CLT Student Awards

National Award Winners Based on CLT10 Scores

Each year, Classic Learning Test recognizes top performers on the CLT10, our college preparatory exam and alternative to the PSAT. Distinguished Scholars are those who earned the top score at their respective school, Regional Scholars 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.


2023 National Award Recipients

William Adkison

Ennis, TX

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

College of Interest:

Hillsdale College

Jack Bailey

Peoria, AZ

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Bible

College of Interest:

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Logan Baker

Eighty Four, PA

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton

College of Interest:

Grove City College

Maylivia Barrett

Eden Prairie, MN

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss

College of Interest:

Free Lutheran Bible College

Pia Baxter

South Bend, IN

School:

St. Thomas More Academy

Favorite Book:

The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon

College of Interest:

Princeton University

J. Titus Beam

Frankfort, KY

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Dracula by Bram Stoker

College of Interest:

Patrick Henry College

Aidan Bueling

Land O’ Lakes, FL

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Dune by Frank Herbert

College of Interest:

Cedarville University

Jadyn Bui

Merced, CA

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

College of Interest:

California Baptist University

Dace Butler

Pensacola, FL

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

College of Interest:

Covenant College

Collin Camp

Raleigh, NC

School:

Trinity Academy

Favorite Book:

The Martian by Andy Weir

College of Interest:

North Carolina State University

Anastasia Dementyev

Sugar Land, TX

School:

St. John XXIII College Preparatory

Favorite Book:

My Ántonia by Willa Cather

College of Interest:

Hillsdale College

Nicholas Dolas

Atlanta, GA

School:

Heritage Preparatory School

Favorite Book:

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

College of Interest:

Dickinson College

Lily Ellis

Muncie, IN

School:

Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities

Favorite Book:

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

College of Interest:

St. John’s College

Evangeline Eng

Anaheim, CA

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

College of Interest:

Liberty University

Jacob Evans

COLLEGE STATION, TX

School:

Oakwell Academy

Favorite Book:

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

College of Interest:

Texas A&M

Jack Ferrell

Nicholasville, KY

School:

Lexington Latin School

Favorite Book:

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

College of Interest:

Harvard University

John Gardner

Johns Island, SC

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

King Solomon’s Mines by Sir H. Rider Haggard

College of Interest:

Oxford University

Victoria Gomez

Hampstead, NC

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

College of Interest:

Coast Guard Academy

Lydia Gravagne

Waco, TX

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Animal Farm by George Orwell

College of Interest:

Baylor University

Cade Harris

Potlatch, ID

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

College of Interest:

Purdue University

Katherine Hartenburg

Sugar Land, TX

School:

Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative

Favorite Book:

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

College of Interest:

Baylor University

Zachary Harvey

Byron Center, MI

School:

Sacred Heart Academy

Favorite Book:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

College of Interest:

Hillsdale College

Megan Hinchee

Wheaton, IL

School:

Clapham School

Favorite Book:

Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson

College of Interest:

Taylor University

Emily Holland

Dalton, GA

School:

TandemEDU

Favorite Book:

The Betsy-Tacy Series by Maud Hart Lovelace

College of Interest:

Samford University

Carol Hughes

Trumbull, CT

School:

Wilson Hill Academy

Favorite Book:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

College of Interest:

Wheaton College

Abigail Keller

Zion Crossroads, VA

School:

Regents School of Charlottesville

Favorite Book:

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

College of Interest:

William and Mary

Bentley Kendrick

Fayetteville, AR

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

College of Interest:

Colby College

Harrison Landis

Purcellville, VA

School:

Veritas Scholars Academy

Favorite Book:

Piercing The Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

College of Interest:

Patrick Henry College

Riley Massey

Jackson, TN

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

College of Interest:

Freed-Hardeman University

Charles Miller

Apex, NC

School:

Thales Academy Apex

Favorite Book:

Sphere by Michael Crichton

College of Interest:

William and Mary

Mary Moser

Glenside, PA

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

College of Interest:

Ohio University

Isaac Pazdur

Byron Center, MI

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

College of Interest:

Patrick Henry College

Marcus Rackers

Foristell, MO

School:

Memoria Academy

Favorite Book:

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

College of Interest:

Benedictine College

Rishabh Rengarajan

Irving, TX

School:

Cistercian Prep School

Favorite Book:

1984 by George Orwell

College of Interest:

Harvard University

Silas Reynolds

Montgomery, OH

School:

Mars Hill Academy

Favorite Book:

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

College of Interest:

Grove City College

Zoe Robuck

Houston, TX

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

College of Interest:

Belmont University

Emma Roth

Elgin, TX

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

College of Interest:

Texas A&M

Sophia Sanchez

Goodlettsville, TN

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

College of Interest:

Humboldt University of Berlin

Katherine Shead

Fort Scott, KS

School:

Veritas Scholars Academy

Favorite Book:

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

College of Interest:

Oral Roberts University

Taylor Snook

Clermont, FL

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Persuasion by Jane Austen

College of Interest:

Carson-Newman University

Ellie Strano

Lexington, MA

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

College of Interest:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jordan Tabor

Jackson, TN

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

The Bible

College of Interest:

Union University

Isaiah Tallon

Longview, TX

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis

College of Interest:

Baylor Honors College

Luke Tankersley

Jackson, TN

School:

Augustine School

Favorite Book:

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

College of Interest:

Union University

Cecilia Walz

Irving, TX

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Emma by Jane Austen

College of Interest:

University of Dallas

Jayden Wang

Oakland Gardens, NY

School:

Stuyvesant High School

Favorite Book:

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

College of Interest:

University of Pennsylvania

Maggie Welch

Madison, MS

School:

Saint Augustine School

Favorite Book:

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

College of Interest:

Mississippi College

Jared Werner

Leonardtown, MD

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Conquests and Cultures by Thomas Sowell

College of Interest:

Patrick Henry College

Alitheia West

Chesapeake, VA

School:

Homeschool

Favorite Book:

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

College of Interest:

Patrick Henry College

Lillian Wierzbanowski

School:

Imago Dei Academy

Favorite Book:

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

College of Interest:

U.S. Air Force Academy