26 Redmond semifinalists named in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program
Published 1:57 pm Friday, September 13, 2013
Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists — including 21 from Redmond schools — in the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The local students are:
The Bear Creek School: Timothy Van Baak
The Overlake School: Bijoya Basu, Matthew Kennedy and Matthew Stewart.
Redmond High School: Cameron Akker, Sahana Cidambi, Anton de Leon, Aaron Dietrich, Sarang Joshi, Dasha Kadatch, Samhita Karnati, Andrew Li, Nathan Moon, Meghana Noonavath, Hannah Parish, Jennifer Perry, Deanna Ren, Margaret Robinson, Emily Rockhill, Hannah Yang and Alex Zhou.
Eastlake High School: Ryan Holmdahl
International Community School: Jack Eggleston, Aishwarya Nirmal and Anwell Wang.
Juanita High School: Gloria Liu
These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million that will be offered next spring.
About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and more than 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 440 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.
