Two Montgomery County Graduates Named 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars Among Three Honored in Maryland
Cooper Liu Li of Montgomery Blair High School and Grace E. Li of Richard Montgomery High School are among three Maryland graduates named 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars, an honor for top-performing students in academics, the arts and career fields.

Three recent Maryland high school graduates have been named 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars, according to an October 30 announcement read this run. The annual program honors the nation's top-performing high school students in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields, according to the announcement.
Two of the three are from Montgomery County Public Schools: Cooper Liu Li, a graduate of Montgomery Blair High School, and Grace E. Li, a graduate of Richard Montgomery High School, according to the announcement. Both are members of the Class of 2026.
The third Maryland honoree is Chelsea I. Sun of Atholton High School in the Howard County Public School System, according to the announcement. The three were drawn from the Howard and Montgomery public school systems.



