Shawnee Mission School District: Shawnee Mission Seniors Named National Merit Finalist

Press release from the Shawnee Mission School District:

Mar 3, 2021

The National Merit Program announced that 13 Shawnee Mission School District students are National Merit Finalists.

These students took the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which serves as an initial screen for 1.6 million program entrants each year.

The following students earned finalist distinction and will have an opportunity to advance in the competition for National Merit Scholarship awards. These scholarships, worth about $31 million, will be offered this spring.

Shawnee Mission East
Sullivan Goettsch
Mazey L. Heim
Emilie Liljegren
Alexander J. Miller
Grace G. Strongman

Shawnee Mission Northwest
Jesse DeBok
Gentry Gardner
Michael Kouri
Elizabeth Kuffour

Shawnee Mission South
Jay Selzer
Chase Horner

Shawnee Mission West
Zachary Wallenburg
Emma Worthington

This press release was produced by the Shawnee Mission School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.