Hundreds Of Washington Seniors Are National Merit Semifinalists

BELLEVUE, WA — Dozens of Washington students have been named semi-finalists for the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program.

The semi-finalists were announced on Wednesday and include approximately 16,000 high-school seniors that will go on to compete for the scholarships that will be offered next spring. According to a press release from the National Merit Scholarship Program, over 90 percent of the semi-finalists will be named as finalists for the scholarship. Of those finalists, about half will win a scholarship.

More than 1.5 million students applied for the highly competitive scholarship and the semi-finalists represent less than 1 percent of all high-school seniors in the U.S. For each state, the number of semi-finalists is proportional to that state’s percentage of the total graduating seniors in the country.

Here are semi-finalists for the scholarships from Pierec, King, Snohomish, and Spokane counties:

Bellevue

BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL
Dai, Jeffrey
Forsberg, Gannon M.
Forsberg, Katherine E.
Hsieh, Victoria
Jing, Larry
Lee, Jessica D.
Li, Abigail J.
Liu, Boyin
Rudolph, Janelle L.
Wan, Oscar
Wong, Ethan P.
Zaratsyan, Ara

HILLSIDE STUDENT COMMUNITY H. S.
Smale, Sarah Rose

HOMESCHOOL
Chua, Emily

INTERLAKE H. S.
Bandari, Abhinav
Baugh, Sawyer
Chen, Kelly J.
Damani, Aryan S.
Dandapanthula, Sanjit
Dogra, Archika
Ghose, Ishaan D.
Guo, Elaine S.
Hung, Dorothy
Jain, Ronit
Janakiraman, Sanjana N.
Jou, Jacqueline
Kim, Suhyun L.
Lan, George
Li, Michael W.
Liu, Jessie J.
Lu, Bryan Z.
Mousseau, Benjamin P.
Peng, Iris
Qian, Jason
Rajurs, Neil K.
Srinivasan, Savitha
Sun, Olivia
Wang, Andrew Y.
Wang, Raymond
Wilcox, Hannah M.
Wu, Aimee
Zhang, Derek J.
Zhang, Miranda B.
Zhang, Zachary T.
Zheng, Effie

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Deshpande, Abhay B.
Ervin, Spencer F.
Huang, Felicity Y.
Paik, Jamie
Wang, Cindy

NEWPORT H. S.
Aeron, Shrey
Bencke, Anna J.
Chen, Evelyn R.
Do, Candace
Han, Chaewon
Huang, Nancy J.
Huang, Rosemary
Li, Axel J.
Li, Iris
Richardson, Alexander R.
Sangani, Isha M.
Srikanth, Maya S.
Wu, Caroline
Wu, Sophie
Xie, Luke
Xu, Brandon J.
Yan, Nathan C.
Zhao, Ryan
Zou, Cindy X.
Zou, Joy

SAMMAMISH H. S.
Ka, Ashley T.

Bothell

BOTHELL H. S.
Sabale, Diandre Miguel B.

NORTH CREEK H. S.
Chandra, Deepthi
Chiesa, Sophia R.
Da, Daniel Y.
Rajasekaran, Chandni

Clyde Hill

BELLEVUE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Reumann, Britta E.

Duvall

CEDARCREST H. S.
Duer, Ethan R.

Edmonds

EDMONDS — WOODWAY H. S.
Everhart, Graham N.

Gig Harbor

GIG HARBOR H. S.
Deaton, Ian A.
Steelee, Gaelan B.

Issaquah

GIBSON EK H. S.
Yuan, Amy

ISSAQUAH H. S.
Chen, Meirui
Jo, Anna
Kang, Claire
Lee, Diane D.
Lessing, Jacob A.
Mandyam, Maya G.
Mavath, Arya A.
Park, Julia D.
Prabhala, Aditi M.
Schwartz, Julianne N.
Wengreen, Shelby J.

Kenmore

INGLEMOOR H. S.
Haining, Karen T.
Longcore, Claire E.
Lynch, Connor D.
Mitchell, Melissa C.
Ng, Daniel Z.
Pham, Danny T.
Powrie, Hunter D.
Xiong, Jenny S.

Kirkland

EASTSIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Fellows, Jackson T.

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Chang, Alex
Li, Cheryl R.
Mueller-Eberstein, Annalisa J.
Ramesh, Aneesha

JUANITA H. S.
Hilwa, Mark C.

LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
Alvarez, Carlos L.

Mercer Island

MERCER ISLAND H. S.
Do, Henry
Geer, Jasper Y.
Hunter, Lauren E.
Jung, Leonard
Kakubal, Meghana
Scull, Sophia
Shield, Lucille
Short, Thomas D.
Wang, Sarah Y.
Wang, Zitong
Wong, Derek A.
Zhang, Grace Y.
Zhang, Jason

Puyallup

PUYALLUP HIGH SCHOOL
Lee, Zane C.
Tarekegn, Lydia H.

Redmond

BEAR CREEK SCHOOL
Luk, Rita Wai Pui
Shen, Lauren A.
Sun, Nelson Y.

THE OVERLAKE SCHOOL
Diaconu, Anna
Lauer, Evan D.
Narendra, Arjun
Shewchuk, Alexandra T.
Sinha, Kunal
Sivadas, Jay H.
Ummat, Shivesh R.

REDMOND H. S.
Chou, Jennifer C.
Dang, Collin M.
Ingec, Kaan
Kakanuru, Sathvik R.
Kalyan, Tejas
Li, Yuhui
Luty, Ashley A.
Mantha, Abhignya
Mitchell, Sofiya
Rajagopal, Maneesh V.
Ramani, Deepti
Ranasaria, Arpit
Ranganathan, Sunidhi
Rothkowitz, Jordan M.
Shanmugam, Mukil
Srivastava, Ananya
Zhang, Eileen C.

