Making The Grade: Many Nassau Residents Are Dean's List Honorees

NASSAU COUNTY, NY — Patch is proud to showcase academic standouts who call Nassau County home!

Eight seniors at Manhasset Secondary School are finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program.

• Kyra Balacek
• Kristen DiConza
• Jack Diskin
• Mitchell Jung
• Ericka Lai
• Ava Malysa
• Benjamin Punzalan
• and Moer Zhou

are among 15,000 students to earn the finalist title.

Jaeden Nunnally, from Port Washington, has been named a Woolworth Scholar from Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business.

Alexis Hoffmann, of North Bellmore, was one of 11 students inducted into the Elmira College circle, or chapter, of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society.

West Hempstead Secondary School senior Mouhammad Seck has been named to the All-Star team for the Nassau County Interscholastic Mathematics League.

Among the students named to the Dean's List at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, NY, include:

• Nicole Godnick, Bethpage
• Lauren Kennedy, Bethpage
• Kathleen Roddy, Bethpage
• Marilena Mangiaracina, Franklin Square
• Sabrina Romano, Glen Cove
• Isabella Coley, Levittown
• Kate Egan, Levittown
• Amber Fox, Levittown
• Erin Ruoff, Levittown
• Amanda Devito, Massapequa
• Shannon Orr, Mineola
• Darla Petricca, New Hyde Park
• Alexandra Dooley, North Bellmore
• Erica Schmidgall, North Massapequa
• Angela Knott, Oceanside
• Victoria Ward, Oceanside
• Kayla Bleier, Wantagh
• Colleen Bowles, Wantagh
• Grace Riddle, Wantagh

Seton Hall University's Fall 2022 Dean's List includes:

• Casey La Barbera, Lynbrook
• Keith Reardon, Lynbrook
• Jenna Eivazi, West Hempstead
• Michaela Brown, Merrick
• Justen Lopez, Levittown

Congratulations to this week's honorees!