16 Mountain Brook Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

Birmingham AL

11 September, 2020

7:59 AM

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MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — Sixteen Mountain Brook High School seniors have been named National Merit Semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. They arenow among a pool of 16,000 students representing less than 1 percent of all U.S. high schoolseniors in contention to become National Merit Finalists The MBHS National Merit Semifinalists: Matthew BottcherCaroline CarwieHarry EvansAnnya Evans-MartinezTeddy FeigLilly GilbertSam GrahamEllie HamiltonLaurel HandEmma KaoAnn Carlton KellerEmily KingFletcher NunnelleyEthan ShunnarahTheo SimontonCatherine Taylor"I am so proud of these students," MBHS Principal Philip Holley said. "Becoming a National Merit Semifinalist is a great accomplishment and is the culmination of many years of hard work in the classroom." According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, more than 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) last fall. The number of Semifinalists from each state is proportional to the state's percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. In Alabama, MBHS has more Semifinalists than any other high school. The school's Semifinalists will now have the opportunity to complete an application to become a National Merit Finalist and contend for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million total. Finalists will be announced in the spring.