The school year is coming to an end, which means it’s time for the annual Huntington Beach High School (HBHS) Tower Awards. Nominations have been posted in the breezeway with a number of different categories acknowledging Oilers of all ages for their dedication and hard work in both academic and extracurricular activities. The official Tower Awards ceremony will be held in the auditorium, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20. Friends and family are encouraged to attend to show support for their Oiler. The nominations for the 2026 Tower Awards are as follows:

A.V.I.D

Citlalli Aja-Cordero, Luciana Beltran Guerrero, Grace Koester, Delylah Larsuel, Natalia Lucido, Lucianne Palafox, Megan Romero, Alliyah Shelmon, Isabel Spak, Anna Talos. 

Media & Broadcast

Piper Alsop, Jeremiah Dang, Jack Francesconi, Owen Gray, Eli Hooper, Marlee Martinez, Sayg Morton, Kaylee Ngyuen, Zayn Saade.

Communication ELL

Heloisa Bento, Kyrollos Ghattas, Camila Huesca, Thy Huynh, Silvana Mora Ruiz, Dang Khoi Pham, Ngan Vu.

Music (Band, Color Guard, Orchestra)

Antony Azer, Sofia Beckett, William Dawley, Jacob Hewitt, Jay Kingkeo Bunmar, Dante Montobbio, Irie Navarro, Ty Newman, Jack Stroh, Ruri Suzuki, Natalie Thomas, Brenden Thompson, Nicholas To, Emma Vo.

Consumer & Family Studies

Arabella Ginter, Christopher Grace, Laney Laughlin, Valeria Luque Marin, Adriano Maldonado, Shannon Mitchell, Grace Polfer.

Performing Arts

Dance

Nathan Andreas, Samantha Ball, Maya Berner, Monica Camacho, Grace Derks, Makayla Ishii, Isabella Kovac, Payton Mariano, Karis Oishi. 

Musical Theatre

Sydni Harrington, Emma Higginbotham, Laney Laughlin, Tayler McDannold, America Morales, Kaitlyn Ngo, Caleb Nowlin, Charlotte Palmer, Brenden Thompson. 

Popular Music

Rebecca Blake, Jaxon Cunningham, Wyn Ginex-Orinion, Kelly Hunter, Julian Keres, Alma Lennert, Kaylee Nguyen, Camryn Russo, Cai Tague. 

Theatre

Kylie Aviles, Stephanie Gonzales, Katherine Hambrick, Phoebe Hanlon, Benjamin Phelps, Ellison Renton, Miku Rogaski, Izabella Vosper, Madeline Yang.

English

Composition

Hazel Armelin, Nicholas Ayers, Steven Azmy, Alyssa Bischof, Leonardo Caggiano, Maclovia Camacho, Haley Dang, Megan Dendo, Claire DiLibero, Molly DiTeresi, Dafne Francisco, Amy Fung, Serena Garrett, Dane Goodwin, Emily Hoang, Eli Hooper, Natasha Kelley, Abbigail Kerwin, Katherine Kingman, Kathleen Le, Richelle Maruya-Cho, Auva Movahedi, Aiden Nguyen, Bao Huu Nguyen, Genevieve Nguyen, Josephine Nguyen, Kalea Nichols, Karis Oishi, Ellison Renton, Zen Santa Cruz, Zane Shaiyen, Peter Stevens, Cattuong Tran, Kailah Tsai, Ella Umlas, Joleen Vansomphone, Kady Vo, Madeline Yang.

Literature

Bella Badawi, Charissa Bui, Caitlin Cogill, Chloe Dean, Allison DiCarlo, Atiras Do, Sydney Ensign, Declan Franzese, Lily Franzese, Lucy Guard, Rhett Gundling, Jackson Hahn, David Ivison, Cate Le, Redford Leete, Téa Lenore, Katelyn Liaw, Cameron Lyn, Elora Migliaccio-McRae, Nicolas Navarrete, Tessa Neel, Kai Nobre, Madison Okura, Kendall Pham, Lyra Piccinino, Samaya Posner, Ella Powell, Miku Rogaski, Allison Shu, Morgan Stouffer, Brenden Thompson, Calla Wieczorek, Leilani Wong, Ruby Wood, Naomi Yang. 

Science

Biological

Bella Badawi, Samantha Ball, Caitlin Cogill, Haley Dang, Lily Franzese, Cais Gantert, Anna Hartsell Koivunen, Kenley Herrera, Nathan Kriesel, Cameron Lyn, Richelle Maruya-Cho, Reyna Mendoza, Aiden Nguyen, Huong Nguyen, Richard Nhan, Karis Oishi, Madison Okura, Wybie Scheafer, Sarah Taite, Natalie Thomas, Haylie Ting.

