Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program were announced last month. Officials at National Merit Scholarship Corporation named 16,000 semifinalists across the nation in the 70th year of the scholarship program.
Local semifinalists include Zachary Gutierrez, Josh Hiller, and Grigory Shatsman of Anderson High School; Donovan Fox and Charles Mounce of Austin High School; and Emy Chen, Graham Randle, and Camilla Vandegrift of McCallum High School. Also, Gavin McBride of Brentwood Christian School; Keri Collins of Regents School; Cole Preston of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School; Nash Dahl and Bo Morton of St. Michael’s Catholic School; and Chris Chang, Adelaine Leslie, Kevin Li, Simon Meyers, Susan Moseley, Zachary Prager, Alejandro Seal, Audrey Wan, and Claire Wan.
Nearly 7,000 scholarships will be announced in the spring after National Merit Scholarship Program Finalists are announced, paying out approximately $26 million in scholarship awards. This announcement of 16,000 semifinalists represents about one percent of high school seniors in the U.S., the highest ranking students in each state. National Merit Scholars will be announced beginning in April and running through July.
