03 / RECOGNITION

Recognition

Awards

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National MeritSeptember 9, 2026

National Merit Semifinalist

National Merit Scholarship Corporation

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation named Aaron Prager a Semifinalist in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program on September 9, 2026, based on his score on the 2025 PSAT/NMSQT. Semifinalists are the top scorers in each state and make up less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors.

MIT SolveJuly 2026

AI for a Better World Grand Prize

AI for a Better World, presented by Britebound, in collaboration with MIT Solve

Aaron and teammate Maicey won the Grand Prize in AI for a Better World, presented by Britebound in collaboration with MIT Solve, after presenting at the MIT Media Lab during America’s Youth AI Festival.

Congressional App ChallengeApril 21, 2026

National Top App Winner

Congressional App Challenge, presented by theCoderSchool

Selected from nearly 400 district winners nationwide, Aaron was named a National Top App winner, announced at #HouseOfCode in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2026.

Congressional App ChallengeMarch 2026

Eastern Region Winner

Congressional App Challenge

After winning MA-04, Aaron advanced to the regional round and was named an Eastern Region winner, placing him among the strongest student developers in the country.

USACOFebruary 2026

Platinum division

USA Computing Olympiad

In the third contest of the USACO 2026 season, Aaron scored 950 out of 1000 in the Gold division, earning automatic promotion to Platinum, the top division of the USA Computing Olympiad.

Open SourceJanuary 2026

Open Source Certification

Hack Club & U.S. House of Representatives

Aaron received a Congressional Certification for open source, awarded for creating and publicly releasing an original open-source application and for the standard of code quality and documentation he maintained on GitHub.

Congressional App ChallengeDecember 2025

MA-04 District Winner

U.S. House of Representatives · Rep. Jake Auchincloss (MA-04)

Rep. Jake Auchincloss named Aaron Prager the MA-04 district winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for BoostT1D, the app he built to simplify diabetes data for people living with Type 1.

Ballroom DanceSeptember 2025

USDC Orlando, 3rd Place

United States Dance Championships (USDC), Orlando, Florida

Dancing as couple 761 with Anna Zotova, Aaron reached the Youth International Ballroom final at the United States Dance Championships in Orlando and finished 3rd of five finalists across all five dances.

Ballroom DanceSeptember 2025

Embassy LA: World Finalist

Embassy Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles

Dancing as couple 584 with Anna Zotova, Aaron qualified for the final of the World Pro-Am Open Youth International Ballroom Championship at the Embassy Dancesport Championship in Los Angeles.

College BoardAugust 19, 2025

National Recognition Program

The College Board

The College Board granted Aaron a School Recognition Award through its National Recognition Program, an academic honor for outstanding academic achievement, awarded on August 19, 2025.

Breakthrough T1DJuly 2025

Massachusetts Delegate

Breakthrough T1D

Aaron was selected as a Massachusetts Youth Advocate Delegate for the 2025 Breakthrough T1D Children’s Congress, joining around 170 young people with Type 1 diabetes who spent three days advocating on Capitol Hill.

Breakthrough T1DFebruary 3, 2025

Youth Advocacy Leader

Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF)

Breakthrough T1D named Aaron a Youth Advocacy Leader after he completed the program’s five advocacy challenges, the credential he held when he was later selected as a Massachusetts delegate to Children’s Congress.