Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation on Wednesday announced the names of over 16,000 Semi finalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award,
Semi finalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition.
About 95 percent of the Semi finalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately
half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.
NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was
established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 340 business
organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s
scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.
Local students selected:
BAYLOR SCHOOL
Xing, Ziyang
CHATTANOOGA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
Song, Vickie
COLLEGIATE HIGH
Kim, Othniel S.
Manalo, Ewan T.
Patel, Vraj P.
GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Espy, Rowan A.
Gardner, Meghan G.
Phade, Anisha S.
McCALLIE SCHOOL
Baker, Samuel J.
Darby, James J.
Harsha, Anirudhha S.
Jain, Aviral
Snoddy, James C.
Spykerman, Mark W.
Taggart, Owen D.
Vellanki, Vibin V.
Woodard, Rhys T.
Yang, Benjamin Y.
STEM SCHOOL
Donen, Taylor M.
CLEVELAND H. S.
Johnson, Bailey K.
DAYTON HOMESCHOOL
Gates, Zane L.
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN H. S.
Dungan, Abigail C.
Gibby, John Augustin
Lin, Jeffery
Miller, Lydia R.
DALTON
DALTON H. S.
Gregg, Nellie R.