Fremont's 2025 Winners Of $2500 National Merit Scholarships

FREMONT, CA — The 2025 National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners have been announced, including 18 Fremont students.

They are part of a total of 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were selected from more than 15,000 Finalists nationwide, recognized for their strong combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

Scholars were chosen by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors based on a range of materials, including academic records, PSAT/NMSQT scores, essays, recommendations, and evidence of leadership and contributions in school and community activities.

The 18 Fremont winners of 2025 $2500 National Merit Scholarships are:

• Shreyas Chakravarty, The Harker School (San Jose) — Medicine
• Krishay Garg, American High School — Computer Science
• Abhiram Godavarthy, American High School — Computer Science
• Ziqi Jia, Irvington High School — Computer Science
• Aditi Kiran, BASIS Independent Fremont — Science/Research
• Eric H. Lan, Irvington High School — Business Administration
• Ryan Luo Li, BASIS Independent Fremont — Computer Science
• Bhavya Mehta, Washington High School — Business Economics
• Aghilan Nachiappan, Mission San Jose High School — Computer Science
• Joshua Ni, BASIS Independent Fremont — Computer Science
• Varun Rao, Mission San Jose High School — Computer Science
• Nishka Sharma, Moreau Catholic High School (Hayward), Computer Engineering
• Yasmin Sudarsanam, The Harker School (San Jose), Public Policy
• Joy Wang, BASIS Independent Fremont — Engineering
• Allyson Wong, BASIS Independent Fremont — Biomedical Engineering
• Luoxi Wu, BASIS Independent Fremont — Computer Science
• Vaibhav Wudaru, Mission San Jose High School — Computer Science
• Carina Zhou, Mission San Jose High School — Public Health

This announcement is part of a series — in April, 830 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients were named, and in June and July, about 3,600 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners will be announced. By the end of the program cycle, more than 6,930 students will have received approximately $26 million in scholarships.

Most National Merit $2500 Scholarships are funded by NMSC, with support from corporations, company foundations, and donations to the President’s Fund. Scholars can use their awards at any accredited U.S. college or university.