A record 44 students have been selected to join the latest cohort of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management.
The 2025 cohort includes 31 students from Nebraska and 13 students from California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Virginia and Indonesia.
“We are so proud to welcome the newest members of Cohort 2025 to the Raikes School and Nebraska community,” said Adam Britten, the school’s director of recruitment and student success. “These remarkable students bring unique experiences and backgrounds from around the globe, and we look forward to supporting them in their incredible achievements ahead. The future is bright in Nebraska.”
The Raikes School offers an interdisciplinary education in computing, business and innovation for high-achieving students. The school builds future leaders for technology-driven industries through opportunities in and out of the classroom. For seven consecutive years, female-identifying students have made up more than 40% of Raikes School cohorts, well above the industry average in computing.
Applications for the fall 2026 cohort are currently open and are due by Nov. 15. For more information, click here.
The following students are part of the Raikes School’s 2025 cohort. They are listed alphabetically by hometown, with their high school in parentheses.
Nebraska
Columbus:
- Alyn Estrada Morales (Columbus)
Elkhorn:
- Mason Miller (Elkhorn North)
- Julia Perju (Millard North)
Henderson:
- Austin Schmidt (Heartland Community)
Lincoln:
- Adam Alkawaz (Lincoln East)
- Ripley Becker (Lincoln Southwest)
- Penelope Brown (Lincoln Southwest)
- Ogochukwu Ibe-Ikechi (Lincoln Southwest)
- Finn Killeen (Lincoln Southeast)
- Alexandra Konmegne (Lincoln East)
- Ananya Mirle (Lincoln East)
- Matthew Moissseyev (Lincoln East)
- Jared Obidowski (Lincoln High)
- Liam O’Neal (Lincoln High)
- Krithik Pondicherry (Lincoln East)
- Timofei Prakapchuk (Lincoln Northwest)
- Phoebe Schnieders (Lincoln Pius X)
- Autumn Stock (Lincoln Southwest)
- Sandarika Warjri (Lincoln Southwest)
Omaha:
- Aruneem Bhowmick (Millard North)
- Tony D’Agosto (Creighton Prep)
- Alex Fitch (Westside)
- Heidi Hans (Marian)
- Owen Hickenbottom (Millard North)
- Ningyun Hu (Millard West)
- Jessica Lu (Millard North)
- Nathan McCormick (Gretna East)
- Hank McGill (Creighton Prep)
- Eli Nielsen (Millard North)
- Keerthana Vinod (Millard North)
Waverly:
- Olivia Cupp-Whiteman (Waverly)
Elsewhere
Carlsbad, California:
- Lauren Tranisi (Sage Creek)
Loveland, Colorado:
- Caleb Nierman (Mountain View)
Bradenton, Florida:
- Jett Smeal (IMG Academy)
Edwardsville, Illinois:
- Sophie Byron (Edwardsville Senior)
Olathe, Kansas:
- Carrie Wong (Olathe Northwest High School)
Overland Park, Kansas:
- Leo Scaletty (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Spring Hill, Kansas:
- Henry Seitz (Spring Hill)
Schoolcraft, Michigan:
- Leah Forton (Portage Central)
Oronoco, Minnesota:
- Craig Whitney (Century)
Rosemount, Minnesota:
- Matthew Leholm (Rosemount)
Chesterfield, Missouri:
- Rithvika Thunuguntla (Parkway Central)
Manassas, Virginia:
- Allie Whalen (Osbourn Park Senior)
Surabaya, Indonesia:
- Micah Tidball (Surabaya European School)
