Colorado's National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Announced

Denver CO

15 September, 2021

11:28 AM

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COLORADO — Several hundred students from Colorado are semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship Program. About 16,000 students from across the country are semifinalists and will go on to compete for some 7,500 scholarships that will be awarded in the spring. According to the scholarship program, about 95 percent of students will make it to the finalist round and about half of all finalists will win a scholarship. There are three different types of scholarships awarded in the spring as part of the program, including scholarships financed by corporations and colleges. The scholarships total $30 million. The program says semifinalists must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay and earn either an SAT or ACT score that confirms their earlier performance on the qualifying test. Like what you're reading? Invite a friend to subscribe to free Denver newsletters and real-time email alerts. Here are the Colorado semifinalists: ALAMOSA ALAMOSA H. S. Chacon, Athena M. ARVADA ARVADA WEST H. S. Brzezinski, Reed G. Carman, Lily E. FAITH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Morris, Joshua J. RALSTON VALLEY H. S. Birnesser, Ryan D. Kauffman, Jordan R. Kruse, Tenley J. Lodder, Owen M. Mulhern, William R. Shi, Vivian AURORA CHEROKEE TRAIL H. S. Church, Gabriella Elberg, Austin P. Singh, Avishi GRANDVIEW H. S. Adams, Sophia M. Beights, Rebecca E. Chakraborty, Sristi Chen, Angela W. Decker, Logan G. Haugsness, Emily L. Huynh, Eric K. Lee, Zoe M. Perry, Malayne G. REGIS JESUIT H. S. -BOYS DIVISION Howe, Abbott T. Newell, Declan Osuna, Andres Wood, Liam REGIS JESUIT H. S. - GIRLS DIVISION Lopach, Chiara SMOKY HILL H. S. Ackman, Chelsea C. Alisky, Peter M. Custer, Christopher L. BOULDER BOULDER H. S. Berns, Connor Davie, Anika C. Harllee, Carter B. Zana, Luke T. FAIRVIEW H. S. Alspaugh, Peter S. Chen, Stephen Z. Clelland, Valerie A. Cui, Jason L. Eaton, Maximiliano K. Ge, Leo Hao, Emily Harrison, Roland J. He, Wilson G. Johnson-Saeger, Samuel N. Krammer, Alexander P. Kumar, Sebastien A. Lee, Joshua S. Moody, Jackson T. Murali, Akshath Newman, Elizabeth S. Painter, Davis Shapiro, Gabrielle E. Sznewajs, Claire E. Truesdale, Jillian Wang, Haiyan Wang, Hannah T. Wawrzynek, Edward RWurman, Ethan N. Young, Julie O. Zhou, Richard HOMESCHOOL Perian, Quinn BRECKENRIDGE SUMMIT COUNTY H. S. Quinn, Lauren M. Snyder, Olyvia BROOMFIELD BROOMFIELD H. S. Burgtorf, Caedmon R. HOMESCHOOL Dukane, Raven E. LEGACY H. S. Jensen, Westbrook K. Millan Ortiz, Nicole Mraz, Mia C. CARBONDALE COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Waltermire, Graham D. CASTLE ROCK CASTLE VIEW H. S. Killough, Kagan W. Nguyen, Minh-Kha T. Wendell, Samantha J. CENTENNIAL ARAPAHOE H. S. Carey, Mitchell J. Greenwood, Henry L. EAGLECREST H. S. Stanlis, Mark COLORADO SPRINGS CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN H. S. Backsen, Mara E. Bristol, McConnell T.Crann, Caroline N.Gusty, Andrew J. Heck, Andrew L. Klein, Kristiana M. Martensen, Joseph C. Parks, Katherine D. Rudderow, Samantha R. Turnes, Mark V. Ward, Raglan E. Zhang, Lindy P. THE CLASSICAL ACADEMY Patlin, Gryphon COLLEGE PATHWAYS AT THE CLASSICAL ACADEMY Hatch, Caleb M. CORONADO H. S. Janney, Aidan T. DISCOVERY CANYON CAMPUS H. S. Wacker, Christian K. HOMESCHOOL McIrvin, Juliana LIBERTY H. S. Bliss, Harrison S. Choi, Alex W. WILLIAM J. PALMER H. S. Stevens, Henry J. PINE CREEK H. S. Borg, Lydia A. Jensen, Nathan H. Kasper, Josiah W. Lewis, Steven A. RAMPART H. S. Datar, Sahana S. ST. MARY'S H. S Berson, John A. Bode, Elliott E. VISTA RIDGE H. S. Nelson, Cooper R. DENVER BYERS H. S. Means, June A. Popke, Katerina S. Spengler, Grace M. Weiser, Aviva R. Woolsey, Lauren P. COLLEGE VIEW H. S. Esparza, Hilario COLORADO ACADEMY Taylor, Morgan K. Younger, Jack R. CONSERVATORY GREEN H. S. Piehl, Carson J. D'EVELYN H. S. Dukesherer, Grace T. Ng, Samantha G. Zhao, Hellen DENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Reising, Samantha S. EAST H. S. Bograd, Sophia R. Brown, Charlotte R. Flint, Thomas C. Kelly, Riley R. Masoudi, Ella P. Metcalf, Samuel D. Nagel, Erin A. GREEN VALLEY RANCH H. S. Sanzone, Emily P. THOMAS JEFFERSON H. S. Raghunath, Mohan S. JOHN F. KENNEDY H. S. Tran, Christopher D. MONTVIEW H. S. Jiang, Liting Taylor, Benjamin K. SOUTH H. S. Bourgeois, Miles E. Buran, Teresa S. Robertson, Alyssa B. Wilshire, Sophie W. GEORGE WASHINGTON H. S. Abramson, Annika J. Booth, Quinn M. Busch, Andrew B. Capacci, John Chapin, Maia K. Goldstein, Sanford D. Jack, Katie C. Newell, Thomas Rudolph, Braedon G. Sieja, Kailey E. Watson, Finn A. Williams, Alexandra DURANGO DURANGO H. S. Gottlieb, Diana N. EDWARDS BATTLE MOUNTAIN H. S. Jarnot, Elliott R. VAIL CHRISTIAN H. S. Farrell, Colleen M. ENGLEWOOD KENT DENVER SCHOOL Archer, Brendan Boublik, Colin J. Dhanda, Gavin R. Dhanda, Julian Grynberg-Schepis, Talia S. Lyubchenko, Katherine Mahoney, Phelan P. Middleton-Davis, Frances Sample, Taleen H. Stubbs, Evan C. Wang, Ashley A. Wendel, Olivia H. ST. MARY'S ACADEMY H. S. Burnham, Natalie G. Cole, Julia L. Kartik, Rishika Seneshen, Emma R. Tatar, Natalie R. ERIE ERIE H. S. Buchanan, Kale J. Krause, Caleb W. EVERGREEN EVERGREEN H. S. Daronco, Pilar C. FORT COLLINS COLORADO EARLY COLLEGES McCarty, Arianna L.Mock, Dustin I. FORT COLLINS H. S. Kim, Christina E. Thiemann, Lukas D. FOSSIL RIDGE H. S. Bui, Destiny A. Cherkauer, Max T. Ellis-Castejon, Freyja E. Lesser, Amelia R. Lin, Ethan C. Wang, Olivia Y. LIBERTY COMMON H. S. Dorlac, Owen W. Lawing, Lenoire K. Reinke, Sydney K. POUDRE H. S. Gregory, Lucy C. Hall, Holden J. Monser-Gray, Soleia RIDGEVIEW CLASSICAL SCHOOLS Hobaugh, Natalia B. ROCKY MOUNTAIN H. S. Armstrong, Josephine L. Bhalla, Brady S. GLENWOOD SPRINGS GLENWOOD SPRINGS H. S. Feeney, Hannah D. GOLDEN GOLDEN H. S. Breheny, Conlen J. Lamborne, Matthew B. Lewis, Ethan S. Messa, Ian