NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200, Evanston, Illinois 60201-4897 (847) 866-5100 SEMIFINALISTS IN THE 2018 NATIONAL MERIT® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM September 13, 2017 Announcement Contact: Eileen Artemakis or Matthew Budreau Phone: (847) 866-5100 Public Information Email:
[email protected] Website: www.nationalmerit.org Advance: For release on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Note to editors: Semifinalists in your state are listed alphabetically by city and high school following this press release. This material is prepared solely for news media to announce the names of Semifinalists; its use for any other purpose is prohibited. Caution: Using numbers of Semifinalists to compare high schools, educational systems, or states will result in erroneous conclusions. The National Merit® Scholarship Program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The program does not measure the quality or effectiveness of education within a school, system, or state. For more information about the competition, please visit NMSC’s website at www.nationalmerit.org. Semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit® Scholarship Program (Evanston, Illinois) Today officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about 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 420 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. -more- Add one Semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program Steps in the 2018 Competition About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT ®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest- scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and his or her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record through- out high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT ® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notified of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference. National Merit Scholarships Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring of 2018. Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit® $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 230 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specified criteria, such as children of the grantor’s employees or residents of communities where sponsor plants or offices are located. In addition, about 190 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution. National Merit Scholarship winners of 2018 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 330,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title. # # # National Merit, Merit Scholarship, Merit Scholar, and the corporate “Lamp of Learning” logo are federally registered service marks of National Merit Scholarship Corporation. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of National Merit Scholarship Corporation and the College Board. SAT is a registered trademark of the College Board. Semifinalists: 2018 National 120 453 Rowan, Aubrey I. Stewart, Amon A. 303 450 Wiedemeier, Joshua D. Zhang, Angela 000 Ziaja, William Merit Scholarship Program MC NEIL H. S. 303 Fang, Jaden Y. 999 Zou, Isabella W. 628 Gadgil, Bela P. WESTWOOD H. S. 459 Golla, Ethan M. 218 Adcock, Noah R. 451 Krishnamurthy, Vignesh 303 Bao, Daniel 628 Lee, Sarah J. 950 Beaty, Martha R. 628 Qiu, Abram 303 Lehman, Gilbert T. 451 Benner, Owen P. TEXAS 628 Swinney, Brandon T. 303 Majumdar, Arka 907 Bettadpur, Sanjana I. 457 Mao, Franklin C. 450 Block, Charles O. OAKRIDGE SCHOOL 160 Nguyen, Anthony Q. 470 Bowers, Julia I. ABILENE 628 Luong, Adrian E. 628 Ramachandra, Anjana S. 628 Chang, Tuo ABILENE H. S. 454 Solano, Funmilola A. 600 Schnurer, Cameron H. 303 Chen, Albert J. 700 Pigott, Eliana M. 682 Shaw, Evie 200 Chen, Brian J. AUSTIN 600 Son, Sumin 200 Chintala, Apoorva ADDISON W. CHARLES AKINS H. S. 000 Tkacz, Emma P. 459 Chiu, Brian W. GREENHILL SCHOOL 946 Byrd, Truman S. 600 Ton, Vinh T. 907 Cho, Joonhee 185 Bhargava, Sudeep S. 628 Choudhary, Kavyaa D. 451 Frymire, Alexandra L. C. ANDERSON H. S. N. Y. O. S. CHARTER SCHOOL 834 Dean, Marshall C. 550 Harris, Caroline A. 252 Allen, Riley E. 450 Rundquist, Arik J. 300 Deng, Daniel 999 Krakow, Eli A. 454 Ard, Adam M. 999 Desai, Kush K. 999 Puckett, Chelsea 946 Francis, Vivian E. PREMIER H. S. OF NORTH AUSTIN 160 Desai, Nisha C. 185 Puckett, Erin M. 166 Howlett, Carina P. 720 Fisher, Sarah G. 906 Dong, Mona C. 605 Ravi, Swati 454 Kwon, Jennifer S. 467 Gatson, Rory S. 990 Shiau, Victoria 843 Seddon-Stettler, Sadie REGENTS SCHOOL 628 Goff, Nicolas K. 628 Wang, Grant K. 456 Sullivan, Casey J. 833 Cox, Kyle P. 628 Govande, Janhavi V. 450 Froehlich, Rodney J. 303 Goyal, Ritik P. TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY JAMES BOWIE H. S. 450 Larkam, Andrew P. 740 Gretta, Lucas Q. 161 Lau, Allison K. 905 Baltoi, Daniel S. 870 Henley, Jared C. 200 Cottle, Lindsey E. ANN RICHARDS SCHOOL FOR 450 Hsieh, David ALEDO 454 David, Tyler D. YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS 628 Huang, Kevin Y. ALEDO H. S. 455 Martin, Clara T. 167 Dalehite, Willow C. 455 Ingle, Tanvi A. 450 Legvold, Tanner 628 Jain, Arjun BRENTWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL 303 Joshi, Rucha ALLEN 843 Helyer, Benjamin K. SCHOOL 600 Kim, Iris ALLEN H. S. 830 Qiu, Selinda 999 Kim, Jiwon 450 Alappat, Joe C. HOMESCHOOL 791 Kim, Junwoo 000 Anand, Rahul 303 Doupnik, Brian C. ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC 628 Kuttanna, Niam P. 843 Ardoin, James G. 907 Elliott, Caelan A. ACADEMY 742 Lee, Junu 451 Catlett, Victoria E. 630 Galko, Isabelle M. 303 Gibson, Linus A. 999 Li, Catherine J. 740 Chawla, Raghav 467 Gaughan, Susan R. 300 Li, Kevin 904 Chen, Catherine 303 Goh, Timothy M. 710 Lu, Andrew H. ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL 200 Chen, Tong 843 Gray, Cameron B. 628 Lu, Audrey F. SCHOOL 160 Cheng, Samantha L. 303 Malwade, Niti R. 999 Mast, Hayden L. 459 Corbita, Danica K. 628 Mandavilli, Rohith LAKE TRAVIS H. S. 170 Orman, Catherine E. 202 Golkonda, Sahithi 603 Maniyar, Anuj O. 682 Ali, Sabah A. 628 Raven, Austin 459 Gomez-Garcia, Miguel 999 Nagle, Osric A. 907 Margiotta, Evan R. 459 Sage, Harry A. 455 Hoyt, Kylie N. 628 Nayak, Sanika S. 870 Waugh, Caitlin 160 Thompson, Eloise P. 302 King, Ryan R. 628 Park, Jessie C. 999 Li, Christopher F. 457 Parulekar, Aditya U. LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE VANDEGRIFT H. S. 628 Patel, Devika M. 627 Li, Mary ACADEMY H. S. 185 Agarwal, Nikita 202 O'Brien, John P. 628 Purohit, Yash M. 303 Ahuja, Ojas K. 162 Balasubramanian, Shruthi 619 Pedison, Claire E. 999 Rajan, Naveen H. 451 Alvis, Samuel A. 218 Chintapalli, Anya 907 Primrose, Parker M. 999 Shen, Jack R. 175 Andrews, Vada M. 303 Cuddy, Kendall 164 Raja, Sanjeev V. 999 Singh, Akash 454 Aung, Shane T. 870 Curley, Hannah 892 Taylor, Chase R. 303 Sreekanth, Varshinee 451 Ballal, Shubhanga 451 Fisher, William 628 Vempati, Anurag 162 Sze, Ryan H. 742 Ben-Avi, Noam 455 Fontani Herreros, Alex 628 Thallapureddy, Aneesh R. 300 Black, Kevin A. 712 Gondi, Vyshali 628 Thiagarajan, Shreya LOVEJOY H. S. 907 Blaha, Isabelle S. 628 Jhanji, Rayhan 163 Thirkoveloori, Vaishnavi 946 Dennis, Grant 200 Blankenship, Jackson M. 160 Kalidas, Ashwin 628 Tian, Persephone J. 522 Johnson, Noah T. 990 Bogard, Clara R. 501 Kasireddy, Viswanath 999 Wang, James C. 628 Laboret, Bretton 161 Brown, Tatum L. 999 Lai, Victor 628 Wang, Phoenix 907 Parker, Clay T. 303 Coleman, Russell B. 250 Mulpuri, Samiksha 628 Yalamanchili, Sreya 450 Su, Brandon L. 556 Coulbury, Calvin W. 303 Patel, Sonesh 836 Yan, James L. 950 Czarnecki, Zoe E. 628 Risner, Caroline 904 Zhang, Kathleen Z. AMARILLO 302 Dhir, Abhimanyu 870 Varghese, Megan AMARILLO H. S. 628 Dulaney, Aidan S. 950 Welliver, Evan 700 Boyce, William C. 999 Hanser-Young, Noah R. BAYTOWN 204 Hao, Vincent M. VERITAS ACADEMY BARBERS HILL H. S. 160 McKay, Luke E. 628 Katta, Anish R. 185 Anderson, Catharine L. 455 Alexander, Austin K. 628 Tirumala, Sahithi L. 303 Le, Megan K. 628 Lee, Edward M. WESTLAKE H. S. BEAUMONT ARGYLE HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY ARGYLE H. S. 999 Lee, Sage S. 628 Cohen, Brooke F. 712 Lindell, Hattie A. 843 Criswell, Abby 162 Shams, Syed S. 168 Hennes, Andrew D. 901 Miller, Miranda A. 164 McGauley, Ryan A. 455 Donnelly, Colin T. 204 Nannapaneni, Jacob B. 200 Gambarin, Elena K. MONSIGNOR KELLY 185 Nasi, Ella K. 162 Gardner, Emily E. CATHOLIC H. S. LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 450 Steinman, John 166 Nichols, Eleanor F. 999 Guess, Sophie P. 250 Jolley, Peyton O. 870 Penick, Julia W. 628 Ikram, Naira 999 Poterek, Anna H. 000 Iyer, Saitej WEST BROOK H. S. ARLINGTON 162 Read, Dylan M. 450 Kearney, Matthew 999 Lin, Eric D. ARLINGTON H. S. 451 Sangana, Neha 627 Lien, Vy 907 James, Isaac W. 999 Schmeil, James C. 999 Lin, Jasper BELLAIRE 467 Stone, Isaac B. 619 Lyszkowski, Kelsey D. BELLAIRE H. S. LAMAR H. S. 455 Taleff, Michael T. 467 Marshall, Luke M. 904 Brown, Robert A. 628 Huang, Wei-Chen 830 Tran, Harrison K. 629 Martinez, Ruy A. 160 Contello, Rachel M. 160 Yang, Karen M. 742 Wiese, Lia B. 723 McFarland, Elizabeth 628 Dai, Eric J. 522 Windsor, Ellie M. 300 Murphy, Marika M. 000 Entchev, Daniel P. MANSFIELD SUMMIT H. S. 459 Zhao, Mingxuan 456 O'Bryon, Conor R. 600 Han, Evan Y. 121 Weaver, Jacob A. 770 Zhou, Ricky Z. 302 Pham, Peter N. 467 Ho, Alexander J. 450 Pousset, Rosemarie C. 455 Huang, Jasmine L. JAMES W. MARTIN H. S. MC CALLUM H. S. 999 Rehani, Eeshaan M. 000 Jin, Wendy 302 Birchall-Roman, Calvin T. 300 Guequierre, Sierra J. 450 Sun, Lillian L. 999 Kelly, Patrick M. 450 Chin, Nicholas R. 950 Kennedy, Pablo F. 999 Wang, Kyle A. 843 Kharel, Tirtha M. 450 Moore, Brock A. 142 Leuba Jones, Lydia 999 Wang, William 467 Levitt, Christopher I. 3 Semifinalists: 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program CEDAR CREEK CORPUS CHRISTI LAKE HIGHLANDS H. S. Texas (continued) CEDAR CREEK H. S. FLOUR BLUFF H. S. 000 Allen, Jackson T. 450 Davis, Eric 160 Trial, Hallie 712 Randall, Jonathan H. 450 Lin, Michelle M. CEDAR PARK RICHARD KING H. S. BISHOP LYNCH H. S. 161 Ling, Ruth CEDAR PARK H. S. 999 Maheshwari, Akash T. 522 Drabek, Emily A. 450 Macia, Sarah E. 161 Cormia, Ryan 999 McAuliffe, Skylar N. 303 Ingarfield, William FOY H. MOODY SCIENCE - RICHLAND COLLEGIATE H. S. 628 Nguyen, Alexander K. 161 Kim, Mina HEALTH H. S. 450 Tran, Tien T. 843 Olinger, Gabrielle D. 628 O'Hanlon, Cristina 450 Baldree, Mackenzie M. 999 Pan, Emily Y. SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED 999 Parsons, Charlotte M. VISTA RIDGE H. S. W. B. RAY H. S. AND GIFTED 628 Parsons, Mackenzie L. 600 Jia, Adelle 454 Connor, Cole 451 Weddle, Lucas H. 457 Parsons, Rebecca C. 501 Linde, Solvay 500 Hargrave, Samuel 630 Richards, Emily P. 200 McAulay, Julia M. 303 Larson, Grant CORSICANA 843 Shukla, Pavan A. 450 Reilly, Jeremiah D. CORSICANA H. S. 999 Wang, Jessica H. 999 Sood, Kabir 628 Su, Samantha L. CIBOLO 171 Nutt, Derek S. BYRON P. STEELE II H. S. