Two Hunterdon students named National Cyber Scholarship recipients

Two juniors in Hunterdon County Vocational School District’s Computer Science & Applied Engineering Academy (CSAEA) have emerged from a competitive pool of student qualifiers for this year’s National Cyber Scholarship Competition to earn “Scholar” status.
CSAEA III students Bradley Emmons and Richard Li recently learned their respective placements in the top 25% and top 10% of participating students earned them the Scholar status and a scholarship accompanying that honor.
Emmons and Li each will receive a $2,500 scholarship for the U.S. college of their choice. The Scholar designation was given to the top 540 highest-scoring students out of nearly 3,300 competing nationwide who met the eligibility criteria, including being in 11th or 12th grade. Emmons and Li were among 63 Scholars named in New Jersey.
In addition to the scholarships, both students receive the National Cyber Scholar badge to use on social media. The Scholar status also can be used in college applications, on resumes and on LinkedIn.

In acknowledging the scholarship awards, the National Cyber Scholarship Team thanked the teachers and school administrators who supported their students throughout the competition.
Emmons hopes to use his Scholar designation to attend the Cyber Foundations Academy this coming summer; Li will attend if it fits into his already busy schedule. The Cyber Foundations Academy helps attendees master 50 core knowledge and skills sets that enable them to gain “the minimum acceptable technical skills needed to qualify for an entry-level technical job in cybersecurity in 2021.”
Emmons is from Lambertville, N.J., and Li is from Asbury, N.J.

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