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About 16,000 students were named semifinalists for the 2012-13National Merit Scholarship Program. These seniors will compete forabout 8,300 scholarships worth more than $32 million. About 90percent will become finalists; more than half of those will becomeMerit Scholars. Winners will be announced from April through July.The following are local semifinalists listed alphabetically by thecity in which their schools are located:
ADDISON
The Greenhill School
James E. Barnett
Jieyi Cai
Bridget C. Chan
Arjun Gupta
Rebecca Kuang
Borren H. Moe
Benjamin Packer
Lindsay Rawitscher
Lilian L. Renfro
Anton Yu
Trinity Christian Academy
Emily C. Floch
Jonathan H. Harper
Mandaline Y. Kam
Brian J. Kegerreis
Tobias J. Kim
Michael Novakovich
Austin S. Perschbacher
ALLEN
Allen High School
Jared T. Bond
Christian J. Brewer
Jacob T. Rapp
Hanqing Shang
Kylie C. Tommaney
ANNA
Homeschool
Kira M. Collins
ARGYLE
Argyle High School
Davis W. Coghlan
Liberty Christian School
Emily E. Edwards
ARLINGTON
Arlington High School
Hunter M. Jurgens
Carter J. Wilkerson
Lamar High School
Scott E. Perkins
Mansfield Summit High School
Nicholas Toliver
Martin High School
Elizabeth Farrier
Anthony D. Han
Karli C. Kirk-Goerke
Kevin W. Shin
Benjamin Yang
The Oakridge School
Bessie C. Bronstein
Logan C. Cooley
Jonathan M. Crocker
David Carter Fraser
Charles H. Hankins
Landry E. Levine
Amit M. Narawane
Pantego Christian Academy
Caleb C. Smutzer
Timberview High School
Emerson A. Boggs
Rachel L. Campbell
Zane Olds
CARROLLTON
Creekview High School
Daniel C. Chin
Sunena N. Dahlvani
Jeremy R. Dowell
Samantha Guu
Thang V. Nguyen
Melanie N. Purdy
Hebron High School
Seth W. Anderson
Jade A. Connor
Michelle E. Grundstrom
David Y. Kim
Genevieve S. Korst
Jamie R. Kunnappally
Marianne Lee
Mouctika L. Paluri
Rachel A. Rosenberg
RunyonMatthew D.
Dallas P. Schray
Preston S. Young
Prince of Peace Christian School
Holly A. Backstrom
R. L. Turner High School
Monica J. Kidson
COLLEYVILLE
Colleyville Heritage High School
Patrick D. Hood
Alexandra Johnson
Sita Kannan
Lydia A. Lee
Rachel E. Thatcher
COPPELL
Coppell High School
Raga N. Ayyagari
Katherine Begland
Elizabeth E. Dean
Nisha Dhanik
Ryan B. Duan
Janet J. Han
Nimit Kasliwal
Caroline Kersen
Daniel Kim
Cinnie N. Lin
Linfeng Lu
Haley C. Madigan
Patrick T. Monaghan
Nicolaas B. Moolenijzer
Shannon Nguyen
Sai Panguluri
Michelle J. Pitcher
Chia-Lin C. Tu
Zeb White
Hanson L. Wu
Zachary Zhou
DALLAS
The Cambridge School
Lanie R. Howard
Junha Kwon
Elizabeth Souther
Episcopal School of Dallas
Anna C. Hansell
Matthew M. Mrozek
Sarah J. Spellings
Jonathan Stern
Hillcrest High School
Sydney L. Pedigo
Hockaday School
Nikita Agarwal
Sarah M. Bruyere
Courtney S. Burke
Christine L. Chen
Hannah M. Crowe
Maya B. Deshpande
Rebecca F. Fang
McKenna L. Gilliland
Mary E. Horn
Sarah Nesbitt
Laura-Brynn Neuhoff
Emily N. Nguyen
Linda Oh
Megan E. Porter
Katherine Y. Qiu
Maille E. Radford
Rachel K. Sassella
Michelle Shang
Sarah E. Simmons
Mannhi N. Tran
Elizabeth E. Vamos
Kayla A. Wilson
Hailey A. Winston
Shirley Zhang
Jesuit College Preparatory School
Michael D. Artigues
Joel W. Brown
