Awards & Honors
These are some of the competitions, teams and other things I have been part of over the years, click a patch if you want to see more about that one.
Mission patches
FIRST Leadership Award — FRC
One of two recipients selected from 54 students — recognized for mechanical design, community outreach, and building the team's social media platform.
- Organization
- FIRST
- Date
- Feb 2026
- Category
- Engineering
2nd Place — Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Hanmadang (Elite Team)
Silver medalist in TDE-0501 Team Demonstration at one of the world's premier traditional Taekwondo festivals.
- Organization
- Kukkiwon
- Date
- Jul 2025
- Category
- Personal achievement
MTFC Finalist
Top 3 teams in the Northeast district and Top 15 nationally. Modeled how government policy influences autonomous vehicle adoption and climate mitigation.
- Organization
- The Actuarial Foundation
- Date
- Mar 2026
- Category
- Mathematics
Bronze — ACSL Finals (Senior Division)
Bronze medal at the international ACSL Finals — algorithms, programming, computational thinking, and logical problem-solving.
- Organization
- American Computer Science League
- Date
- 2026
- Category
- Engineering
3rd Place — Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Hanmadang (Individual)
Individual Creative Breaking, 15–17 M 2.dan — original routine with unique kicks.
- Organization
- Kukkiwon
- Date
- Jul 2025
- Category
- Personal achievement
Climate Resilience Award Finalist — Modeling the Future Challenge
CRA extension focused on Boston ZIP codes 02126, 02131, and 02127 — targeting PM2.5 exposure with infrastructure and AV deployment where impact matters most.
- Organization
- The Actuarial Foundation
- Date
- Mar 2026
- Category
- Mathematics
Meritorious — HiMCM
Top 13% internationally in the High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling; advances to IM²C.
- Organization
- COMAP
- Date
- Jan 2026
- Category
- Mathematics
Top 25% Worldwide — IMC Prosperity Trading Competition
Developed trading algorithms and led a team of five to a net profit of 73,000 tokens.
- Organization
- Prosperity IMC
- Date
- 2025
- Category
- Mathematics
Top 20% — MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3C)
Built a multi-model system for sports gambling impacts: regression and TabNet on ~3M data points, probabilistic betting models, and a network contagion model for social spread.
- Organization
- MathWorks
- Date
- Mar 2026
- Category
- Mathematics
7× Podium Finisher — U.S. Masters Open
Seven podium finishes in traditional forms and breaking (Grandmaster Jae H. Jeong & Master Hee Y. Kim).
- Organization
- U.S.M.O. Committee
- Date
- 2022–2025
- Category
- Personal achievement
Semifinalist — Modeling the Future Challenge
Semifinal round model on drought risk, insurance value, and long-term profitability in corn production under competition constraints.
- Organization
- The Actuarial Foundation
- Date
- Dec 2025
- Category
- Mathematics
National Qualifier — MathCON
Qualified for national finals with a score of 262 (97th percentile); unable to attend due to personal reasons.
- Organization
- MathCON
- Date
- 2024
- Category
- Mathematics
Top 20% — NYT “Growing Up With A.I.” Challenge
Essay on growing up with AI — human element, positives and negatives, and how facts make it hard to see both sides at once.
- Organization
- The New York Times
- Date
- Feb 2026
- Category
- Community
MAML Finalist (2024–2025)
Advanced to the final round with a score of 126 against top students across Massachusetts.
- Organization
- Massachusetts Association of Mathematics Leagues
- Date
- Jan 2025
- Category
- Mathematics
Grand Award — Johns Hopkins CTY
Grand Award recognition from Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.
- Organization
- Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
- Date
- Jan 2023
- Category
- Personal achievement
1st Place — New England Online Scholastic Championships
First place in the New England Online Scholastic Championships.
- Organization
- New England Chess Association (NECA)
- Date
- 2024
- Category
- Personal achievement
Top 5 Varsity — WOCOMAL (Highest-Scoring Sophomore)
Top 5 varsity ranking in WOCOMAL as the highest-scoring sophomore.
- Organization
- Worcester County Mathematics League
- Date
- Jan 2025
- Category
- Mathematics
2× 2nd Place — Massachusetts State & Korean Consul General
Two second-place finishes at Massachusetts State and Korean Consul General events.
- Organization
- Massachusetts State Committee
- Date
- 2024
- Category
- Personal achievement
1st Place U1600 — Nathanael Greene Chess Tournament
First place in the U1600 section at the Nathanael Greene Chess Tournament.
- Organization
- Ocean State Chess Association
- Date
- Dec 2024
- Category
- Personal achievement
Taekwondo 2nd Dan
Second-degree black belt achievement.
- Organization
- Kukkiwon
- Date
- 2024
- Category
- Personal achievement
1st Place — Massachusetts High School Small Team
Team competition at MAMS: answered 30 questions with a score of 28/30.
- Organization
- Purple Comet
- Date
- May 2026
- Category
- Mathematics
9th Place — Science Olympiad States (Fermi Estimation)
Ninth in Fermi Estimation — rapid approximation, dimensional analysis, and quantitative reasoning under time pressure.
- Organization
- Science Olympiad
- Date
- 2024
- Category
- Mathematics
4th Place Overall (Freshman) — WOCOMAL
Fourth place overall in the freshman division of WOCOMAL.
- Organization
- Worcester County Mathematics League
- Date
- Jan 2024
- Category
- Mathematics
3× President's Volunteer Service Award (Gold)
Three consecutive Gold Awards for 100+ service hours annually — community service and leadership.
- Organization
- Youth Volunteer Corps
- Date
- 2023–2025
- Category
- Community
USCF Tournament Director
Certified tournament director experience in organized scholastic chess.
- Organization
- U.S. Chess Federation
- Date
- 2024
- Category
- Community
Student Organizer — MAMS Math Tournament
Co-founded a competitive math tournament for middle and high school students; raised $1,000+ from AoPS, Jane Street, RSM, and The Actuarial Foundation.
- Organization
- Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science
- Date
- 2024
- Category
- Community