NIKOLA TESLA STEM H. S.
Cho, Hyunjin
Denton, Annie S.
Karai, Aryo
Murali, Isha
Pratipati, Sowmya S.
Sarda, Devesh P.
Srikanth, Amrutha
Srivastava, Anusha
Stanko, David J.
Subramanyam, Aditi
Veeramachaneni, Rishika S.
Wang, Maxwell
Wharton, Callie P.

Renton

HAZEN H. S.
Thareja, Arnav

LIBERTY H. S.
Chen, Hallie
Gyotoku, Dillon F.
Kuznetsov, Yegor
Rubenstein, Matthew A.

CHARLES A. LINDBERGH H. S.
Ahya, Priti

Sammamish

EASTLAKE H. S.
Aiyer, Bobby M.
Burney, Isabel
Dalia, Neha S.
Le, Matthieu B.
Mattappally, Megan B.
Meyyappan, Shanmugam S.
Raggi, Victoria M.
Ramesh, Rohit
Trueba, Emma E.
Wilson, Bridget G.
Zeng, Nathan J.

EASTSIDE CATHOLIC H. S.
Chai, Gabrielle G.
Robinson, Emma R.
Wood, Ian M.

HOMESCHOOL
Bleisch, Alan H.

SKYLINE H. S.
Balu, Chiraag
Guo, Steven
Hung, Matthew D.
Ji, Catherine M.
Neese, Michael J.
Nguyen, Quennie Q.
Olsen, Matthew C.
Park, Erin
Rajavel, Heera
Reese, Kyle D.
Sanyal, Sanchit
Sellakumaran Latha, Karthik
Shang, Matthew Z.
Shih, Anna
Tamilselvan, Nithin
Wang, Julia
Winnick, Anna R.
Xu, Kevin W.
Xu, Yifan
Yang, Jasmine N.
Yuan, Tiffany Z.

Seattle

BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL
Lee, Conrad C.
Roidad, Aneesa S.

GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Becker, Zebediah S.
Cohen, Jed M.
Lundsgaard, Annika P.
O'Kelley, Ciaran A.
Philipose, Millan J.
Shao, Zhemin
Vinh Farr, Myles M.
Webbeking, Blaise E.
Wozniak, Natasha A.

HOLY NAMES ACADEMY
Chauhan, Paavnee
Laboda, Katherine R.
Mastrobattista, Elena L.
Reilly, Isabelle C.

INGRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL
Graham, Kirsten M.
Groom, Maks J.
Lempriere, James P.
Truax, Roshan D.
Weiner, Duncan E.
White, Vivian M.

KING'S HIGH SCHOOL
Cui, Joshua M.
Smith, Naomi M.

LAKESIDE SCHOOL
Chan, Elise Y.
Chen, Sophia M.
Copeland, Sophia E.
Dunphy, Victoria W.
Eleveld, Robert M.
Fan, Alan L.
Fries, Xander E.
Fuller, Tate
Gupta, Vidisha
Hamid, Eman M.
Harrington, Grace
Hartman, Anna E.
Hathi, Siddharth K.
Hegstrom, William
Hong, Eric
Huh, Benjamin J.
Jiang, Patrick S.
Joers, Georgia C.
Li, Philip
Lord-Krause, Jane E.
Meyerson, Harper V.
Min, William S.
Nelson, Ariella S.
Owsley, Finn D.
Palmieri, Rose B.
Qian, Isabelle Y.
Short, Roman J.
Snyder, Maximilian B.
Stamatoyannopoulos, Arianna
Takayama, Bryent H.
Vonderlage, William M.
Wang, Alice Y.
Wang, Kelly G.
Yonatan, Seim A.
Yu, Allistair Q.
Zhang, Maxine Y.

ROOSEVELT H. S.
Johnson, Isabella E.
Peng, Avery W.
Scott, Adam M.

SEATTLE ACADEMY
Hebert, Camille
Hebert, Elise L.
Piplani, Arjun
Scherzer, Daniel E.

SEATTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Alderman, Claire M.
Berger, Cyrus
Bosler, Marlane M.
Green, Allyson R.
Tjandra, Phyllicia P.

TRANSITION SCHOOL AND EARLY ENTRANCE PROGRAM
Chen, Andrew D.
Lin, Jeremy X.

UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY
Healey, Ciaran P.

Shoreline

SHORECREST HIGH SCHOOL
Baetz, Olivia G.
Fisher, Maxwell A.
Kaje, Maia E.

Snohomish

GLACIER PEAK H. S.
Ahn, Richard
Ardry, Lauryn A.
Cho, Kevin
Olson, Isaac D.
Zarlingo, Lauren Q.

South Hill

EMERALD RIDGE H. S.
Schieche, Erica M.

Spokane

JOEL E. FERRIS H. S.
Gao, Helen B.

LEWIS AND CLARK H. S.
Teel, Gwyneth E.
VanderWilde, Bailey G.

OAKS CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Moore, Matthew R.

ST. GEORGE'S SCHOOL
Roll, Marshall
Wu, Sarah Z.

University Place

CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL
Yi, Matthew J.

Woodinville

WOODINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Wu, Ethan L.

To become a finalist, the program explains that students and a high-school official must submit a detailed application. The application must contain information about a student’s academic record, leadership abilities, the honors and awards they’ve received and more.

Students will find out in February whether they make it to the finalist stage. The scholarship winners will be announced beginning in April 2020.