STEAM

Claudia Alamilla, Haley Dang, Lily Franzese, Anna Hartsell Koivunen, Cate Le, Zane Shaiyen

Physical

Michael Appell, Taylor Bloom-Cabacungan, Raul Constantin, Rodrigo Cortes Rivera, Amy Fung, Rhett Gundling, Anna Hartsell Koivunen, Jake Honeycutt, Tyler Huynh, Nancy Lan, Alma Lennert, Katie Loboda, Brayden Martin, Phoebe Morris, Katie Mueller, Kendall Pham, Mason Rice, Charlotte Ross, Kela Sakai, Natalie Thomas, Nicholas To, Alexander Tsukada, Travis Walker, Parker Whitewolf. 

Journalism

Caitlin Cogill, Lila Concepcion, Jesus Gaspar, Sydney Hart, Reyna Mendoza, Izabella Vosper.

Social Science

M.U.N.

Annika Barnes, Cody Bui, Lana Cheng, Rodrigo Cortes Rivera, Christopher Dawson, Lily Greenfield, Mina Lamarra, Cate Le, Kayla Lee, Katie Loboda, Victoria Patz, Kendall Pham, Jessica Ross, Allison Vo, Madeline Yang. 

Social Studies

Steven Azmy, Veronica Ball, Thor Broughton, Charissa Bui, Cale Burke, Frank Do, Lily Franzese, Lucy Guard, Sophie Hansen, Anna Hartsell Koivunen, Jade Hem, Robert Higgins, Eli Hooper, Natasha Kelley, Hudson Kulp, Milo La Ruffa, Sophia Linh Le, Ellie Lear, Katie Loboda, Preston Lyn, Katie Mueller, Genevieve Nguyen, Madison Okura, Charlotte Palmer, Ella Powell, Alexandra Ramirez, Chloe Rivera, Misha Roberts, Wilson Rochford, Addison Smith, Reece Smith, Alisa Spasov, Jaiden Thomas, Ella Umlas, Eden Wingate.

Leadership

ASB

Kendall Caira, Lily Greenfield, Mackenzie Jasper, Téa Lenore, Kirklynn Puffer, Addison Smith, Alana Williams.

GIVE

Lana Cheng, Kara Henriod, Phoebe Morris, Caren Nakhla, Allison Vo.

Visual Arts

Ceramics

Leonardo Aguilar, Isabelle Bolton, Stephenson Cabiness, Mackenzie Ford, Sydni Harrington, Makayla Ishii, Ian Kim, Meghan Kopel, Aubriella Paulsen, Wybie Scheafer. 

Drawing & Painting

Finn Falcone, Katherine Hambrick, Alexis Johnson, Ianina Kotova, Amelia Lanzer, Hao Le, David Metts, Adrianna Ramirez, Charlotte Ross, Jaimie Young.

Mathematics

Michael Appell, Taylor Appell, Hudson Atwell, Steven Azmy, Brandon Bartlett, Molly Bobar, Cale Burke, Ainsley Dadakis, Haley Dang, Alex Djordjevic, Dylan Douglas, Declan Franzese, Lily Franzese, Madeleine Freeman, Sebastian Hopkins, Ashtyn Johnson, Emma Johnson, Nathan Kriesel, Hudson Kulp, Sophia Linh Le, Katherine Loboda, Gianna Lopez, Richelle Maruya-Cho, Emma Muldorf, Adrian Nguyen, Aiden Nguyen, Genevieve Nguyen, Kalea Nichols, Madison Okura, Dang Khoi Pham, Kendall Pham, Alissa Phung, Ella Powell, Troy Rhodes, Brandon Rice, Mason Rice, August Richter, Wilson Rochford, Toma Sahara, Aanya Sareen, Juliana St. Peter, Natalie Thomas, Brian Truong, Kailah Tsai, Alexander Tsukada, Kady Vo, Shane Win, Leilani Wong, Madeline Yang, Mia Yang. 

World Languages

ASL

Kendall Caira, Grace Derks, Mackenzie Ford, Amy Fung, Arabella Ginter, Olivia Hart, Annaleah LaParne, Kathleen Le, Harlow Miller, Kaylee Nguyen, Veda Oxford Evans, Addison Smith, Megumi Tsukiji, Roxie Wick, Ruby Wood.

French

Addison Beutner, Megan Dendo, Payton Diecidue, Claire Fish, Abigail Garcia, Katherine Hambrick, David Ivison, Tiana Kaneko, Audrey Le, Naomi Mirghavami, Katie Mueller, Misha Roberts, Miku Rogaski, Evan Shortle, Paul Young.

Spanish

Sophie Aguilar, Taylor Appell, Natalie Arroyo, Akira Aspas Royer, Steven Azmy, Rachel Carlton, Raul Constantin, Cais Gantert, Josemaria Gonzalez, Tharuki Goonatillaka, Lucy Guard, Cate Le, Cameron Lyn, Reyna Mendoza, America Morales, Auva Movahedi, Julie Nguyen, Gabriel Rivera, Zane Shaiyen, Alisa Spasov, Natalie Thomas, Renzo Tormenta, Ella Umlas, Alex Villarroel Marin, Kady Vo.

Congratulations and good luck to all the Tower Award nominees!