F. GREELEY FRONTIER ACADEMY Gallegos, Elizabeth L. GREENWOOD VILLAGE CHERRY CREEK H. S. Anderson, Matthew W. Bai, Du Balakrishnan, Govind Billings, Steele F. Claymon, Owen G. Erhardt, Stewart A. Flanigan, Eleri M. Frankel, Sirinya R. Gorden, Grace C. Greyson, Eleanor S. Hamilton, Laurel D. Hammond, Jackson P. Hoerger, Sara M. Kallichanda, Kavery B. King, Jocelynn E. Lee, Aiden Y. List, Dylan S. McCullough, Sidney A. Messenger, Zoe R. Ni, Kevin C. Nieberg, Levi S. Osovskaya, Maria Resnick, Aimee R. Rui, Matthew X. Shaikh, Abbas T. Song, Alex Y. Sriram, Shreyas G. Varghese, Jonathan Vogelpohl, William R. Wang, Iris C. Wang, Sophia Zhang, Emily S. HIGHLANDS RANCH MOUNTAIN VISTA H. S. Deboer, Isabella S. Sun, Alice M. STEM SCHOOL Ganapaneni, Lakshmi L. Turner, Tavin Gates VALOR CHRISTIAN H. S. Corsi, Emma R. Lorden, Bethany J. HOEHNE HOEHNE H. S. Flores, Patrick C. LAFAYETTE CENTAURUS H. S. Clemson, James M. Osborn, Benjamin J. Silver, Mia E. DAWSON SCHOOL Cook, Elijah L. McLeod, Ian D. Ringwald, Jackson C. PEAK TO PEAK CHARTER SCHOOL Ball, Madelyn A. Busby, Bronwyn C. Liu, Thomas A. Murdock, Peter A. Nandyal, Arya Toth, Evan L. LAKEWOOD HOMESCHOOL Tompkins, Samuel J. LAKEWOOD H. S. Koerner, Jenna P. Whissel, Joel J. LITTLETON AREACOLUMBINE H. S. Mueller, Isabella H. DAKOTA RIDGE H. S. Hamai, Madisen S. HERITAGE H. S. Helms, Mason T. More, Andrew R. PARKER CHAPARRAL H. S. Irwin, Rory C. Taitano, Yoshi A. LEGEND H. S. Devanathan, Sivasubal PONDEROSA H. S. Starr, Matthew R. Walker, Brett B. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS STEAMBOAT SPRINGS H. S. Lambert, Shane M. TELLURIDE TELLURIDE H. S. Scott, Jadin M. THORNTON Schroeder, Calvin E. LITTLETON H. S. Fitzsimmons, Gwenyth M.Landers, James M.Rogers, Ethan ROCK CANYON H. S. Abraham, Tia E. Ankner, Thomas D. Nandi, Roshni Narayana, Nikhila Ruegge, Joshua R. Srikanth, Siddharth S. Wang, Andrew Wang, Anthony LONGMONT LONGMONT H. S. Hixson, Cooper B. Scott, Ruby C. MEAD H. S. Richardson, Greta B. SILVER CREEK H. S. Bhaskara, Adithya SKYLINE H. S. Paul, Jonathan D. TWIN PEAKS CHARTER ACADEMY H. S. Jenkins, Aaron G. LOUISVILLE MONARCH H. S. Applegate, Benjamin R. Funk, Jessica L. Holien, Morgan A. Solter, Kai A. LOVELAND LOVELAND H. S. Sanchez, Aden A. MEAD HOMESCHOOL Walcott, Miles C. Walcott, Sawyer MONTROSE MONTROSE H. S. Preston, Samuel W. MONUMENT LEWIS PALMER H. S. Icke, Anna E. Saunders, Davis C. Sobers, Allison G. NEDERLAND NEDERLAND H. S. Brundege, Ivy B. NIWOT NIWOT H. S. Lenger, Benjamin S. Pennington, Jacob T. Robinson, Isaac K. STARGATE CHARTER SCHOOL Constantinides, Nathan R.Horne, Alexander R.Jung, NoahKumar, Megha Nguyen, Quan VAIL VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Urquhart, Emmie L. WHEAT RIDGE WHEAT RIDGE H. S. Pearson, Sean E. WINDSOR WINDSOR CHARTER ACADEMY Despain, Hiram B.McNairy, Caeden J. To make it to the finalist stage, students have to submit details about their academic record, participation in school and community activities, leadership abilities and more.