Benjamin C. Carver
Coleman D. Fincher
Ivan Y. Gan
Aidan A. Johnston
Matthew R. Tulli
Jason E. Uy
Oliver W. Valenti
Lake Highlands High School
Nathan L. Bucki
Kenton J. Cozart
Dallas L. Crotty
Austin D. Curnutt
Lakehill Preparatory School
Clayton M. Drazner
Jacob A. Graff
Bishop Lynch High School
Emily C. Archer
Abraham J. Hwang
Parish Episcopal School
Christopher G. Ponners
Sahil A. Vanjani
Science and Engineering Magnet School atTownview
Cienna N. Dubay
Felipe C. Reyes
Jake P. Robinson
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Chandler J. Burke
William M. Chang
Aarav D. Chavda
Ryan J. Eichenwald
Andrew J. Graffy
Paul A. Gudmundsson
Justin P. Harvey
Niccolo S. Lazzara
Mitchell H. Lee
Samuel C. Libby
Parker Matthews
Rajat K. Mittal
Racht Mohan
Arjomaan Mozumder
James J. Rowan
Milan R. Savani
Meyer A. Thalheimer
Steven D. Tsai
Talented and Gifted Magnet School atTownview
Spencer H. Abrams
Rebekah L. Bell
Alia S. Eckardt
Augustus K. Garelick
Alcindor E. Leadon
Art Leangsuksun
Patrick H. Moore
Raahil M. Sha
Jee H. Yoo
Lucy Zhang
Ursuline Academy
Hannah C. Braun
Catherine S. Buskmiller
Melissa M. Hoelting
Sydney P. Malin
Carolyn R. Oliver
Caroline Sandy
Gloria B. Vertin
DENTON
Ryan High School
Iris E. Hill
Sarah K. Miles
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
Dylan R. Airey
Maria G. Bueno
Kevin Chang
Alex B. Chen
Ethan Chen
Howei L. Chen
Kevin Chen
Alexander K. Cheng
Tina M. Chu
Akshar Dash
Sawyer D. Foyle
Alvin Z. Gao
Ari Gao
Aisha Gillan
Lynn X. Guan
David Z. Hao
Jianing Jenny He
Samuel Holdeman
Daniel Huang
Emily Y. Huang
Jeremy K. Huang
William Huang
Janice Jiang
Karan Kashyap
Nihal R. Koduri
Yifei J. Li
Alice Liu
Yashwanth Makkapati
Warren K. Mo
George Qi
Emily Tan
Amy L. Tian
Wendy Tong
Sally A. Tran
Larry A. Xiao
Helen Xiong
Chenyao Yu
Faith J. Yu
Christine L. Yuan
Hekai Yue
Feimei Zeng
Allen R. Zhao
DESOTO
Canterbury Episcopal School
Rachel E. Barrick
DUNCANVILLE
Duncanville High School
David S. Daniels
EULESS
Trinity High School
Wendy M. Davidson
FLOWER MOUND
Flower Mound High School
Emylea P. Adams
Stepen D. Adkison
Jordan R. Alton
Emily R. Becker
Catherine M. Boutwell
Ethan D. Cannon
Jimmy Cao
Grant W. Cogell
John H. Davis
Allison D. Denton
Daniel M. Desautels
Mark W. Ditsworth
Emily Erdman
Iris C. Fung
Prakhar Garg
Danae N. Gleason
Andrew D. Graham
Christopher J. Hergert
Joel G. Hicks
Adeesh A. Jain
Gunnar R. James
Aaron N. Johnson
Mitchell D. Johnson
Solji Jung
Rachel Kennedy
Aidan Kessler
Bryan B. Kim
Matthew E. Larsen
Joanna Lee
Reid A. Levenick
Michelle Z. Lu
Rachel MacAskill
Haley K. McNeese
Scott N. Munro
Morgan J. Opgenorth
Jamie D. Park
Kelsie M. Patterson
Nicholas A. Prescott
Rafi S. Rashid
Nisha Reddy
Ankit Sharma
Sangah S. Song
Buck H. Starling
Aaron W. Tan
Jennifer L. Teague
Shirley X. Zhu
Marcus High School
Daniel T. Becker
Alexander Bennett
David L. Crawford
Samantha G. Elmendorf
Drew M. Guenther
Nadia X. Haile
Abigail A. Haynes
Kaitlyn R. Kellermeyer
Abigail C. McIlvain
Riley A. Neuheardt
Michael Reed
Shannon L. Sandridge
Neha P. Sule
Nathan Thomas
Emily N. Thompson
Grant S. Vassar
Daniel M. Williams
Paige A. Wyant
FORT WORTH
Bethesda Christian School
Ashley M. Mihalick