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND 905 Szafranski, Elizabeth R. 450 Buske, Andrew M. CYPRESS ENGINEERING MAGNET 710 Tate, Jacob M. 741 Uraimov, Omar CY - FAIR H. S. 457 Callahan, Matthew B. 204 Wen, Sarah J. CLUTE 121 Griffith, Christopher P. 451 Chandak, Yash A. 302 Williams, Scott S. BRAZOSWOOD H. S. 628 Moturu, Amar E. 300 Cooper, Daschel R. 454 Xin, Jingyi 999 Sferrazza, Michelle L. 160 Selz, Evelyn J. 454 Rawat, Saumya 628 Xu, Anna C. 161 Rege, Raviraj J. 999 Xu, Jennifer COLLEGE STATION CYPRESS RANCH H. S. 162 Thomas, Sasha 451 Yuan, Yuanchen A & M CONSOLIDATED H. S. 999 Kumar, Carissa N. 160 Zheng, Julia J. 999 Chang, Hannah R. 455 Seaver, Thomas M. ST. MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS 892 Zimmerman, Geoffrey W. 450 Farrell, Darragh P. 300 Wang, Andrew A. 000 Akbar, Abdullah M. 629 Fu, Lingyi 999 Bailey, Charles D. EPISCOPAL H. S. 999 Hawthorne, Lacey B. CYPRESS WOODS H. S. 000 Berger, Owen A. 000 Allan, Sophie C. 450 Rasmussen, Melissa A. 168 Bozinov, Vincent P. 999 Byeon, Daniel J. 999 Cook, Aidan S. 459 Salzman, Riva C. 302 Cheng, Meggie L. 999 Feng, Kevin D. 000 Edwards, Avery L. 773 Sprintson, Michael 450 Jonnalagadda, Chakra P. 454 Jiang, Alan 000 Graves, Aaron P. 555 Wu, Grace 461 Kothi, Gandhar A. 999 Parolisi, Jack 000 Ogle, Blake E. 999 Zhan, Jennifer L. 454 Speight, Claire E. 000 Pegues, Toussaint M. 451 Tighe, George P. 837 Pittson, Ethan C. 000 Rabin, Reece B. BELTON COLLEGE STATION H. S. HOMESCHOOL 999 Ro, Yunjae BELTON H. S. 166 Bardenhagen, Anna 904 Mirasola, Audrey K. 000 Vemuri, Niteesh 160 Shedore, Serena A. 455 Pistikopoulos, Ioannis P. 000 Wilson, Harris J. 303 Thomson, Ilham H. BOERNE 999 Yao, Sarah C. DALLAS URSULINE ACADEMY BOERNE - SAMUEL V. CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL 467 Mihalic, Isabella CHAMPION H. S. COLLEYVILLE 999 Northrop, Anne 999 Simons, Kathryn M. 302 Hernandez, Mateo E. COLLEYVILLE HERITAGE H. S. 461 Solomon, Austin 450 Montez, Michael 999 Anderson, Jackson T. 455 Solomon, Bryant VANGUARD PREPARATORY 830 Sanders, James M. 999 De La Cruz, Melanie E. SCHOOL 833 Weber, Christopher P. 870 Hoffman, Megan E. EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 000 Randall, Charles F. 907 Hurtado, Alicia S. 463 Mittal, Tarushi R. BOERNE H. S. 455 Kabra, Shreya D. 600 Smythe, Katherine T. YAVNEH ACADEMY 303 Hoke, Tanner M. 999 Ladhani, Arsh F. 628 Dunsky, Evie Y. 209 Lakey, Megan L. HIGHLAND PARK H. S. BRYAN 999 Matthews, Ethan L. 162 Beasley, Reuben M. 455 Moore, Ava R. DECATUR BRYAN H. S. 162 Chen, Karen M. DECATUR H. S. 950 Lamb, Kimberly R. 459 Morales Cuadrado, Evanns G. 450 Emerson, Thomas G. 450 Kyle, Madison L. 453 Nguyen, Alexander B. 170 Greaves, Emily P. 999 Wunrow, Kirsten E. 950 Panjwani, Nasir A. 843 Grossman, Luke H. JAMES EARL RUDDER H. S. 870 Park, Hyeonjeong 303 Hopkins, Matthew C. 175 Scroggs, Layne A. DEER PARK 904 Patel, Zafir 300 MacMichael, John P. 160 Ramachandran, Shalini DEER PARK H. S. - SOUTH 303 Munn, Braden W. 302 Ham, Jonathan M. BUDA 619 Schmidt, Colby N. 450 Orsak, Sarah G. JACK C. HAYS H. S. 628 Shah, Raena R. 454 Pathak, Aaron 160 Bedwell, Alayna B. 602 Travis, Justine D. 900 Pathak, Yash DENTON 162 Ye, Helen JOHN H. GUYER H. S. 999 Sinak, Slade H. BURLESON 836 Winn, Andrew 200 Wu, Derek HOMESCHOOL COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 628 Xie, Michael H. 162 Korb, Madison G. 450 Calabrese, Cameron J. 628 Zhang, Liangsheng TEXAS ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CARROLLTON 185 Anand, Soummitra CONROE HOCKADAY SCHOOL 836 Annapureddy, Drupad CREEKVIEW H. S. OAK RIDGE H. S. 000 Baschab, Emily F. 950 Hawkins, Christopher G. 999 Arora, Neha 300 Heard, Christopher J. 000 Beacham, Kaleigh J. 185 Bhaskaruni, Mithilesh 467 Hoffman, Nicholas A. 000 Dendi, Ritika 303 Jouett, Katherine L. 833 Bhavimane, Shashank V. COPPELL 000 Fundis, Kate K. 628 Choi, Yoonjee COPPELL H. S. 000 Guo, Effie 450 Davis, Nathan U. HEBRON H. S. 000 Guo, Elizabeth 209 Atluri, Maurya 303 Gu, Garrett 628 Allam, Anthony R. 000 Han, Aurelia S. 999 Austin, Kathleen G. 303 Hobohm, Thomas S. 999 Chu, Maximus H. 000 Ji, Christine A. 843 Bhattacharyaa, Archishman 301 Kelkar, Pratik M. 450 Gonzalez Corson, David 000 Lee, Lin L. 904 Choi, Jihae S. 450 Ko, Justin S. 467 Jacob, Alan M. 000 McPhail, Maye 550 Davis, Avery J. 160 Lee, Elaine Y. 999 Jacob, Christy 000 Mehta, Mira A. 201 Donapati, Akhil R. 970 Lee, Isaac T. 000 Lux, Allyson L. 000 Newman, Eleanor F. 161 Elete, Varun R. 160 Li, Sharon 451 Morrison, Gaines R. 000 Orsak, Mary E. 999 Fralick, Connie M. 628 Liu, Karen 999 Nguyen, Andrew D. 000 Ristianto, Zasca-Aisha N. 999 Hatanpaa, Andrew T. 451 Lohse, Sven J. 162 Pham, Nhi X. 000 Wang, Jennifer 160 He, Hongxuan 185 McKee, Connor L. 451 Wise, Nathan D. 000 Westkaemper, Kelly B. 162 Kandru, Anvita P. 628 More, Aditya 628 Khawaja, Asad I. 843 Murugan, Pranav M. NEWMAN SMITH H. S. 999 Kohli, Maydha M. J. B. S. MAGNET CENTER FOR 204 Naik, Amil N. 455 Bennett, Nathan J. 162 Mahesh, Riya PUBLIC SERVICE: GOVERNMENT, 162 Nguyen, Harold H. 450 Eoff, Alec D. 628 Mekala, Priya LAW AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 833 Patel, Sahil S. 999 Peng, Byron L. 000 Gao, Michael D. 628 Qian, William R. L. TURNER H. S. 451 Qiu, Eric 209 Shah, Jishnu A. 185 Kallianpur, Rohini V. 162 Sabhnani, Mallika K. JESUIT COLLEGE 628 Shah, Shalin S. 209 Strong, Joshua T. PREPARATORY SCHOOL 300 Shen, Michael R. CARTHAGE 600 Vanam, Abhilash 000 Anguiano, Gabriel D. 162 Shi, Victoria R. CARTHAGE H. S. 999 Wang, Gerald S. 000 Hargrave, Evan J. 160 Song, Victor M. 999 Mahaffey, Anne A. 162 Zhang, Frank M. 600 Thomas, Connor J. 301 Sun, Steven 4 Semifinalists: 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program 459 King, Brendan D. 461 Lee, Jin HEATH Texas (continued) 833 Lleras, David A. 836 Patadia, Siddhi P. ROCKWALL - HEATH H. S. 628 Mendez, Sofia N. 300 Perumalla, Rohith 000 Coutch, Daria B. 454 Mongoven, Travis C. 160 Sil, Aishani 171 Evers, Anna N. 466 Tagnon, Clotilde 303 Moseley, Carson D. 160 Wadhawan, Nivan 999 Huang, Victoria Y. 185 Thang, Christopher J. 450 Murthy, Archana A. 629 Wong, Ally H. 457 Sherrod, Kyle R. 163 Tran, Timothy T. 990 Perry, David B. 000 Woodruff, Meghana A. 999 Traynin, Nikita P. 000 Pfeiffer, Jonah K. 169 Woods, Daniel J. HOUSTON 303 Wadawadigi, Anisha 628 Talasila, Sahithi 303 Yang, Charles M. AWTY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 999 Wang, Kevin H. 455 Turner, Jeremiah T. 454 Zhang, Iris 000 Grosvenor, Eleanor C. 741 Xiong, Katherine 870 Wilson, Miranda 742 Lewis, Brandon I. 000 Yakubek, Michelle LONE STAR H. S. 000 Meacham, Mary M. 450 Yan, Tan FORT WORTH 740 Leibowitz, Ryan S. 000 Yao, Jason L. 999 Yu, Linda BETHESDA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 600 Pattim, Samaya S. 999 Yuan, Marianne S. 999 Groves, Camden B. CARNEGIE VANGUARD H. S. 854 Zhang, Jennifer REEDY H. S. 630 Bailey, Cassandra L. 450 Zhang, Jiahan W. E. BOSWELL H. S. 217 Bedlan, Parker D. 454 Devashish, Kartik 303 Zhang, Rick 450 McNichols, Elijah H. 870 Liu, Trevor K. 906 Feldman, Amanda H. 450 Zhou, Langyan 450 Wang, Kevin M. 202 Holmes, Garrett M. 461 Zou, Sarah J. COVENANT CLASSICAL SCHOOL 999 Hsu, Caitlin 461 Smith, Tate D. WAKELAND H. S. 740 Jajoo, Anuj K. DRIPPING SPRINGS 459 Deleski, Andrew D. 168 Jessup, Raymond J. DRIPPING SPRINGS H. S. FORT WORTH COUNTRY 600 George, Joel S. 710 Jung, Hee Soo 303 Gahagan, Ryan A. DAY SCHOOL 710 Quiroga, Sebastian 906 Kalamangalam, Rukmini 160 Haraguchi, Mia K. 999 Brenner, Alexa V. 712 Rao, Shreya I. 472 Karam, Matthew J. 300 Lee, Christopher S. 162 Chan, Michael S. 843 Tuttle, Kevin J. 472 Keneally, Riordan K. 999 De, Nikhil R. 843 Zaman, Mir R. 204 Khosla, Griffin R. HOMESCHOOL 451 Mayhue, Lance S. 161 Liu, Samuel W. 161 Estrada, Isabel GALVESTON 743 Nguyen, An K. HARMONY SCHOOL BALL H. S. 454 Omidiran, Ifeoluwani E. EL PASO OF INNOVATION 160 Kitchel, Emma R. 999 Powers, Katherine F. CAPTAIN JOHN L. CHAPIN H. S. 302 Harrel, Benson S. 628 Srivaths, Keshav S. 450 Jarolimek, Connor R. 450 Roots, Laura M. GARLAND GARLAND H. S. CLEAR HORIZONS EARLY CORONADO H. S. HOMESCHOOL 000 Bhuiyan, Tahrima A. COLLEGE H. S. 169 Cheu, Daven S. 160 Hunter, Benjamin Paul 943 Chowdhury, Safwan M. 628 Albustami, Ayah O. 457 Morris, Thaddeus S. 451 Durand, Ethan D. 457 Beaty, Aaron C. EASTWOOD H. S. 200 Hill, Austin C. 160 Vo, Ryan T. 940 Orrantia-Kotowski, Michaela V. ROBERT L. PASCHAL H. S. 999 Mann, Ryan W. 254 Baldwin, Hunter 628 Tran, Brandon C. 450 Trout, Ryan A. CLEAR LAKE H. S. FRANKLIN H. S. 204 Heo, Dan 628 Alrahwan, Ian M. 712 Gonzalez Sanchez, Mauricio 999 Lasater, Edward B. 459 Tsao, Austin J. 300 Baylor, Travis J. 450 Nolan, Connor 999 Dong, Steven R. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY 000 ONeil, Molly S. LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL H. S. 454 Edelen, John 999 Berg, Monica L. 000 Thielman, Samuel J. 501 Harris, Caleb T. 940 Enriquez, Samuel 712 Turner, Aaron M. 457 Glaze, Nicholas K. EULESS 467 Wright, Esther M. SOUTH GARLAND H. S. 628 Huynh, Courtney TRINITY H. S. 432 O'Malley, Ryan H. 999 Krishna, Gayathri M. 457 Ninan, Joel J. TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL 742 Mokkala, Sravan R. 451 Valtchanov, Alexander V. 214 Gandhi, Ronak R. GEORGETOWN 451 Muffoletto, Karina L. 628 Lee, Maria Virginia EAST VIEW H. S. 455 Nesbitt, Benjamin R. FARMERSVILLE 999 Mackenzie, Kerry 999 Schaller, Courtney J. 217 Rao, Ankita V. FARMERSVILLE H. S. 628 Ryu, Hijun 450 Sahnoune, Youcef H. 451 Renshaw, Matthew A. GILMER 501 Skaggs, Grant S. FRIENDSWOOD HOMESCHOOL 454 Soltes, Amelia M. FLOWER MOUND CLEAR BROOK H. S. 836 Phillips, Abigail S. 627 Theriot, Dylan D. FLOWER MOUND H. S. 628 Dweik, Omran M. 163 Truong, Meghan 162 Apollaro, Lauren E. 907 Liu, Andrew GRANBURY 450 Wong, Yan Hao 257 Bennett, Brock J. 450 Majmudar, Akhil V. GRANBURY H. S. 000 Casey, Katherine 467 Payra, Syamantak 454 Cavitt, Joslyn E. CYPRESS CREEK H. S. 200 Das, Shreyoshi 302 Matson, Ian 999 Ding, Melissa C. FRIENDSWOOD H. S. PREMIER H. S. 302 Sanders, Lorna N. 000 Durvasula, Akshay L. 302 Olsen, Oliver N. 742 Roberts, Aedan Z. 950 Espinoza, Jeffrey R. CYPRESS FALLS H. S. 455 Farris, Heather A. FRISCO GRAND PRAIRIE 465 Xu, Aaron J. 303 Gorantla, Teja S. CENTENNIAL H. S. JOHN A. DUBISKI CAREER H. S. 999 Goteti, Sidhardh 999 Mun, Matthew H. 600 Hernandez, Edgar 300 Peterson, Emily M. CYPRESS RIDGE H. S. 950 Hall, Ethan M. GRAND PRAIRIE FINE 600 Kim, Minjung 