NATIONAL MERIT® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM in Arkansas


 


S EMIFINALISTS IN THE 2023

NATIONAL MERIT® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

September 14, 2022 Announcement

Advance: For release on Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Note to editors: Semifi nalists in your state are listed alphabetically by city and

high school following this press release.

This material is prepared solely for news media to announce the names of

Semifi nalists; its use for any other purpose is prohibited.

 Semifi nalists in the 2023 National Merit® Scholarship Program

 (Evanston, Illinois) Today offi cials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®)

announced the names of over 16,000 Semifi nalists in the 68th annual National Merit

Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to

continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28

million that will be off ered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award,

Semifi nalists must fulfi ll several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition.

About 95 percent of the Semifi nalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately

half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.

NMSC, a not-for-profi t organization that operates without government assistance, was

established in 1955 specifi cally to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 340 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.

-moreCaution: Using numbers of Semifi nalists to compare high schools, educational systems, or

states will result in erroneous conclusions. The National Merit® Scholarship Program honors

individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous

college studies. The program does not measure the quality or eff ectiveness of education

within a school, system, or state. For more information about the competition, please visit

www.nationalmerit.org.

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION

1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200, Evanston, Illinois 60201-4897 (847) 866-5100

Contact: Eileen Artemakis or Matthew Budreau Phone: (847) 866-5100

 Public Information Email: mediainfo@nmerit.net

 Website: www.nationalmerit.org

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Semifi nalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program

 Steps in the 2023 Competition

 High school juniors entered the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the

2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which

served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifi nalists, representing

less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.

The number of Semifi nalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total

of graduating seniors.

To become a Finalist, the Semifi nalist and a high school offi cial must submit a detailed

scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifi nalist’s academic record,

participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment,

and honors and awards received. A Semifi nalist must have an outstanding academic record

throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school offi cial, write an essay, and

earn SAT® or ACT® scores that confi rm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.

From over 16,000 Semifi nalists, more than 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist

level, and in February they will be notifi ed of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship

winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the

basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without

regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.

 National Merit Scholarships

 Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be off ered in the spring of 2023. Every

Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit® $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded

on a state-representational basis. About 950 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be

provided by approximately 180 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their

specifi ed criteria, such as children of the grantor’s employees or residents of communities where

sponsor plants or offi ces are located. In addition, about 160 colleges and universities are expected

to fi nance some 3,800 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the

sponsor institution.

National Merit Scholarship winners of 2023 will be announced in four nationwide news

releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join nearly

368,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.

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NMSC, National Merit, Merit Scholarship, Merit Scholar, and the corporate “Lamp of Learning” logo are federally registered service

marks of National Merit Scholarship Corporation. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of National Merit Scholarship Corporation and College

Board. SAT is a registered trademark of College Board. ACT is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc.

Semifinalists: 2023 National

Merit Scholarship Program

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ARKANSAS

ARKADELPHIA

ARKADELPHIA H. S.

451 Clardy, Calvin R.

BEEBE

BEEBE H. S.

999 McMullen, Brady A.

BENTON

BENTON H. S.

000 Armstrong, Elizabeth P.

161 Calaway, Morgan R.

678 Fogleman, Abigail E.

550 Francis, Blair E.

999 Tucker, Trevor J.

BENTONVILLE

ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS

ACADEMY

999 Biddle, Zephi A.

BENTONVILLE H. S.

000 Bingham, Douglas M.

000 Clark, Siridean C.

000 Deans, Kaitlin E.

000 Gupta, Aniket

000 Holscher, Alton J.

000 Kudapa, Sindhuja L.

000 Leekkala, Anish R.

000 Mahajan, Aryan

000 Miller, Brett J.

000 Pearce, Katherine G.

000 Ratheesh, Rohith

000 Rice, Wyatt E.

000 Schaefer, Morgan L.

000 Sommer, Lola K.

000 Tadiparthi, Akshaj

000 Taori, Muskan S.

000 Vasireddy, Dinesh T.

FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY

553 Looney, Elise C.

HAAS HALL ACADEMY

000 Allipilli, Eekshita T.

467 Alvarado, Chase A.

999 Eraniyan, Ahilan

454 Palagiri, Farheen

160 Puvvada, Sriya V.

HOMESCHOOL

843 Sooter, John S.

BLYTHEVILLE

KIPP BLYTHEVILLE

COLLEGIATE H. S.

161 Mittal, Sameer

BOONEVILLE

BOONEVILLE H. S.

999 Deltedesco, Lucas A.

BRYANT

BRYANT H. S.

000 Fuhrman, Garrett A.

161 Rohant, Deeya T.

CABOT

CABOT H. S.

907 Childs, Alexis M.

999 Madar, Carly E.

160 Martin, Emma G.

450 Ringgold, Robert K.

000 Thurman, Nathan

CENTERTON

BENTONVILLE WEST H. S.

000 Jackson, Lauren N.

301 Khalil Ahamed, Farah F.

453 Macy, Elisabeth G.

LIFE WAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

451 Fowler, Asa R.

CONWAY

CONWAY CHRISTIAN H. S.

467 Geaney, Joseph

CONWAY H. S.

792 Boudrie, Ella G.

185 Crockett, Bryan T.

999 Hill, Hugh J.

160 Jimenez, Antonio J.

160 Schluterman, Emily C.

EL DORADO

EL DORADO H. S.

164 Obiozo, Kieran C.

430 Stipp-Bethune, John R.

FAYETTEVILLE

FAYETTEVILLE H. S.