Boswell High School
Joseph E. Hood
Stella L. Kim
Fort Worth Country Day School
Alexander B. Allsup
Lillian H. Cowan
Matthew J. Devine
Patrick B. Dillon
Michael C. Fuller
Siddharth S. Gutta
Morgan M. Pergande
Ethan Rohrbach
Nolan Catholic High School
Velani P. Dibba
Paschal High School
Zachary S. Brynell
Caitlin M. Cook
Andi Dedja
Amritha V. Gourisankar
Daniel Jin
Henry D. Kirk
Hakyong Ko
Amy E. Kruzick
William John M. Ludwig
Paul Moses
Amy Nguyen
Erik Nguyen
John D. Perry
Kendall Smith
Brett Tebbe
Madelene W. Travis
Steven H. Vo
Dominic J. Yurk
Southwest Christian School
Robert L. Stroup
Trinity Valley School
Erin M. Esterlein
William D. Jones
Alyson P. Perkins
Jane M. Scott
Western Hills High School
Juhun Bae
FRISCO
Centennial High School
Yekyung Shin
Frisco High School
Anoop Bedapudi
Chilandria Lee
Liberty High School
Xin Chen
Sebastian J. Garza
Zaira Gasanova
Jeremy Kao
Dalton E. McCracken
Harrison D. Tran
Samuel W. Wang
Wakeland High School
Kelly A. McKinnon
Vidya Menon
GARLAND
Garland High School
Sidrah M. Shah
Meghan A. Shanks
Ann Williamson
GRAND PRAIRIE
Harmony Science Academy
Loc D. Hoang
Homeschool
Matthew E. Watson
GRAPEVINE
Grapevine High School
Rayudu Bhogavalli
Paige M. Kimball
Daniel M. Kwak
Jessica N. Musser
Molly B. Smith
HALTOM CITY
Haltom High School
James Sawyer
HURST
L.D. Bell High School
Arianne Couch
Kaitlyn E. Duda
Brendan M. Gould
Brennen R. Taylor
IRVING
Cistercian Preparatory School
Jess A. Clay
Alexander F. Echevarria
Benjamin L. Horlick
Vimal S. Konduri
Harold T. McGraw
Collin J. Nadarajah
Joseph D. Raff
Christopher K. Vernino
Mitchell T. Weldon
Faustina Academy
Eve G. Waterman
The Highlands School
Sean M. Malloy
Homeschool
Mary M. Lowery
MacArthur High School
Kennedy R. Morrison
Nimitz High School
Timothy E. Betts
North Hills Preparatory
Divya Babbula
Ranchview High School
Rupal C. Sanghavi
Apurv Sethi
Marlee B. Vandergrift
Rachel L. Wallace
JUSTIN
Northwest High School
Damon S. King
Kassidy A. Knight
Matthew D. Walker
KELLER
Central High School
Elizabeth L. Fuhrman
Younghoon D. Lee
Keller High School
Lauren M. Adelaar
Annie J. Hwang
Cayla M. Martin
Michael C. Opolski
Callum D. Roberts
LEWISVILLE
iSchool High
Stephen H. Tung
Lewisville High School
Melania M. Amaya
Heidi N. Babin
Jacob M. Halter
LUCAS
Lovejoy High School
Julia A. Belk
Ginger Hervey
Katie C. Larimer
Audrey W. Smith
MANSFIELD
Mansfield High School
Madison A. Boyer
Mansfield Legacy High School
Laura L. Baker
McKINNEY
Homeschool
Thomas J. Hartnett
McKinney Boyd High School
Eamon P. Dowd
Lawson S. Malnory
Logan D. Merkle
Jacob S. Rha
William A. Simpson
McKinney Christian Academy
Hannah R. Chappell
McKinney High School
Stephanie M. Herrera
Katrina Ngo
Michael D. Robinson
Harrison J. Westgarth
McKinney High School North
Rachael Couch
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
Birdville High School
Abigail Durden
Homeschool
Nathan D. Berry
Richland High School
Katherine E. Timmons
PLANO
Homeschool
Kenan R. Davis
John Paul II High School
Tara E. Lemens
Cameron D. Meziere
Plano East Senior High
Vedika Agrawal
Akul Arora
Nicolas M. Bergstein
Vishal R. Bhat
Amanda D. Brown
Christina Bui
Benjamin A. Carroll