451 Hardwick, Nathan 843 Zhu, Jason ARTS ACADEMY 450 Leger, Juliet M. 200 James, Kendall A. 940 Cowden, Katherine D. 628 Wang, William J. 455 Jayaram, Tanya FRISCO H. S. 451 Kinder, Michael R. 455 Newman, Jacob D. 303 Kudva, Ashwin K. 843 Royer, Brianna M. SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H. S. DARUL ARQAM NORTH 999 Kwak, Peter W. 161 Tran, Brandon ZONE SCHOOL 204 Lu, Kevin Z. HERITAGE H. S. 168 Syed, Hafsa A. 000 Miller, Riley 166 Chang, Cordel L. GRAPEVINE 628 Patel, Kishan P. 185 George, Nevin K. GRAPEVINE H. S. MICHAEL E. DE BAKEY H. S. FOR 833 Piwonka, Hayden E. 300 Kanakala, Ramesh R. 303 Bhave, Sanika V. HEALTH PROFESSIONS 160 Qasim, Tahir S. 843 Morse, Jennifer L. 454 Bradshaw, John J. 000 Belaguli, Sidharth N. 000 Russell, Morgan E. 999 Valliani, Beenish A. 161 Comiskey, Aidan M. 000 Kilicarslan, Elif Naz 000 Stacy, Carson 628 Ewing, Cortland W. 000 Kotha, Aishwarya S. 454 Tang, Catherine INDEPENDENCE H. S. 450 Gonzalez, Aiden L. 000 Mo, William T. 000 Tharwala, Priya 999 Boddu, Satya 450 Maragoudakis, Evangelos Y. 000 Nitturi, Vijay 161 Thomas, Jacob J. 451 Dronamraju, Nikhil 450 Miller, David M. 000 Ou, Eric 999 Toothman, Brooks W. 628 Isa, Salman S. 836 Miller, Ian K. 000 Pham, Jacqueline D. 999 Vasquez, Justin R. 904 Jiang, Joseph K. 450 Tanna, Vivek N. 000 Schroeder, Vera M. 999 Whipple, Kyle C. 454 Matthews, Ryan E. 450 Valencic, Luka 000 Xue, Brian 453 Wursten, Alexis J. 520 Saha, Shouryaman 999 Wadsworth, Ann E. 000 Yeh, Mason A. 999 Xu, Gulan N. 836 Welton, Claire E. 000 Zhang, Larry W. LIBERTY H. S. EDWARD S. MARCUS H. S. 218 Aravapalli, Deepti HALLSVILLE DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE 999 Bednarczyk, Jackson G. 450 Bhatt, Nirmal K. HALLSVILLE H. S. SACRED HEART 999 Corzatt, Joshua 450 Bohara, Arihant 450 Sheard, Hannah V. 550 Swackhamer, Sarah W. 201 Du, Austin 628 Dasgupta, Abhirupa 470 Garner, Michael N. 628 Gattu, Havish HASLET HARMONY SCHOOL 450 Han, Manho 303 Hirani, Aly M. V. R. EATON H. S. OF ADVANCEMENT 450 James, Gwyneth 450 Koukuntla, Sai Susheel 948 Mathis, Tobey M. 459 Ahmad, Shujah A. 5 Semifinalists: 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program 999 Brown, Jacob K. 628 Medina, Alonso S. 160 Punia, Viraaj S. Texas (continued) 000 Buckman, Alexander J. 303 Treadway, Caleb M. 456 Sequeira, Sneha N. 300 Buckman, Peter J. 712 Toong, Ping Rui 463 Burnette, Cameryn A. HIGHLANDS SCHOOL 628 Ba, Brandon A. 999 Cerda, Lauren E. 254 Ramirez, Mark KELLER 870 Yucel, Feyza B. 455 Chakraborty, Riya CENTRAL H. S. 999 Chen, Emily J. HOMESCHOOL 303 Kenney, Patrick M. HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE 999 Chen, William J. 454 Kumar, Srishti 999 Mitchell, Austin K. PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS 999 Coudsi, John 467 Fu, Trevor Z. 204 Donovan, Samuel R. NORTH HILLS PREPARATORY KELLER H. S. 628 Haynes, Tuesday B. 160 Fenouil, Julien M. 451 Hassan, Evan J. 950 Goble, Gwendolyn H. 303 Jalbert, Jonathan J. 501 Harraman, Carson R. 999 Milhorn, Luke R. 790 Hines, Claire E. 628 O'Connor, Caroline E. 450 He, Michael X. 303 Ward, Ryan M. 999 Hlavinka, Joseph W. KATY HOUSTON CHRISTIAN H. S. 836 Ho, Samuel Y. CINCO RANCH H. S. TIMBER CREEK H. S. 472 Dupree, Amy K. 999 Jackson, Sean T. 200 Ding, Ruihua 254 Anzaldua, Noah K. 454 Read, Ashley E. 999 Jing, Katherine G. 836 Gadiyar, Shruti 303 Sanders, Colin C. 000 Jung, Jaehoon 301 Kong, Alex H. 999 Whitaker, Emily G. INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY 600 Kernell, Caroline G. 600 Ku, Russell Y. 453 Diamond, Elizabeth M. 999 Kim, Alexander M. 999 Lee, Ji Won KILGORE 300 Kramer, Jordan E. 600 Lee, Michelle S. KILGORE H. S. JERSEY VILLAGE H. S. 467 Laborde, Mark E. 302 Li, Laura C. 870 Green, Bailey E. 450 Flores, Helaman R. 999 Laniyan, Oluwalayomi O. 162 Liu, Tommy B. 455 Huang, Shan Shan 303 Louie, Kurt T. 455 Rooney, Abigail E. KINGWOOD 467 Nguyen, Kathy Khuyen V. 200 McKelvey, Laurel 454 Tian, Michael Q. HOMESCHOOL 600 Pham, Erik 450 Morris, Avery L. 160 Wang, Amy 950 Luo, Joanna F. 303 Tran, Stephanie 955 Ragauss, Emily A. 999 Xu, Elizabeth H. 999 Roffwarg, Jacob G. 940 Yang, Alice J. 250 Still, Henry KINGWOOD H. S. KINKAID SCHOOL 999 Yang, Julia Yuxuan 161 Cates, Allison D. 000 Ghei, Jiya 700 Tyler, Lucas B. 302 Yang, Melissa J. 454 Crane, Carson J. 000 Ho, Lauren T. 999 Waller, Julia A. 999 Yuk, Kevin K. 600 Khan, Aliya S. 000 Kunetka, William 907 Wan, Andrew Z. 628 Leal, Leslie M. 000 Rice, Lauren E. 999 Yan, Dani CYPRESS LAKES H. S. 450 Smith, Kaitlin E. 000 Rome, Hayden M. 553 Zhang, Olivia R. 450 Nguyen, Terry 771 Smith, Molly M. 000 Schwager, Haley F. 201 Stroud, Carly A. 000 Segal, Samuel R. ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL HARMONY SCHOOL 200 Walton, William L. 000 Thomas, Anna E. SCHOOL OF INNOVATION 501 Zhuang, Brent X. 000 Tilney, Charles M. 970 Warren, Claire E. 843 Long, Morgan S. 600 Scott, Tanner M. KLEIN MIRABEAU B. LAMAR H. S. