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National Merit Finalists Named

Published February 13, 2015

Twenty-eight Williamson County students have been named 2015 National Merit Scholarship Finalists.

These high school seniors are competing for 7,600 National Merit Scholarships which will be offered this spring. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and his or her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment and honors received.

All winners of Merit Scholarship awards are chosen from the Finalist group based on their abilities, skills and accomplishments. A variety of information is used during the evaluation process including the Finalist’s academic record, information about the school’s curricula and grading system, two sets of test scores, the high school official’s written recommendation, information about the student’s activities and leadership and the Finalist’s own essay.

Approximately 8,000 Finalists are selected each year to receive a Merit Scholarship award.

Congratulations to the following National Merit Finalists:

Brentwood

  • Angela Caprio
  • Christopher Cortez
  • Patrick Cowan
  • Pawel Durakiewicz
  • Lincoln Jones
  • Diana Kazemi
  • Matthew Mullenger
  • Rebekah Ninan
  • Philip Ooi
  • Dennis Sun
  • James Worsham

Centennial

  • Timothy Couch
  • Katherine Dierberger

Franklin

  • Mary Hathaway
  • Spencer Cox
  • Jeremiah Wooten

Fairview

  • James Grayson

Ravenwood

  • Sara Conley
  • Andrew Duncan
  • Gene Li
  • Chris Nicastro
  • Charles Pitsenberger
  • Aditya Sathe
  • Emma Sarappo
  • