Colorado's National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Announced

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.

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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 R
• Wurman, 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 AREA
COLUMBINE 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, Noah
• Kumar, 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.