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 999 Fueyo-Gomez, Juan KLEIN H. S. 900 Calabrese, Camille R. HOMESCHOOL 200 Baker, Logan J. 629 Han, Jiayuan 162 Hodes, Hannah B. 950 Chen, Tyler W. ST. THOMAS H. S. 740 Castillo, Juan M. 843 Galang, Jonathan R. LANGHAM CREEK H. S. SEVEN LAKES H. S. 467 Humpherys, Joshua T. 999 Andrews, Gavin R. 628 Dang, Kenneth 164 Chakraborty, Ashish D. 628 Schmidt, Andrew W. 999 Ferrell, Camden M. 457 Gottschalk, Cooper T. 454 Daboin, Claudia N. 742 Young, Amanda B. 200 Patton, Michael T. 303 Feng, Jixuan LEAGUE CITY 160 Gao, Kevin CLEAR CREEK H. S. DR. KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND STRAKE JESUIT 455 Garfias, Louis F. COLLEGE PREPARATORY 454 Biggerstaff, Alec TECHNICAL H. S. 904 Jadhav, Som M. 904 Lindberg, Scott T. 000 Athaide, Edward J. 999 Kim, Jun-Yong 461 Ly, Kevin D. 164 McCarty, Margaret E. 000 La, Troy M. 999 Kyoung, Kyouar 000 Li, Charles 160 Raji, Michael O. LUTHERAN SOUTH ACADEMY 300 Li, George Y. 303 Leimkuehler, Andrew N. 459 Liu, Dennis CLEAR FALLS H. S. STRATFORD H. S. 999 Liu, Hannah 830 Baring, Geoffrey O. 161 Abate, Alex S. MEMORIAL H. S. 160 Liu, Sophie R. 843 Wen, Allen C. 164 Harms, Madeline N. 457 Luo, Bruce Y. 710 An, Hannah J. 999 Mouton, Mary K. 160 Paidisetty, Praneet S. 450 Burns, Paolo A. CLEAR SPRINGS H. S. 720 Cheng, Claire 450 Rydahl, Thor A. 161 Baetz, Elijah W. 121 Cowan, Sarah Y. VILLAGE SCHOOL 450 Shui, Roger H. 999 Beilstein, Christopher M. 628 Jeon, Young Hee 999 Creed, Chloe M. 450 Srinivasan, Hrishikesh S. 160 Lee, Ka Yeon 906 Hutsell, William M. 454 Thigpen, Brett M. 740 Curry, Samuel 843 McGuire, Lauren K. 999 Liu, Alex 451 Tia, Joshua 201 Dou, Wenxuan 999 Nguyen, Christopher T. 160 Menon, Simren R. 999 Wang, Zachary 906 Foster, Kendrick N. 843 Nguyen, Daniel T. 160 Patel, Reshmi J. 164 Wu, Kevin W. 467 Halbert-Elliott, Kyra M. 162 Stewart, Valerie E. 450 Ramirez, Federico 200 Yang, Amy Q. 600 Herbst, Eliot 999 Zhang, Angela 454 Yang, Haechan 201 Hurley, Robert C. LEANDER 900 Jacobs, Eva 836 Yang, Saebin WESTCHESTER ACADEMY OF 450 Ye, Jennings Z. LEANDER H. S. 459 Landa, Albert S. 162 King, Abigail 300 Li, Ellen INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 450 Ling, Natalie R. 720 Zong, Charlie A. ST. JOHN XXIII ROUSE H. S. 450 Nguyen, Pierce L. COLLEGE PREPARATORY 999 Simpson, David 907 Noyola, Pablo P. WESTSIDE H. S. 430 Parmenter, Bridget A. 168 Qin, Emily Y. 742 Chen, Hsin-Wei 455 Poux, Emily A. 628 Sands, Chloe 520 Hudson, Sarah G. LEWISVILLE 628 Weber, Ronald M. JAMES E. TAYLOR H. S. LEWISVILLE H. S. 162 Wright, Nicole M. HUMBLE 160 Anderson, Krista M. 628 Bandyopadhyay, Argha ATASCOCITA H. S. 301 Blount, Reese A. ST. AGNES ACADEMY 999 Trambaugh, Hunter R. 450 Choi, Inyoung LINDSAY 999 Cho, Claire 457 Cortes, Santiago LINDSAY H. S. 710 Covington, Alexis QUEST EARLY COLLEGE H. S. 999 Kim, Isaac Y. 628 Craigie, Brandon 999 Faison, Alexandra M. 466 Thomas, Andrew 894 Laetsch, John 999 Farr, Megan E. 218 Larkin, Alanna D. LIVE OAK 712 Fitzsimmons, Makenna R. HURST 999 Liu, Emily F. JUDSON EARLY 999 Koch, Irene E. LAWRENCE D. BELL H. S. 999 Llopiz, Leonardo COLLEGE ACADEMY 830 Kuryla, Anna S. 712 Swann, Gillian E. 843 Matava, William J. 185 Fernandes, Pearl 303 Lord, Hannah C. 999 Tang, Shirley C. 162 Meyne, Grace M. HUTTO 999 Wang, Laurence N. LUBBOCK 185 Steier, Maureen E. HUTTO H. S. 710 Wong, Jodi J. ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 894 Sutter, Sophia R. 955 Wassilchalk, Adam J. 999 Cannon, Colten D. OBRA D. TOMPKINS H. S. 900 Chaudhuri, Natalie ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL IRVING 999 Jiang, Ella A. 454 Awad, Elizabeth G. CISTERCIAN PREPARATORY 990 Kataram, Srisai Rachana HOMESCHOOL 160 Bandi, Ashwini V. SCHOOL 999 Knapp, Tyler L. 870 Clark, Grace E. 200 Blue, Grace J. 454 Comeaux, Marshall E. 300 Kumar, Varsha 455 Boom, John 454 Cox, Joseph 999 Nguyen, Dat M. LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 999 Boroughs, Zachary D. 742 Kirkpatrick, Hudson B. 160 Orozco, Maria F. 302 Perlmutter, Marika K. 6 Semifinalists: 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program TRINITY SCHOOL PLANO EAST H. S. 600 Liu, Richard Texas (continued) 999 Sanz, Jordan T. 466 Agrawal, Vedant S. 834 Lu, Christina 999 Whitson, Jordyn M. 628 Barevadia, Vikas G. 999 Luo, Jason 628 Battu, Shreya Moh 999 Ma, Michael Y. LUBBOCK H. S. MIDLOTHIAN 628 Beesam, Adhya 467 McAdams, Jade A. 950 Chae, Soohyun MIDLOTHIAN H. S. 628 Beesam, Shriya 303 Mehta, Ishaan K. 999 Gaines, Georgeanna G. 455 Keener, Rachel E. 306 Budic, Marin 943 Nadella, Abhinav 600 Huo, Haoting 920 Oliver, William G. 301 Choudhary, Harsh 600 Ng, Kaitlyn V. 999 Lee, Michael 204 Gorla, Raghu H. 628 Popokh, Benjamin B. 161 Pillai, Aiswarya J. MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H. S. 450 Gupta, Mohit 907 Ramaswamy, Nikhil 999 Yan, Andrew H. 999 Lansdowne, Carson J. 301 Hayaran, Rahul S. 870 Reilly, Katherine E. 999 Yang, Amy 628 Kotta, Anuhya S. 943 Rizvi, Soha A. 302 Yeh, Shao-Lon M. MISSION 742 Kwon, Andrew Y. 457 Shufer, Allen 450 Yeo, Jin SHARYLAND PIONEER H. S. 520 Lao, Yulsue B. 450 Sperry, Katherine F. 712 Jones, Samuel L. 628 Lou, Michael Y. 451 Stapleton, Lindsay M. 906 Macpherson, Margaret R. 200 Sun, David C. LUFKIN 906 Madhani, Shyam P. 450 Toprak, Furkan C. HUDSON H. S. MISSOURI CITY ELKINS H. S. 600 Phung, Minh-Huy N. 160 Tsong, Annette J. 628 Nguyen, Thien A. 459 Ramesh, Rithvik 209 Vu, Alanna N. 456 Shah, Sahil 467 Singh, Ashish 950 Roan, Veronica M. 740 Wang, Brian LUFKIN H. S. 204 Zhang, Henry 950 Sachan, Kshitij 999 Wu, Frances W. 162 Calhoun, Michael 712 Saxena, Akhil 303 Xiong, Roy L. 302 Zute, Alisha 605 Thompson, Baxter A. 999 Yanakiev, Matey T. MAGNOLIA 459 Tjuatja, Lindia 999 Yang, Bill J. L. V. HIGHTOWER H. S. MAGNOLIA H. S. 999 Zhao, Matthew