Students Garner 139 Awards on Latin Exam
Owls received 139 awards for achievement on the 2026 National Latin Exam, including 67 Summa Cum Laude Gold Medals, 35 Maxima Cum Laude Silver Medals, and 22 Magna Cum Laude and 15 Cum Laude certificates.
Special recognition goes to 16 students who earned perfect scores this year: Abdullah Khawaja ’27, Andrew Anand ’28, Harrison Evers ’28, Ethan Ferdinand ’28, Nat Harris ’28, Mustafa Mirza ’28, Knox Sims ’28, Joseph Zhao ’28, Hudson Bobo ’29, Wallace Bradshaw ’29, James Byrd ’29, Kushal Das ’29, Patrick Du ’29, Graydon Hobson ’29, Wells Martin ’29, and Musa Khawaja ’30.
Students who score above the national average qualify for recognition. Generally, the top 10 to 15% of students nationwide earn Summa Cum Laude, and the next 10 to 15% receive Maxima Cum Laude.
The Bubones were among 100,000 Latin students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as well as 20 other countries who took the exam.
There are several testing levels, including Intermediate Reading Comprehension (IRC1), Advanced Reading Comprehension (ARC1), Advanced Poetry 1 (APO1), Intermediate Latin (IL1), and Beginning Latin 1 and 2 (BL1 and BL2).
Gold Summa Cum Laude
Malcolm Allen (BL1)
Rishabh Bag (BL1)
Peter Garrett (BL1)
Jimmy Haygood (BL1)
Cole Henry (BL1)
Tucker Humphreys (BL1)
Musa Khawaja (BL1)
James Lovell (BL1)
Timothy McCarver (BL1)
Azlan Mirza (BL1)
Mitch Muller (BL1)
Charlie Roberts (BL1)
Jack Rowe (BL1)
Charlie Stalls (BL1)
Will Tom (BL1)
Thomas Walker (BL1)
Raahim Afzal (IL1)
Mac Baker (IL1)
Hudson Bobo (IL1)
Wallace Bradshaw (IL1)
James Byrd (IL1)
Kushal Das (IL1)
Patrick Du (IL1)
Charlie Dudek (IL1)
Haygood Dunavant (IL1)
Jack Faber (IL1)
Wilkes Harris (IL1)
Jack A. Hill (IL1)
Graydon Hobson (IL1)
Max Lino (IL1)
Wells Martin (IL1)
Beckett Mattern (IL1)
Joseph Moore (IL1)
Ben Park (IL1)
Hudson Rhodes (IL1)
Mohid Salman (IL1)
Colton Schrank (IL1)
Mac Smith (IL1)
Gaines Taylor (IL1)
Hudson Williams (IL1)
Palmer Albertine (IRC1)
Andrew Anand (IRC1)
Isaac Cowens (IRC1)
Saber Dul Dul (IRC1)
Harrison Evers (IRC1)
Ethan Ferdinand (IRC1)
Nat Harris (IRC1)
Robb McDonald (IRC1)
Mustafa Mirza (IRC1)
Courtland Morris (IRC1)
Knox Sims (IRC1)
Will Walk (IRC1)
Gus Williams (IRC1)
Joseph Zhao (IRC1)
Carson Alexander (APO1)
Liam Curran (APO1)
Allen Halliday (APO1)
Arqish Heerani (APO1)
Abdullah Khawaja (APO1)
Drew Knighton (APO1)
Nishanth Parasa (APO1)
Coleman Russell (APO1)
Will Sherrod (APO1)
Doug Suddarth (APO1)
Bill Chiang (ARC1)
Glover Patton (ARC1)
Silver Maxima Cum Laude
William Askew (BL1)
Charlie Cacioppo (BL1)
Ben Chambers (BL1)
Chase Coleman (BL1)
Corey Davis (BL1)
Ben Gallagher (BL1)
Ibrahim Hassan (BL1)
Carpenter High (BL1)
Jason Klimo (BL1)
Sterling Rounder (BL1)
Alex Russell (BL1)
Sam Stenberg (BL1)
Beck Vincent (BL1)
Will Bailey (IL1)
Ewan Beck (IL1)
Walker Brown (IL1)
Cody Campbell (IL1)
Daniel Conley (IL1)
Greyson Morse (IL1)
Ethan Vines (IL1)
Anthony Edwards (IRC1)
James Hanlon (IRC1)
Porter Martin (IRC1)
Benjamin Sims (IRC1)
Bruce Stockburger (IRC1)
Harry Word (IRC1)
Richie Cacioppo (APO1)
Sebastian Oh (APO1)
Gray Stakem (APO1)
Becket Liles (APO2)
Albert Ding (ARC1)
Henry Phan (ARC1)
Sohum Valaulikar (ARC1)
Henry West (ARC1)
George Willmott (ARC1)
Magna Cum Laude
Aaron Barkley (BL1)
Graham Biddle (BL1)
Henry Biddle (BL1)
Banks Boals (BL1)
Jacob Hewgley (BL1)
Hooper Jones (BL1)
Charles Kennedy (BL1)
Garrison Lindsey (BL1)
Samuel Maxwell (BL1)
Connor Ostrow (BL1)
Anderson Vest (BL1)
Logan Spratlin (IL1)
Zach Wildrick (IL1)
Yigael Diaz (IRC1)
Paul Duffee (IRC1)
William Frazee (IRC1)
Mack Gober (IRC1)
Raahim Kashmiri (IRC1)
Caleb Loudenbeck (IRC1)
Mustafa Rehan (IRC1).
Will Brezina (APO1)
Trey McDonald (ARC1)
Cum Laude
Brooks Buchanan (BL1)
Finley Futhey (BL1)
Cray Grinder (BL1)
Will Higdon (BL1)
Harvey Kay (BL1)
Matthew Muller (BL1)
Vinny Myers (BL1)
Jenson Bridge (IL1)
Marcus Harris (IL1)
Charlie Savage (IRC1)
Jacob Stalls (APO2)
Lucas Zhang (ARC1)
Wilson Pace (ARC1)
Joshua Gramm (ARC1)
Carter Wildrick (ARC1)
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