Seniors named Merit semifinalists
A total of 152 Arkansas high school seniors are among approximately 16,000 semifinalists announced recently in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship program.
The students are now eligible to continue in the competition for about 7,600 scholarships, worth more than $31 million, that will be awarded next spring. More than 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to become finalists in the competition and about half of the finalists will win National Merit Scholarships.
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. was established in 1955 to conduct the competition. The corporation is a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance.
The Arkansas semifinalists and their high schools follow, listed by city alphabetically.
ARKADELPHIA
Arkadelphia High: Patrick T. Hayes.
BATESVILLE
Batesville High: Veronica L. Laslo. Home school: Zachary M. McClain.
BENTON
Benton High: Bishop J.Butler, Kirsten E. Garner.
BENTONVILLE
Bentonville High: Khadeeja Asif, Samhitha Batta, Jocelyn J. Berry, Anh Cao, Olivia A. Elshoff, Matthew J. Esarte, Malaika J. John, Arthi Krishna, Kennedy Ray, Harshdeep Singh, Jeremy P. Sonnabend, Melissa E. Taylor, Rebecca E. Wilson, and Samuel M. Woodhouse.
Haas Hall Academy: David J. Cordero, Theodore Curriden, Jacob V. Fennell, Asa E. Koster, Katherine A. Peretz, Kenton A. Roberts, Adam G. Rockwood, Nikita Venugopal, Sophia G. Yarbrough.
Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy: Hannah J. Rowe.
BRYANT
Bryant High: Kakada Av, Rachel C. Sweningson.
CABOT
Cabot High: Madeline E. Johnson, Ethan D. Peck, Eliana D. Pray, Alexis G. Urquhart, Zachary Wilmoth.
CENTERTON
Bentonville West High: Andres J. Alvarado, Laith O. Kewan, Justin A. Kilgo, Adele E. May, Ahmed R. Moustafa, Joshua X. Poyfair, Priya Thelapurath.
CONWAY
Conway High: Joslyn R.Bruenger, Douglas S. Butler, Gavin I. Teague, Mackenzie B. Williams.
Home school: Nicole A. Hopp. St. Joseph School: Nicholas R. Brorman.
EL DORADO
El Dorado High: Aidan G. Price, Scott A. Ratchford, Lorin M. Utsch.
FAYETTEVILLE
Fayetteville High: Namrata Anand, Jenna D. Caudle, Paris T. James, Grace L. Killian, Michael A. Krizman, Grace J. Li, Grace E. Martin, Benjamin B. Pierce, Stephen A. Pierson, Ana C. Reif, Anna Roach, Kaushik Sampath, Amanda M. Thomsen, Jason Tullis, Carson D. Young.
Haas Hall Academy: Avery M. Batson, Mitchell J. Bylak, Dominic Dharwadker, Kendall R. Miller, Anshuman Nandy, Ashwin Narayan, Vivek Narayan, Aryan S. Prabhudesai, BreeAnna L. Scott, Christine M. Shackelford, Charles J. Wisdom.
FORT SMITH
Northside High: Benton C. Anderson. Southside High: Mahdir M. Anower, Kenneth H. Clardy, Martina M. Gooden, Joshua B.Hannan, Heber J. Martin, Angelica D. Phan, Madison E. Settlage, George A. Welsch.
GREENBRIER
Greenbrier High: John W. Trent.
GREENWOOD
Greenwood High: William D. Hutchinson.
HARRISON
Harrison High. Conversion charter: David M. Smith.
HIGHLAND
Highland High: Joel M. Hoppe.
HOT SPRINGS
Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts: YooJin Ahn, Ronan A. Devlin, Tristan A. Eoff, Carson O. Hardin, Jason Hoang, Howard Grant E. Orlina, Emily E. Smith, Haven K. Whitney.
JONESBORO
The Academies at Jonesboro High: Torre J. Darby, Eric Richardson, Matthew F. Sherman.
LITTLE ROCK
Catholic High for Boys: William H. Provencher, Nicholas R. Ratycz. Central High: Keeling Baker, Jessica L. Bates, Sakshi Garg, Andrew D. Helms, Kelvin L. Kang, Anne Li, Audrey D. Li, Jessica Liu, Nathania Nischal, Jahnavi M. Patel, Mason S. Rike, Rishith Vaddavalli, Owen H. Williams, Rachel Zhang and Taylor Zhang. Episcopal Collegiate School: James E. Johnson, Ivan C. Messias.
ESTEM High Charter: Gabriel
Simancas.
Little Rock Christian Academy: Stuart McGilvray, William Wood. Mount St. Mary Academy: Isabella D. Boyd, Anna N. Palmer Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High: Emily G. Schick Pulaski Academy: Harper R. Chambers, Courtney A. Robinson, Wilson Waugh
MAGNOLIA
Magnolia High: Gabrielle N. Bulliard.
MOUNTAIN HOME
Mountain Home High Career Academies: Grace C. Beckham.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK
Central Arkansas Christian School: Davis R. Burton.
ROGERS
Providence Classical Christian Academy: James C. DeJarnatt, Isaac J. Raymond.
Rogers High: Jack T. Norris, Ethan M. Potts, Trevor D. Scogin. Rogers Heritage High: Michael E. O’Hearn.
Rogers New Technology High: Austin C. Abercrombie.
RUSSELLVILLE
Russellville High: Daxon S. Carreiro.
SILOAM SPRINGS
Siloam Springs High: Katherine M. Arrington, Daniel M. Cooper, Emma C. Hulbert.
SPRINGDALE
Har-Ber High: Claire S. Franco, Samuel K. Lonneman.
Shiloh Christian School: Breanna L. Mapes.
Springdale School of Innovation: Oliver P. Mammay, Sara J. Manos.
TEXARKANA
Trinity Christian School: Evan P. Miller.
WEST FORK
West Fork High: Nathan R. Martin.
WHITE HALL
White Hall High: Ethan B. Anderson.