W. 999 Yang, Carlyn J. 185 Sarkar, Suravi 000 Alford, Ryan W. 628 Yu, Renee 200 Yang, Jerry Z. 160 Shortle, Lillian I. PLANO H. S. 204 Yellaturu, Anish R. 904 Adarkar, Kanishk M. 999 Yi, Angel T. MONTGOMERY 201 Yuan, Austin H. MAGNOLIA WEST H. S. MONTGOMERY H. S. 999 Barnett, Alison I. 907 Bigler, Noah J. 303 Barth, Zoe G. 303 Zhang, Briana J. 628 Chang, Hope C. 457 Traweek, Jonas T. 628 Berana, Swetha V. 209 Zhang, Stephanie Y. 200 Chen, Karen Z. 999 Zhu, Daphne S. NEW BRAUNFELS 710 Zou, Charissa Y. 554 Chen, Sarah H. MANSFIELD NEW BRAUNFELS H. S. 450 Zou, Elizabeth Y. 300 Contoveros, Timothy J. MANSFIELD H. S. 470 Forlano, Clancy R. 999 Cui, Alexandria H. 791 Nguyen, Kayla N. PRESTONWOOD CHRISTIAN 712 Faiz, Umar Z. 999 Ullman, Hayley S. NORTH RICHLAND HILLS ACADEMY 502 Fan, Zhiyuan E. A. YOUNG ACADEMY 450 Johnson, Jessica C. 999 Bohn, Dylan A. MANSFIELD LAKE RIDGE H. S. 200 Garcia, Ana R. 300 Jow, Raymond 301 Vo, Nicholas T. 302 Kinney, Kevin M. PLEASANTON RICHLAND H. S. 303 Le, Vinh Q. PLEASANTON H. S. MANSFIELD LEGACY H. S. 906 Bonnet, Michael A. 454 Lee, Seoyoung 451 Elmer, Matthew D. 459 Haslam, Nathan J. 837 Murrell, Peyton R. 162 Lei, Katherine 950 King, Ryan P. 999 Potluri, Abhilash C. PORT ARANSAS ORANGE 600 Tsai, Veda Z. PORT ARANSAS H. S. MC ALLEN LITTLE CYPRESS - 550 Velick, Sarah D. 450 Kreutziger, Logan K. MC ALLEN H. S. MAURICEVILLE H. S. 162 Xia, Shuda 836 Garzonie, Garrett Z. 450 Barr, Chandler R. 600 Yang, Jonathan Z. PORTLAND 999 Zhang, Triston M. GREGORY - PORTLAND H. S. PALESTINE 950 Stegall, Dmitriy V. MC KINNEY HOMESCHOOL HOMESCHOOL PLANO ISD ACADEMY H. S. 500 Moody, Jerry M. 300 Malik, Usaid 999 Womac, Hannah L. PROSPER PROSPER H. S. PASADENA PLANO WEST H. S. 170 Cummings, Meghan J. MC KINNEY BOYD H. S. PASADENA MEMORIAL H. S. 301 Duffee, Christian B. 999 Abdul, Sadiya A. 204 Guerrero, Nicolas A. 771 Anderson, Melissa K. 628 Jeong, Nichole 999 Abeysinghe, Dishan L. 450 Windon, Alexander S. 202 Low, Alyssa S. 500 Ahire, Navin L. 161 Natarajan, Smriti G. PEARLAND 450 Arjun, Aditya RED OAK GLENDA DAWSON H. S. 950 Bai, Kevin Z. 160 Patuwathavithane, Ranithri H. RED OAK H. S. 870 Chen, Grace H. 999 Bhattarai, Gunjan R. 451 Bannister, Sara 870 Chen, Kevin 300 Chai, Andrew T. MC KINNEY H. S. 209 Dave, Ashish S. 500 El-hindi, Basil A. 450 Chandra, Nisha P. RICHARDSON 628 Derasari, Shrey J. 600 Chang, Christy R. 467 Marchal, Kierstin G. 451 Ellinger, Molly E. LLOYD V. BERKNER H. S. 743 Wu, Ashley 450 Cheung, Thomas B. 000 Yeh, Angela C. 160 Hong, Elizabeth H. 171 Choi, Woo Jin 628 Lavu, Chaitanya V. 450 Deng, Eric W. MC KINNEY NORTH H. S. 451 Lewandowski, Christian R. HOMESCHOOL 162 Desai, Ashwin S. 740 Aberle, Jonathan J. 999 Gaughan, Delaney 710 Liu, Julie 628 Fan, Zoie 160 Newell, Kathleen E. 950 Love, Elizabeth M. 463 Moore, Abigail G. 209 Fang, Cody Y. 160 Miller, Samantha G. 162 Ram, Adith V. 457 Fass, Michael P. 450 Molera, Grace K. 743 Salvador, Sarah E. J. J. PEARCE H. S. 450 Gammon, Shelby A. 450 Srinivasan, Shruthi 999 Dolmas, Lewis J. 218 Garber, Ashley E. MERCEDES 999 Tran, Tabitha D. 457 Goel, Dhruv 451 Gautam, Ritesh SCIENCE ACADEMY OF 455 Vines, William E. 970 Li, Richard W. 600 Ge, Eric L. SOUTH TEXAS 907 Yordy, Katherine A. 450 Mandell, Nathan A. 999 Gioia, Thomas P. 467 Diaz, Jorge A. 628 Yu, Jennifer X. 454 Scholl, David J. 947 Guo, David L. 742 Gonzalez, Tonatiuh A. 712 Yusuf, Benjamin J. 467 Schutz, Jonathan D. 162 Guo, Richard W. 907 Vokey, Colby C. 450 Hao, Kevin J. PEARLAND H. S. 600 Zhang, Hongyi SOUTH TEXAS H. S. OF 160 He, Angela S. 999 Moore, Rachel C. 000 Zhou, Dingjing Yu HEALTH PROFESSIONS 830 Hsieh, Teddy 161 Cua, Margaret L. 204 Smith, Jessalyn E. 171 Huang, Andrew Y. 600 Hylander, Dylan J. RICHARDSON H. S. SHADOW CREEK H. S. 999 Ralston, Erika K. MESQUITE 454 Ito, Emma F. 999 Crews, Austin 600 Iyengar, Niyenth K. MESQUITE H. S. RICHMOND 000 Eckstein, Micah W. 303 Jiang, Sharon PFLUGERVILLE 161 Kapoor, Prakul FOSTER H. S. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY 303 Khadilkar, Saumil H. 628 Schexnider, Lea D. NORTH MESQUITE H. S. 204 Khan, Roshan L. 712 Khalilian, Elizabeth K. 000 Pelino, Kevin G. GEORGE RANCH H. S. 164 Kim, Jason J. 000 Ray, Isaac A. PFLUGERVILLE H. S. 160 Jasek, Tayler J. 454 Lam, Emily J. 605 Gucer, Doru 209 Leavell, Cameron P. DR. RALPH H. POTEET H. S. 628 Lee, Jordan A. WILLIAM B. TRAVIS H. S. 000 Gorden, Emily PLANO 999 Lee, Sooyong 454 Momin, Zamann JOHN PAUL II H. S. 999 Li, Andy MIDLAND 451 Bondi, Jason 204 Li, Kaitlynn ROCKPORT ROBERT E. LEE H. S. 870 Gitzinger, Benjamin M. 999 Lin, Dachey ROCKPORT - FULTON H. S. 455 Calloway, Courtney C. 999 Noyes, Allison 904 Lin, Ranie 160 Hartman, Helen M. 7 Semifinalists: 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program ST. MARY'S HALL 999 Wang, Brandon TROY Texas (continued) 999 Casey, Michael G. 201 Wang, Faye HOMESCHOOL 160 Goldstone, Isaac M. 870 Wang, Nicole 740 Johnson, Hannah C. 000 Greiner, Mikayla M. 303 Wang, Warren ROCKWALL 160 Kumar, Devan 600 Xu, Andrew TYLER ROCKWALL H. S. 454 Wilson, Emily E. 204 Yan, Rena ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 628 Bassett, Parker T. 628 Yan, Sally 454 Naydanova, Elizaveta A. 300 DeMars, Kevin J. TMI - THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 999 Zhang, Jenny 628 Su, Thomas Y. OF TEXAS 628 Zhang, Michael ROUND ROCK 160 Arellano, Ethan S. 300 Zheng, Stephen