000 Barraza Del-Barco, Salvador

000 Caston, Cameron B.

000 Chen, Alan

000 Di, Karen A.

000 Dresel, Kenja L.

000 Fu, Le J.

000 Fuson Kennedy, Thomas

160 Hennigan, Sofia G.

000 Jacobus, Benjamin B.

000 McMath, Nathan C.

999 Park, Maren G.

854 Patel, Taksh Y.

710 Petrone, Jennifer C.

162 Raich, Irene Y.

000 Robinson, Lillian L.

742 Schremmer, Huck W.

HAAS HALL ACADEMY

301 Bodishbaugh, Jacob A.

185 Cashman, Leena

000 Mathis, Melody R.

303 Prabhudesai, Sohan S.

520 Waggoner, Natalie K.

628 Willroth, Hannah A.

742 Wu, Philip X.

FORT SMITH

SOUTHSIDE H. S.

628 Flanders, Myles P.

000 Jackson, Lucas M.

628 Khan, Eshal Z.

185 Miller, Jackson G.

000 Nguyen, Tu M.

000 Rana, Zain J.

160 Rotaru, David

GREENWOOD

GREENWOOD H. S.

501 Ambriz, David

454 Williams, Lilly M.

467 Wittig, Lucas B.

HARRISON

HARRISON H. S. CONVERSION

CHARTER SCHOOL

160 Myers, Rylee G.

HOT SPRINGS

ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR

MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES AND

THE ARTS

999 Adamos, Eliana M.

303 Boerwinkle, Robert F.

999 Cooper, Mason H.

162 Duey, Savanna L.

000 Helms, Connor E.

000 Mitchell, Cecil

742 Xiong, Charis

FOUNTAIN LAKE H. S.

907 Wendel, Tristan C.

HOMESCHOOL

999 Wright, Sophia A.

LAKESIDE H. S.

000 Hollis, Benjamin L.

JONESBORO

THE ACADEMIES AT

JONESBORO H. S.

628 Dow, Connor

870 Rich, Kira A.

VALLEY VIEW H. S.

457 Wilson, Jackson C.

LITTLE ROCK

CATHOLIC H. S. FOR BOYS

907 Dillman, Andrew S.

999 Fraley, Owen C.

904 Walsh, Mason A.

CENTRAL H. S.

999 Ahmad, Adam

628 Doss, Jessica

000 Finkbeiner, Alison S.

000 Gao, Ann

720 Gong, Michelle

773 Liu, Aaron C.

628 Sathish Kumar, Jaiadhi

185 Sharma, Parag

E STEM HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL

000 Ellis, Sean P.

EPISCOPAL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

000 Cooley, Emma G.

000 Cooley, Jacob M.

000 Grumbles, Andrew T.

000 Mogbo, Lotanna C.

LISA ACADEMY

742 Taylor, Harlem J.

LITTLE ROCK

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

185 Halbert, Adison

999 Molleston, Jenna

MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY

000 Dalton, Madeline Q.

000 Ratycz, Anya S.

PULASKI ACADEMY

000 Anca, Alex N.

999 Diaz, Joshua A.

999 Duke, Trevor R.

000 Ford, Jonathan B.

000 Hacioglu, Aybars

454 Kuli, Charlotte R.

999 Parray, Mariam T.

883 Rollins, Maylee A.

451 Thomason, Allen C.

JOE T. ROBINSON H. S.

000 Ridlon, Annabelle E.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK

CENTRAL ARKANSAS

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

628 Bryant, Riley O.

000 Hekmatpour, Yasmine F.

000 Reaves, Sarah P.

LISA ACADEMY NORTH

459 Schroeder, Asher Cade

NORTH LITTLE ROCK H. S.

000 Larsen, Liam K.

PEARCY

LAKE HAMILTON H. S.

999 Barnes, Austin C.

ROGERS

ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY

947 White, Jackson W.

HAAS HALL ACADEMY

455 Bajaj, Parishee

000 Crawford, Hannah M.

600 Elliott, Eli S.

000 Pleiman, Andrew R.

619 Zamarron, Devlin P.

PROVIDENCE CLASSICAL

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

000 Roberts, Stephen B.

ROGERS H. S.

712 Beeman, Ella J.

000 Milam, Zane A.

000 Zheng, Charles T.

ROGERS HERITAGE H. S.

455 Harrison, Taryn E.

ROLAND

HOMESCHOOL

999 Giggleman, Alison K.

SEARCY

HARDING ACADEMY

843 Murphy, Julia M.

SEARCY H. S.

628 Sledge, Gaby E.

SHERWOOD

SYLVAN HILLS H. S.

742 Griffin, Daniel M.

628 Zermatten, Brooke

SPRINGDALE

HAAS HALL ACADEMY -

JONES CENTER

162 Waide, Cassidy J.

HAR - BER H. S.

999 Barnes, Sophia E.

450 Crockett, Christian Z.

904 Graham, Knox E.

303 Kingsbury, Nathaniel C.

999 McDonald, Maxwell

200 Myers, James P.

451 Paull, Evan C.

628 Peters, Lauryn C.

HOMESCHOOL

430 Cross, Kyla L.

OZARK CATHOLIC ACADEMY

000 Passantino, Mia

SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

999 Paschall, Sage D.

SPRINGDALE SCHOOL

OF INNOVATION

300 Wetzel, Eli

STAR CITY

STAR CITY H. S.

303 Chen, Tony

VALLEY SPRINGS

VALLEY SPRINGS H. S.

712 Hensley, Dason L.

459 Vail, Christopher L.

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