University of Wisconsin–Madison

2025-2026 Honors Day

Participants of the 2026 Honors Day

TALENT SEARCH HONORS DAY

The following students were winners of the 2025 – 2026 Talent Search for Wisconsin high school students and were invited to an Honors Day program in Madison on May 18th 2026. A copy of the program follows the list of honorees.

STUDENTS HONORED FOR ACHIEVEMENT ON TALENT SEARCH PROBLEMS

Louis BingnerEagle School
Claire BrotzKohler High School
Siddharth ChandraMiddleton High School
Lucy ChienMadison West High School
Jonathan ClarksonNeillsville High School
Pratulya DissanayakeShorewood Hills Elementary School
Varya DissanayakeMadison West High School
Junhao FengWhitefish Bay Middle School
Junran FengWhitefish Bay High School
Liza KanneMiddleton High School
Max KuhnWauwatosa West High School
Andrew LindsayAppleton East High School
Alex LiuMadison West High School
Iris LiuUnited World Colleges
James LiuHamilton Middle School
Joseph LiuKromery Middle School
Aaryan NanawareKimberly High School
Eleanor PawlPlatteville High School
Sethmi PremadasaKromery Middle School
Augie ReederVerona Area High School
Ethan RoenBeaver Dam High School
Aarav SadnoorVel Phillips Memorial High School
Sai Niranjan Sai SambhuMiddleton High School
Maitreyee SinghEagle School
Tommy SkardaJR Gerritts Middle School
Aurora SouthgateMiddleton High School
Jason TianKohler High School
Anmy TranMadison West High School
Arthur WangKromery Middle School
Albert XuHomestead Mequon

The committee did not award the Van Vleck Scholarship this year. The following students received recognition as Outstanding Performers:

Andrew LindsayAppleton East High School
Augie ReederVerona Area High School
Anmy TranMadison West High School
The participants of the 2026 Honors Day working on math games and activities.
(Two of the) outstanding performers of the 2025-2026 Talent Search.

PROGRAM

8:30-9:15: Registration and refreshments

9:15: Group photo

9:30-10:45 Discussion of the scholarship exam problems

10:45-12:15: Math games and activities

12: 15-1:15: Luncheon and presentation of awards

1:30-2:45: BioTrek Workshop (Forensic Science Investigation using Gel Electrophoresis)