BISHOP THOMAS K. GORMAN CEDAR RIDGE H. S. 999 Zhou, Erika CATHOLIC SCHOOL 457 Kampfe, Jameson F. SCHERTZ 160 Zhu, Joy 454 Kariampuzha, William Z. 600 Scott, Connor J. SAMUEL CLEMENS H. S. 303 Zhu, Michelle 628 Borland, Hannah L. ROBERT E. LEE H. S. 742 Morales, Manuel DULLES H. S. 628 Olson, Cody B. HOMESCHOOL 160 Almus, Kadriye 742 Matzner, Thomas V. SEMINOLE 450 Armendariz, Sara UNIVERSAL CITY SEMINOLE H. S. 450 Bhavani, Nikitha RANDOLPH H. S. ROUND ROCK H. S. 160 Chow, Elsbeth 628 Abed, Ammar M. 101 Jackson, Lacy 455 Earley, Alexandra 162 Diwanji, Palak 200 Harvill, Matthew A. SOUTHLAKE 628 Gattu, Nikhil VAN ALSTYNE 628 Kennison, Alec N. CARROLL H. S. 628 Hu, Alice VAN ALSTYNE H. S. 999 Mishler, Emma G. 628 Asim, Hira 302 Kassam, Amsal 467 Morgan, Emma K. 940 Pascarella, Kaylee M. 185 Avirneni, Sriram 870 Ma, Candice 451 Peeples, William A. 940 Brown, Adrienne P. 461 Mehrani, Jaanita VICTORIA 455 Shed, Oren C. 948 Chandra, Malini V. 450 Mitra, Kenneth ST. JOSEPH H. S. 773 Tang, David 160 Chaney, Whitney E. 870 Mukkamala, Swara 454 Pyatt, Jordan 943 Cox, Camilla R. 162 Nguyen, Brittany 160 Rivera, Logan M. STONY POINT H. S. 185 Ni, Star 450 Coker, Noah M. 500 Dave, Arman 833 Fondon, Kyle W. 455 Sackett, Abigail VICTORIA EAST H. S. 522 Nguyen, Johnny 770 Thipireddy, Shreya 160 Swami, Neeti 451 Hill, Edward M. 162 Meis, Calder J. 628 Jain, Suyash 907 Tuppera, Tejas 947 Javens, Hannah E. 455 Zhang, Jeffrey VICTORIA WEST H. S. ROWLETT 628 Ma, Samuel Z. 162 Nguyen, Vy B. ROWLETT H. S. FORT BEND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 628 Mageswaran, Myron 451 Hardy, John C. 943 Brown, Kelsey M. 209 Patel, Aman WACO 740 Reusche, Taylor A. LIVE OAK CLASSICAL SCHOOL SALADO 999 Riordan, Dylan HOMESCHOOL 457 Tyson, Garand T. SALADO H. S. 771 Rusli, Amelia C. 000 Lee, Melissa Anne M. 185 Manning, Kayla M. 455 Rutledge, Connor P. MIDWAY H. S. 450 Stelling, Logan M. LOGOS PREPARATORY ACADEMY 943 Kanz, Andrew J. SAN ANTONIO 600 Tsai, Alice 712 Maganza, Renae C. 450 Kuang, Hanxing ALAMO HEIGHTS H. S. 999 Tung, Madelynn 200 McGinnis, Tyler A. 600 Weng, Zan TAYLOR RAPOPORT ACADEMY 200 Pfirrmann, James R. TAYLOR H. S. MEYER H. S. SPRING 999 Garry, Susan H. 740 Alexander, Evan B. BASIS SAN ANTONIO KLEIN COLLINS H. S. MEDICAL CENTER 830 Bowering, Joseph C. THE COLONY REICHER CATHOLIC H. S. 628 Poovathoor, Rachel-Ann T. 803 Evans, Owen S. THE COLONY H. S. 450 DeLaRosa, Manuel T. 160 Arnold, Nicole S. LOUIS D. BRANDEIS H. S. KLEIN OAK H. S. WALLER 999 Zhao, Shuying 904 George, Alan J. THE WOODLANDS HOMESCHOOL 209 Nguyen, Alexander Q. JOHN COOPER SCHOOL 467 Lindblade, Nathan P. CENTRAL CATHOLIC H. S. 628 Nguyen, Nicholas B. 000 Masuelli, Carina R. 742 Guerra, Daniel 455 Rodriguez, Porfirio WALLER H. S. 770 Roy, Anwesha THE WOODLANDS COLLEGE 451 Sherar, John E. TOM C. CLARK H. S. 628 Sudhakaran, Rhea PARK H. S. 833 McNierney, Stephen P. 455 Summers, Zachary 200 Barron, Randall L. WAXAHACHIE 628 Tran, Michelle K. 628 Cao, David W. WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H. S. COMMUNICATION ARTS H. S. 000 Davis, Jacob A. 743 Asirvadam, Kevin R. 999 Goring, Nora H. PROVIDENCE CLASSICAL SCHOOL 450 Du, Stephanie Y. 467 Overcash, Joshua P. 209 Harras, Josephine C. WICHITA FALLS HOMESCHOOL 836 Hatch, Christopher M. HOMESCHOOL 742 Hensley, Hagan E. SPRING BRANCH 830 Imhoff, Eric D. 999 Frank, Hixon D. SMITHSON VALLEY H. S. 455 Le, Isabella C. LADY BIRD JOHNSON H. S. 843 Fang, Jerry D. 160 Li, Lilia RIDER H. S. 999 Hettler, Catherine J. 843 Hanscom, Benjamin W. 303 Lowe, Jonathon M. 999 Studer, Caleigh 836 Moon, Sandra 162 Packer, Samuel A. SUGAR LAND 160 Rahman, Sreya S. WILLOW PARK KEYSTONE SCHOOL STEPHEN F. AUSTIN H. S. 160 Ramchandran, Sanjana TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 700 Delmer, Samuel S. 302 Bethke, Ryan 303 Rees, Shane A. 999 Baker, Hannah E. 843 Meade, Evan M. 218 Ji, Christina 209 Sajit, Vishnu K. 450 Roberson, Matthew D. 605 Mummidi, Adithya 301 Li, Victor 185 Schnicer, Indiana 833 Wilkins, John C. 843 Paluri, Lakshmi 301 Soares, Oluwatobi D. WYLIE 999 Zhao, Jared L. 602 Patel, Amy 600 Yuan, Mingyang WYLIE H. S. 209 Tan, Daniel 450 Adams, Matthew E. NORTHSIDE HEALTH 999 Trinh, Andy Sang THE WOODLANDS H. S. 720 Stephens, Riley R. CAREERS H. S. 170 Cottrell, Victoria I. 628 Cole, Donese C. WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS H. S. 628 Kessinger, Kenneth R. 160 Huang, Camsy Y. 214 Aranke, Nishant 459 Lee, Evan D. 160 Chang, Angela 300 Poon, Clark A. RONALD REAGAN H. S. 451 Chang, Anthony 955 Powers, Conor G. 628 Ali, Mashal 628 Chaturvedi, Muskaan 843 Feng, Hannah A. 459 Chen, Eric TOMBALL 160 Gutierrez, Susana A. 300 Chen, Matthew CONCORDIA LUTHERAN H. S. 999 Hird, Jessica C. 204 Dhawan, Isha 204 Price, Alexis N. 185 Mainali, Deena 999 Dongre, Ruchika 160 Sarlashkar, Priya J. 162 Gangu, Swetha TOMBALL MEMORIAL H. S. 628 Shenouda, Marina 628 Ginjupalli, Mahija 302 Chen, Andrew T. 712 Siddiqi, Haaris Z. 301 Gunda, Indhusri 712 Colin, Elise A. 303 Uribe Tucker, Fausto 742 Guo, Alicia 999 Detter, Derek D. 160 Zhan, Kelsey M. 629 Guo, Stephanie 999 Ellison, Alexander C. 000 Hohl, Brenner THEODORE ROOSEVELT H. S. 830 Huang, Jason TROPHY CLUB 175 Blue, Alaina M. 160 Liang, Drake BYRON NELSON H. S. 742 Kaplan, Saffron M. 628 Ram, Keshav 185 Bass, Zoe M. 843 Timlin, Howard J. 790 Roberts, Elizabeth 161 Burney, Haniyah N. 8