Recognizing Top Performers on the CLT10
Each year, Classic Learning Test recognizes top performers on the CLT10, our college preparatory exam and alternative to the PSAT. Distinguished Scholars are the freshmen or sophomores who earned the top score at their respective school, Regional Scholars are the freshmen or sophomores who landed in the top 5% of their respective region, and National Award recipients are the top 50 high school sophomores across the United States.
National Award recipients are awarded a $2,500 scholarship to help cover the cost of tuition and room and board at any CLT Partner College. Additionally, several CLT Partner Colleges offer their own unique scholarships for National Award recipients, including the University of Tulsa Honors College, Grove City College, and Christendom College. View our Scholarships page to learn more.
Scholarships for CLT10 Award Winners
National Award winners receive a $2,500 scholarship to help cover the cost of tuition and room and board at any CLT Partner College.
Additionally, several CLT Partner Colleges offer their own unique scholarships for National Award winners, including the University of Tulsa Honors College, Grove City College, and Christendom College. View our Scholarships page to learn more.
Eduexplora, an advanced pre-college summer program, offers tuition discounts for both National Award winners (30% off) and Regional Scholars (10% off). Students must indicate on their Eduexplora application if they are a CLT10 National or Regional Award recipient.
2024 Distinguished Scholars
2024 Distinguished Scholars are the students who earned the top CLT10 score at their school as a freshman or sophomore during the 2023-2024 academic year.
2024 Regional Scholars
2024 Regional Scholars are the students who scored in the top 5% of their geographic region (Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, West) on the CLT10 as a freshman or sophomore during the 2023-2024 academic year.
2024 National Award Recipients
John Anderson
Fairport, NY
School:
Chesterton Academy of Rochester
Favorite Book:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
College of Interest:
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Jared Ashford
Austin, TX
School:
Regents School of Austin
Favorite Book:
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
College of Interest:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nathaniel Bae
Matthews, NC
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
College of Interest:
Johns Hopkins University
Rachel Birch
Madison Heights, VA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Shadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth Elliot
College of Interest:
Liberty University
Evelyn Bradley
Spencer, WI
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Bible
College of Interest:
Liberty University
Steven Carr
Rogers, AR
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
College of Interest:
Harding University
Riccardo Cerutti
Oviedo, FL
School:
Chesterton Academy of Orlando
Favorite Book:
The Spear: A Novel of the Crucifixion by Louis De Wohl
College of Interest:
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Melody Chen
Escondido, CA
School:
The Cambridge School
Favorite Book:
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
College of Interest:
University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen Chen
Haverford, PA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
Grove City College
Ozias Conant
Bellingham, WA
School:
Homeschool – Classical Conversations
Favorite Book:
Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
College of Interest:
Northwest University
Ben Crawley
Incline Village, NV
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
College of Interest:
Stanford University
Samuel Crews
San Antonio, TX
School:
Geneva School of Boerne
Favorite Book:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
College of Interest:
Baylor University
Amelia Crum
Los Altos, CA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
College of Interest:
Hillsdale College
Luke Dillard
Hayesville, NC
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson
College of Interest:
Liberty University
Lydia Dummermuth
Fairfax, VA
School:
Immanuel Christian School
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
Patrick Henry College
Isaac Eagle
Malaga, WA
School:
The River Academy
Favorite Book:
Notes From the Tilt-A-Whirl by N.D. Wilson
College of Interest:
Gonzaga University
Emmalyn Eastvold
Springfield, IL
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
College of Interest:
LeTourneau University
Brennan Flach
Park City, UT
School:
Veritas Scholars Academy
Favorite Book:
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
College of Interest:
University of Dallas
Isaac Fulton
Grand Ledge, MI
School:
Cedar Classical Academy
Favorite Book:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
College of Interest:
Grove City College
Gavin Hankes
Warrenville, IL
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
Cedarville University
Jonathan Hartman
Albert Lea, MN
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
College of Interest:
Patrick Henry College
Daniel Hawkinson
Hutchinson, KS
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
College of Interest:
College of the Ozarks
Clare Hayes
Houston, TX
School:
Incarnate Word Academy
Favorite Book:
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
College of Interest:
The University of Notre Dame
Nicholas Hebert
Davenport, IA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
College of Interest:
Hillsdale College
Genevieve Helfrich
Fallbrook, CA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Perelandra by C. S. Lewis
College of Interest:
Newlife International School of Midwifery
Jude Hollis
Austin, TX
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Psalms
