Twenty-two exceptional high school seniors from the Martin County School District were named as semi-finalists in the 40th Annual 2023 Pathfinder Awards.
The Palm Beach Post's Pathfinder Awards are presented each year to 54 of the best and brightest seniors in Martin and Palm Beach counties who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in 18 academic, vocational, athletic, and art categories. One of the state's largest and most comprehensive high school scholarship programs, the Pathfinder Awards program grants nominees the honor of competing against their peers for more than $117,000 in college scholarships.
Earlier this year, 45 Martin County School District students were nominated. Of those outstanding students, 22 moved on to the next round.
Congratulations to the following Martin County student semi-finalists:
Jensen Beach High School
- History/Political Science - Tatum Bean
- Mathematics - Cole Andre
- Music/Instrumental - Andrew Whitlach
- Music/Vocal - Kate Parr
- Sports - Ayden Cason
Martin County High School
- Art - Sophie Araque-Liu
- Business - Laurali Firestone
- Career and Technical Education - Daniela Mendoza
- Community Involvement - Christopher Cook
- Computer Engineering - Mahi Shah
- Forensics/Speech - Charles "Alex" Barrowclough
- History/Political Science - Elizabeth Plasencia
- Literature - Julian Heidelberg
- Music/Instrumental - Audrey Mila
- Science - Mariel Scher
South Fork High School
- Academic Excellence - Andy Pineda
- Business - Hollyn Lewis
- Community Involvement - Ava Martucci
- Mathematics - Peter Lin
- Reach for Excellence - Kirsten Krysiak
- Theater Arts - Bella Llanes
- World Language - Ty Raimann
Winners will be announced during the annual Pathfinder Awards celebration on May 12, 2023.
Nominees and winners will be honored during a video presentation on May 12 at 6:30 p.m. Families and students can view the presentation one of two ways: by visiting palmbeachpost.com and click the Pathfinder announcement link, or by heading to downtown West Palm Beach at the West Palm Beach Waterfront Commons (100 N. Clematis Street), where the City of West Palm Beach will be showing the presentation at 6:30 p.m.