Renton National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Announced

RENTON, WA - Dozens of Puget Sound-area students are semifinalists for next year's National Merit Scholarship prizes, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Wednesday morning. Hundreds of local juniors took the qualifying test last year, which gets them into the semifinalist stage. About 16,000 students from around the U.S. earned semifinalist status, but only about half will actually end up getting scholarship awards next spring.

Here are the local semifinalists:

BELLEVUE
Bellevue High School
Bahn, Anthony J.
Dai, Julia
Fan, Sarah C.
Girnus, Clare
Huang, Emily
Lin, Jeffrey
Ma, Kevin L.
Shao, Nathan R.
Song, Henry
Yang, Heesoo
Zhao, Samuel
Interlake High School
Bentley, Stephanie C.
Cao, Lilly J.
Dong, Richard
Guo, Tina T.
Huang, Christopher
Jiang, Peishan
Joy, Diya M.
Lee, Hyunjae
Li, Alexander S.
Li, Jenny K.
Liang, Jessica
Liu, Eric C.
Liu, Richard
Muntianu, Tudor A.
Rosenwald, Bryce W.
Roy Choudhury, Ritika
Sitomer, Niharika
Srikanth, Kavya
Trivedi, Aramya G.
Verma, Saijel
Wang, Grayson C.
Wijeratna, Aishanee K.
Wong, Austin
Yang, Michael Z.
Yun, Sterling K.
Zhi, Sophia
Zou, Grace J.
Newport High School
Guo, Jimmy T.
Huang, Michael G.
Kim, Sooji
Lee, Peyton A.
Lim, Anne W.
Liu, Autumn J.
Mach, Yoeur-Man T.
Ouyang, James
Tsai, Valerie
Yang, Jay H.
Yang, Yerin
Zhao, Ivan
Sammamish High School
Ka, Taylor Y.
Kuntz, Jonathan S.
Li, Tina K.
Shi, Megan E.
Tsai, Jeremy

ISSAQUAH
Issaquah High School
Fulford, Ruby E.
Heyrich, Abigail M.
Hong, Brian
Hwang, Erica Y.
Jung, Jun Yong
Kiesewetter, Maria J.
Kim, Emily Y.
Kim, Isaiah W.
Lee, Preston W.
Williams, Grant M.

KIRKLAND
Eastside Prepatory School
Medway, Drew M.
Newell, Christopher L.
Ryan, Alexandra Christine A.
Schreiber, Ethan L.
International Community School
Ayad, Nour El-Din
Schwartz, Yaniv
Sun, Michael Y.
Zhu, Daniel D.
Juanita High School
Liu, Arthur
Mehrvarzan, Shawdi
Lake Washington High School
Dorsey, Samuel P.
Mickelson, Zachary D.
Um, Michelle

MERCER ISLAND
Mercer Island High School
Dickstein, Alison F.
Dobson, Aidan R.
Guo, Joy Y.
Hildebrandt, Donald H.
Ho, Jon R.
Hugunin, Mithril C.
McCann, Fiona A.
Schmidt-Warnecke, Christoph M.
Wang, Kenneth S.
Zou, Jasmine Q.

PUYALLUP
Puyallup High School
Flury, Andrew
Van Bergeyk, Emily S.
Governor John R. Rogers High School
Critchfield, Braden M.

REDMOND
The Overlake School
Anikeeva, Nina
Armanasu, Martin
Jha, Rishi D.
Wan, Cassandra Y.
Yeh, Catherine S.
Redmond High School
Chen, August Y.
Christensen, Trevor A.
Ganz, Keenan J.
Hwang, Sophia
Jiang, Lucy A.
Li, Kathleen A.
Liu, Daniel S.
Meduri, Rohin K.
Qian, Virginia S.
Raffman, Emma
Wang, Anna
Nikola Tesla STEM High School
Cheng, Jeffrey
Goto, Christina
Hakim, Rashida
Kendal-Freedman, Natali M.
Kulkarni, Prerana J.
Lee, Anne
Nagvekar, Neha S.
Nain, Parth
Phadnis, Vaishnavi
Qin, Frederick
Sridhar, Suchi S.
Sudzilouski, Yury
Vasyura, Anna D.
Yue, Brandon

RENTON
Hazen High School
Hartley, Sarah
Liberty High School
Christopherson, Siri A.
Tuttle, Christina M.
Wick, William R.
Charles Lindbergh High School
Mauery, Ryan G.

SAMMAMISH
Eastlake High School
Birchfield, Abel H.
Parimi, Divya
Raggi, Clara S.
Van Nortwick, Maggie R.
Eastside Catholic High School
Didcock, Lillian G.
Gilani, Serena
Homeschool
Bleisch, Abigail C.
Skyline High School
Agarwal, Anjali
Alexander, Kevin J.
Beirer, Nicola J.
Cheng, Jasmine A.
Frazier, Brendan L.
Kaza, Sai Nischal
Kurpad, Shriya
Liao, Misty
Liu, Kaichen
Narayan, Gautam
Parasurama, Sriram G.
Qiang, Daniel
Rajavel, Maya
Ranganathan, Amartya R.
Tang, Christopher W.
Wan, Daniel H.
Wang, Kevin L.
Yu, Benjamin M.

SEATTLE
Bishop Blanchet High School
Broom, Matthew D.
The Bush School
Medina, Noah
Center School
Viola, Allegra
Garfield High School
Reid, Nathaniel C.
Scully, Kathleen E.
Simpkins, Brian C.
Veach, Nigel
Ingraham High School
Grim, Clara R.
Keyes, Tegan M.
Ovens, Colin E.
Zhou, Iris Y.
Lakeside School
Burbage, Madeline G.
Chen, Andrew S.
Costa, Caio D.
Dwivedi, Uma
Friedman, Katherine D.
Hugh, Grant T.
Lau, Rachel E.
Lavery, Iman G.
Nghiem, Alexander L.
Paulsen, Kaitlyn
Ragen, William W.
Sanders, Justin
Turner, Jensen R.
Weed, Jasper M.
Wei, Austin H.
Zhang, Cheyenne
The Northwest School
D'Angeli-Brogan, Linus J.
Seattle Prep
Cantrell, Ethan B.
Whitman, Noelle
Transition School and Early Entrance Program
Ault-McCoy, Dathan S.
Denq, Darren K.
Gnanapragasam, Logan L.
Xu, Amy H.
University Prep
Rana, Isabella

SHORELINE
Shorecrest High School
Gresch, Shelby P.
Shorewood High School
Deobald, Leah Y.
Rouse, Madeline S.
Shapiro, Alexander G.
Zhou, Julie

SPOKANE
Gonzaga Prep
Carlson, Faith M.
Lewis and Clark High School
Daniel, Bethany
Hollon, Nicholas
Sharman, Maria C.
Summers, Hannah
St. George School
Cremers, Connor J.

UNIVERSITY PLACE
Curtis High School

Wang, James

WOODINVILLE
Woodinville High School

Fung, Ashley C.
Klingman, Charles M.
Marie-Rose, Madeleine A.
McNally, Angelus T.
Rankich, Savannah M.
Shin, Leonard J.Turner, Madeline E.

Image via Pixabay