AP Physics B Hall of Fame Member
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