Gwinnett County Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced Gwinnett County seniors who have qualified as semifinalists in the 2014 program.

They are:

BUFORD

HOMESCHOOL:
Grace E. Brosofsky

DULUTH

ATLANTA ADVENTIST ACADEMY:
Nathan C. Cheek

DULUTH HIGH SCHOOL:
Justin J. Choi
Nicole O. Hofmann
Ebuka Imachukwu,
Jasmine Pillarisetti

HOSCHTON

MILL CREEK HIGH SCHOOL:
Brian T. Horst
Joshua D. Neely
Hyeon Woo Shim

LAWRENCEVILLE

GWINNETT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY:
Ryan T. Clark
Rachel E. Cooper
Yu Kyung Han
Erika L. Ikizake
William H. Jin
Ryan Kelly
Melissa L. Kuester
Cameron J. Rhodes
Mark Wang
Michael Wang

HOMESCHOOL:
Austin M. Allen

MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL:
Stephen Jenkins

LILBURN

BERKMAR HIGH SCHOOL:
Mati T. Nemera

PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL:
Aprotim C. Bhowmik
Nicholas S. Button
William D. Freeman
Scott P. Schultz
Lihua Shu
Michael A. Yu

NORCROSS

GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL:
Carter Clinebell
Spencer Kemp

WESLEYAN SCHOOL:
June O. Zhu

SNELLVILLE

BROOKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL:
Nicholas J. Bond
Hannah Lee
Zahra Vasaya
Martha S. Weber

SUWANEE

COLLINS HILL HIGH SCHOOL:
Riley M. Poynter

NORTH GWINNETT HIGH SCHOOL:
Lauren B. Aycock
Eunhye Choi
Jason T. Feng
Apoorva Gangavelli
Caroline M. Howard
Kamillah J. Kassam

PEACHTREE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL:
David T. Chen
Brian H. Chung
Nitant Dandekar
Hasit Dewan
Emily R. Evans
Andrew K. Huff
Leigh E. Johnson
Sujay Kalathoor
Jaerin Lee
Natalie C. Murray
Grace S. Pak
Leesa C. Quinlan
Tithi S. Raval
Rikhil R. Shah

Approximately 16,000 high school seniors were named semifinalists, and they now have the opportunity to compete for 8,000 scholarships valued at $35 million.

In February, finalists will be named, and then National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from that group.

Winners will be chosen based on their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies.