Prestigious awards recognizes the achievements and interests of students in STEM activities and future career opportunities
CLEVELAND, OH / ACCESS Newswire / April 24, 2025 / The Ohio affiliate of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), in partnership with KeyBank, honored 51 high school students across Ohio at the 2025 Aspirations in Computing awards on Saturday, April 12th in Columbus, Ohio. These students, which included one national winner, were recognized for their leadership and involvement in technology, robotics, and applied science, along with their academic success and plans for post-secondary education.
Two STEM teachers were honored as well with an educator award.
For the past ten years, the Ohio Aspirations in Computing awards have been sponsored by KeyBank. All award recipients along with their families and educators were invited to join this year's event, which featured a panel of professionals discussing the Tech thru Time. All shared insight into their career paths, education, and personal growth in STEM.
"KeyBank has a long history of supporting students who are interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, and math," said Amy Brady, KeyBank Chief Information Officer. "We congratulate this year's award winners and are proud to recognize the achievements and talents of these outstanding students. They are future problem solvers and the skills they are developing today will help solve the challenges of tomorrow."
Since 2007, NCWIT has inducted more than 10,000 young women into the Aspirations in Computing community and is helping to usher these women into technology careers. The NCWIT Aspirations in Computing program is a talent development initiative designed to increase female participation in technology careers by providing encouragement, visibility, community, leadership opportunities, scholarships, and internships to aspiring technically inclined young women. NCWIT offers both national and local affiliate competitions to generate support and visibility for women's participation in communities nationwide.
2025 National Honorable Mentions Afia Ava - Padua Franciscan High School Mahee Shah - Hathaway Brown High School
2025 Ohio Affiliate Award Winners
Student's Name
School Name
Laasya Acharya
William Mason High School
Shivani Arulselvan
Padua Franciscan High School
Afia Ava
Padua Franciscan High School
Lilah Ball
Lakewood High School
Katie Benson
Hudson High School
Naisha Chopra
North Royalton High School
Ayesha Faruki
Mentor High School
Riya Hegde
Western Reserve Academy
Maya Houghton
Hathaway Brown School
Rebecca Jacob
Solon High School
Ava Kohlhaas
Lakota East High School
Audrey Malcuit
Padua Franciscan High School
Vaishnavi Rachuri
Dublin Jerome High School
Sonia Robinson
Hathaway Brown School
Mahee Shah
Hathaway Brown School
Kathleen Smith
Springfield-Clark County
Tori Smith
Magnificat High School
Maggie Smith
Padua Franciscan High School
Sahana Srikanth
William Mason High School
Sosena Tefera
Anderson High School
Rachel Tong
Olentangy Orange High School
Kaovya Vel
Westlake High School
Zaynah Wahab
Solon High School
2025 Ohio Affiliate Honorable Mentions
Student's Name
School Name
Emily Ahmad
Centerville High School
Aanvi Dogra
Dublin Jerome High School
Mengxin Deng
Magnificat High School
Kayleise Travis
Magnificat High School
Bohdan Chuprynka
North Royalton High School
Sophia Regoli
Canal Winchester High School
Gautami Kondekar
Dublin Jerome High School
Olivia Scarlatella
Felicity-Franklin High School
Yujing Li
North Royalton High School
Charlie Clements
Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Vidhissha Sharma
Solon High School
Sanyu Karathody
North Royalton High School
Tiffany Perez Garcia
Springfield-clark County
Amritha Kishan
Solon High School
Haasini Sanisetty
Hathaway Brown School
Harman Kaur
Dayton Regional Stem School
Ravia Bhullar
Nordonia High School
Sophia Swartwood
Padua Franciscan High School
Cailyn Hua
Western Reserve Academy
2025 Ohio Affiliate Rising Stars
Student's Name
School Name
Siyuan Zhang
Solon High School
Giana Trolio
Ursuline High School
Maya School Sensabaugh
C-TEC Career And Technology Education Centers of Licking County
Riley Wilkerson
Ross High School
Kaavya Gulia
Solon High School
Anna McCracken
Westerville South High School
Alex Tehoke
Padua Franciscan High School
Victoria Goss
Padua Franciscan High School
Lyla Doucette
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High
2025 Ohio Educator Winner Jeff Rhodes - North Royalton High School
2025 Ohio Educator Honorable Mention Greg Sauline - Ursuline High School
About NCWIT NCWIT widens participation in the technology ecosystem through innovative programs and research.
This thriving community of more than 1,600 change leader organizations spanning K-12, Higher Education, and Industry works to expand access to critical knowledge and opportunities.
NCWIT helps organizations remain globally competitive in science and technology by creating environments where all students and employees thrive.
ABOUT NCWIT ASPIRATIONS IN COMPUTING (AiC) Aspirations in Computing (AiC) opens pathways into technology from K-12 through career. AiC recognizes and celebrates students' technical aspirations and abilities, as well as the educators who support them. The program also provides an expansive community network to create opportunities that lead to careers in technology.
About KeyCorp
KeyCorp's roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $189 billion at March 31, 2025.
Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 40,000 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank Member FDIC.
Eva Bradshaw - NCWIT Regional Affiliate Program Manager Serina Shores - Ohio Affiliate Co-ProgramCoordinatorHuntington Bank
Panelists:
Dieynabou Diallo - 2025 Ohio Collegiate Finalist & 3rd year student at OSU Jay Shaffstall - Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Muskingum University Ava Scherocman - 2020 Ohio Winner & Computer Science Major at OSU
The Ohio affiliate of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) honored high school students across Ohio at the 2025 Aspirations in Computing awards ceremony on Saturday, April 12th in Columbus Ohio.
