{"id":3273,"date":"2025-04-04T18:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/vaughn-ludwig\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:09:46","slug":"vaughn-ludwig","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/vaughn-ludwig\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaughn Ludwig"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Vaughn Ludwig\" class=\"grid\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed picture\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/ludwig_vaughn_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Vaughn Ludwig\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed nomination\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"scholar_nomination_statement\">Nomination Statement<\/h2>\n\t\tSon of Tracy and Peter Ludwig of Wilmington, Vaughn is a top student who qualified as a National Merit Scholar this past year. As a computer science pathway completer, Vaughn plans to pursue a degree in computer science after high school. Vaughn is a member of science and math honor societies. Vaughn competes on the school's math team and has received medals for his performance. Ranked top of his graduating class, Vaughn has a cumulative weighted GPA of 4.590 and remains undecided on where he will continue his educational journey in computer science.\n\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med logo\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/brandywine_high_school-1.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Brandywine High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;Curiosity serves the mind more than any other virtue. Throughout my life I have had the great fortune of an education, parents, teachers, and classmates who nurtured this value in me. When challenged by my circumstances, I know to step back and view my situation in the spirit of inquiry rather than panic. For everyone who taught me this, I am eternally grateful.&rdquo;\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/ludwig_vaughn_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/ludwig_vaughn_2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/ludwig_vaughn_4-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/ludwig_vaughn_3.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curiosity serves the mind more than any other virtue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2993,"parent":3460,"menu_order":52,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3273","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Brandywine High School","school_logo":1822,"student_images":[3269,3270,3271,3272],"nomination_statement":"Son of Tracy and Peter Ludwig of Wilmington, Vaughn is a top student who qualified as a National Merit Scholar this past year. 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