The National Merit Scholarship Program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies.
The following Rockwood high school students have qualified as semi-finalists for the 2018 National Merit Scholarship:
Alexander Adler - Marquette
Ganasri Aleti - Marquette
Mohammed Arif - Lafayette
Christopher Bakker - Lafayette
Lauren Bayne - Marquette
Ashley Bendl - Marquette
Jacob Besch - Marquette
Cameron Crews - Rockwood Summit
Brooke Davis - Marquette
Kartik Deshpande - Marquette
Varun Devraj - Marquette
Alannah Fitzmaurice - Lafayette
Adeesya Gausper - Lafayette
Nicole Goodman - Marquette
Kashish Gupta - Lafayette
Yijin Huang - Marquette
Kyle Heard - Marquette
Natalie Heath - Marquette
Nathan Humphrey - Rockwood Summit
Nilay Jakati - Marquette
Fatou Kane - Rockwood Summit
Stephen Kneer - Rockwood Summit
Sanjana Kumar - Lafayette
Madison Lakamp - Marquette
Anna Larsen - Rockwood Summit
Jerry Li - Marquette
Emily Liu - Lafayette
Ethan Lumbantobing - Lafayette
Lucas Martins - Marquette
Amanda Mittanck - Marquette
Sujay Murali - Marquette
Graysen Owenby - Marquette
Rachel Pang - Marquette
Amisha Paul - Lafayette
Jason Schibler - Marquette
Ashley Shaw - Lafayette
Luke Stange - Rockwood Summit
Kyle Tournillon - Marquette
Anthony Tran - Rockwood Summit
Elvis Wei - Lafayette
Muyue Yang - Marquette
Maxwell Yu - Rockwood Summit
The organization's website indicates that in early September, about 16,000 students, or approximately one-third of the 50,000 high scorers, are notified that they have qualified as semifinalists. To ensure that academically talented young people from all parts of the United States are included in this talent pool, semifinalists are designated on a state-representational basis. They are the highest scoring entrants in each state. NMSC provides scholarship application materials to semifinalists through their high schools. To be considered for a National Merit Scholarship, semifinalists must advance to finalist standing in the competition by meeting high academic standards and all other requirements explained in the information provided to each semifinalist.