Punya Chittajallu
Alex Z. Dao
Ishrat Hafiz
Brendan P. Hopper
Stanley G. Joseph
Farzin Khoshravan
Ellen J. Kim
Shane Kok
Ryan H. Kwon
Adrienne Lamb
Matthew H. Laux
Shannon H. Lee
William F. McEowen
Eszter Mihaly
Daniel T. Nguyen
Gokul Prabhakaran
Arjun U. Sachdeva
Jasmair S. Sangha
Susana A. Serralde
Shreya K. Shenoy
Christopher Sicking
Robert S. Stricklin
Victor Tieu
Helen Wang
Wilhelmina D. Watts
Andrew R. Wei
Karl J. White
Edward Zhao
Plano Senior High School
Bryan P. An
Achyuta N. Burra
Amanda K. Chandler
Eric Chen
Susan Chen
Zi-Khan L. Cheung
Logan S. Crossley
James C. Darling
Zachary J. Dewey
Scott M. Fisher
Ben Y. Fu
Rachel J. Goldman
Benjamin G. Greenho
Justin R. Hairston
Paul J. Hellemn
Rachel A. Hodge
Aileen Y. Huang
Sarah Huang
Derek P. Hui
Alisha S. Karkera
Abby E. Krach
Ian S. Kwan
Keum Yong Lee
Kimberly K. Lennox
Rachel W. Li
Nicholas Liu
Max C. Lu
Joanna Ma
Madeleine Q. Ma
Kimberly L. Mei
William A. Mills
Kevin Allen Ong
Shruthi N. Prabhu
Tian Qiu
Nishesh Sharma
Ting E. Wang
Margaret M. Wu
Marilyn Wu
Stephen W. Xi
Amy Xia
Ray Xia
Michael Yang
Anthony Y. Zhang
Daniel L. Zhang
Plano West Senior High School
Young-Cho An
Shira Beder
Patrick T. Celsus
Eric Chao
Andrew H. Chen
Samuel R. Cheng
Albert P. Chung
Cory E. Dunn
Yue Gao
Shreya Ghoshal
Micah A. Gilbert
Michael P. Gioia
Camille W. Goldstein
Cosette M. Goldstein
Vicky Gu
Robert J. Holland
Jonathan L. Huang
Kevin Huang
Michael M. Hwang
Elizabeth Kang
Srishti Kapur
Kwonsu J. Lee
Jessica Lin
Emma V. Livingston
Preston A. Maness
Colleen P. Maney
Lesley A. Miller
Carlos A. Molina
Olivia T. Nguyen
Naina M. Noorani
Taiyi Ouyang
Surya R. Pochareddy
Grant T. Powell
Evan C. Remmele
Midori E. Rinkliff
David C. Rosen
Shravan V. Shaastri
Andrew R. Su
Daniel G. Suh
Emily Y. Tang
Shannon Wan
Tim T. Wang
Gordon Werthmann
Dennis R. Wu
Kimberley Yu
Daniela Yuan
Kelsey Zhu
Jennifer C. Ziauddin
Prestonwood Christian Academy
Preston T. Popoff
Ashley L. Rothballer
PONDER
Homeschool
Emily K. Crouse
PROSPER
Prosper High School
Ashley N. Vu
RICHARDSON
Berkner High School
Christopher Chen
Annie Chou
James Lee
J.J. Pearce High School
Grayson H. Audette
Sarah E. Baxter
James T. Bell
Hanna L. Davis
Kathleen N. Francis
Andrew Gonzales
Corinne Ryan
John E. San Soucie
Richardson High School
Hannah M. Elandary
Richard D. Ralston
Wilson Yeh
ROCKWALL
Rockwall High School
Jacob R. Cariker
Steven A. Shepherd
ROYSE CITY
Royse City High School
Alexander W. Chase
SOUTHLAKE
Carroll High School
Nida J. Ahmed
Nicholas A. Booth
Clare C. Brown
Brandon S. Gordon
Neha Jain
Kristen La
Gregory T. Lang
Eunice P. Lee
Hope A. Miller
Danielle E. Rodriguez
Yashas M. Singri
Ashley Q. Vu
Hannah White
Colton L. Williams
Homeschool
Matthew Walck
THE COLONY
Homeschool
Carolina G. Kennedy
The Colony High School
Erik J. Dengler
Sara N. Jendrusch
Lincoln D. Shallenburger
UNIVERSITY PARK
Highland Park High School
Imogen Clover-Brown
Emma K. Gruber
Mary E. Hamdilton
Xinyi He
Meagan T. Horn
Laura C. Kofahl
Lee C. Kubicki
Arya D. McCarthy
Tilghman E. Naylor
Elizabeth L. Reynolds
Luc Vorster
Jaclyn Zhou
WESTLAKE
Westlake Academy
Taylor M. Braun
WYLIE
Wylie High School
Robert C. Frederick
Meghan J. Wyatt