College of Interest:
Christendom College
Jacob Johnson
Marietta, GA
School:
The Stonehaven School
Favorite Book:
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
College of Interest:
The University of Alabama
Tyler Jore
Orlando, FL
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
University of Central Florida
Lydia Kang
Corona, CA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
College of Interest:
University of California, Los Angeles
Alexander Kienker
Colleyville, TX
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
College of Interest:
University of Dallas
Madeleine Lecair
Yuba City, CA
School:
CORE Charter School
Favorite Book:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
College of Interest:
George Fox University
Noah Ledbetter
Austin, TX
School:
Regents School of Austin
Favorite Book:
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
College of Interest:
University of Texas at Austin
Noah Lee
San Diego, CA
School:
The Cambridge School
Favorite Book:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
College of Interest:
University of Chicago
Michael Liguori
Winter Springs, FL
School:
The Geneva School
Favorite Book:
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
College of Interest:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Beatrice Long
Lafayette, LA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Cassidy Martin
Philadelphia, PA
School:
Philadelphia Classical School
Favorite Book:
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
College of Interest:
Hillsdale College
Madeline McCorkle
Falmouth, VA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
College of Interest:
William & Mary
Ella McKanna
Austin, TX
School:
Regents School of Austin
Favorite Book:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
College of Interest:
University of Texas at Austin
Owen Mezger
Austin, TX
School:
Regents School of Austin
Favorite Book:
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
College of Interest:
Texas A&M University
Holden Mora
Chapel Hill, NC
School:
Homeschool – Kolbe Academy
Favorite Book:
True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort
College of Interest:
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest Seminary
Josephine Morgan
Loganville, GA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
College of Interest:
Grove City College
Ian Neynaber
San Diego, CA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
College of Interest:
Cedarville University
Elijah Nichols
Osseo, MN
School:
Parnassus Preparatory School
Favorite Book:
Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
College of Interest:
University of Minnesota
Joshua Oh
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Holiness by J.C. Ryle
College of Interest:
The Master’s University
Kaitlyn Pedersen
Xenia, OH
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
Cedarville University
Joshua Platt
Vienna, VA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
College of Interest:
University of Georgia
Josiah Porter
Pana, IL
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
College of Interest:
Wheaton College
Ella Prisk
Eighty Four, PA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
Grove City College
Joshua Read
Louis, MO
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
The Master’s University
Greta Reiter
Strasburg, PA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
College of Interest:
Gordon College
Nathan Spangler
Manitou Beach, MI
School:
Seton Home Study School
Favorite Book:
Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture by J. Russell Smith
College of Interest:
Hillsdale College
Daniel Staudt
Columbus, NC
School:
Rosary College
Favorite Book:
Dune by Frank Herbert
College of Interest:
University of Dallas
Lily Steel
Trent Woods, NC
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
College of Interest:
Patrick Henry College
Conrad Steelman
Redmond, WA
School:
Covenant Christian Schools
Favorite Book:
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
College of Interest:
Covenant College
Jonathan Taylor
School:
Geneva School of Boerne
Favorite Book:
Dune by Frank Herbert
College of Interest:
Hillsdale College
Joseph Todd
Allendale Area Arvada, CO
School:
Golden View Classical Academy
Favorite Book:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
College of Interest:
Colorado School of Mines
Maria Trujillo
Crozet, VA
School:
Oxrose Academy
Favorite Book:
Butler’s Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler
College of Interest:
Christendom College
Elijah Turner
Mechanicsburg, PA
School:
Covenant Christian Academy
Favorite Book:
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini
College of Interest:
Messiah University
Jackson Twilley
Suffolk, VA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
Regent University
Tirzah Waters
Round Rock, TX
School:
Cedar Ridge High School
Favorite Book:
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
College of Interest:
Texas A&M University
Miles Wilson
Homer Glen, IL
School:
Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family
Favorite Book:
Beowulf
College of Interest:
Texas A&M University
Timothy Wood
Charlottesville, VA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
Duke University
Harrisonne Wu
Austin, TX
School:
Regents School of Austin
Favorite Book:
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
College of Interest:
University of Texas
Bethany Xiques
Monroe, NC
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
College of Interest:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allison Yang
Alpharetta, GA
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer
College of Interest:
Harvard University
Xander Yoder
Richland, MI
School:
Homeschool
Favorite Book:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
College of Interest:
The Catholic University of America