The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one of the nation’s most highly regarded student awards programs. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding students who have not only maintained good grades but have also unselfishly applied their special knowledge and talents to contribute significant service to their schools and communities.

The Silver Knight Awards program was instituted at The Miami Herald in 1959 by John S. Knight, past publisher of The Miami Herald.

This year’s Silver Knight winners will be announced Thursday at 7 p.m. at the James L. Knight International Center, 400 SE Second Ave.

The event is presented by American Airlines, which gives every winner two roundtrip coach tickets. The cash awards are provided by the Knight Foundation. Other sponsors include Florida Blue and Baptist Health South Florida.

Thursday’s ceremony will be broadcast on local stations at a later date.

(For corrections to this list e-mail lyanez@MiamiHerald.com)

MIAMI-DADE

Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School nominees

Skylar Henry ATHLETICS

Emanuele Evangelista BUSINESS

Alexa Green ENGLISH

Parker Chernoff GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Bethany Blakeman JOURNALISM

Rafael E. Martinez MATHEMATICS

Shae Van Embden NEW MEDIA

Alison Rachel Gozlan SCIENCE

Rossana Cheng He SOCIAL SCIENCE

Demetrius Villa SPEECH

Caroline Sendra VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL

Karla Villalta WORLD LANGUAGE

American Senior High nominees

Lourgem Famador ATHLETICS

Yenny Linares ENGLISH

Adrian Moreno MATHEMATICS

Dennis Par SCIENCE

Elieth Diaz SOCIAL SCIENCE

Aymee Marticorena WORLD LANGUAGE

Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High nominee

Justin Menendez ART

Barbara Goleman Senior High nominees

Natalia C. Arias ART

Carolina Isabel Brea ENGLISH

Joseph Inkuk Choi GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Diana Maria Alonso MATHEMATICS

Cristina Diez SCIENCE

Belen Jesuit Preparatory School nominees

Francisco Javier Tejidor ATHLETICS

Tomas Ramon Cacicedo MATHEMATICS

Gregory Adam Santos SCIENCE

Peter Ramon SOCIAL SCIENCE

Ben Lipson Hillel Community High nominees

Hannah Landman ART

Andres Eduardo Elovic ATHLETICS

Nicole Marder MATHEMATICS

Adi Graff MUSIC & DANCE

Yonathan Bonan SPEECH

Myles Aaron Wolfe WORLD LANGUAGE

Booker T. Washington Senior High nominees

Fustine Cassandra Saint-Aude SCIENCE

David Green SOCIAL SCIENCE

Kenia Francis Potosme VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart High nominees

Kristina Diana Cibran DRAMA

Christine Marie Nunez ENGLISH

Sofia Elena Gomez GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Lauren Lilly O'Brien MATHEMATICS

Lauren Nicole Palmero MUSIC & DANCE

Daniela Sofia Cosio SCIENCE

Allison Nicole Palacios SOCIAL SCIENCE

Molly Sandra Nuell SPEECH

Kristina Michelle Fernandez WORLD LANGUAGE

Christopher Columbus High nominees

Christopher Daniel Herrera ATHLETICS

Daniel Sebastian Cervoni BUSINESS

Peter Ariz JOURNALISM

Daniel Ricardo Chomat SCIENCE

Fernando Alvarez Jr. WORLD LANGUAGE

Coral Gables Senior High nominees

Armani Manuel Abreu ATHLETICS

Jieyi Wu BUSINESS

Madeline Cowen ENGLISH

Larissa Weinstein GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Sophia Torrents JOURNALISM

Christopher Cowen MATHEMATICS

Yubisan Ventura MUSIC & DANCE

Laura Maria Vazquez SOCIAL SCIENCE

Claudia Maria Anderson SPEECH

Dyanet Puentes VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL

Olivia Maria Bibilonia WORLD LANGUAGE

Coral Reef Senior High nominees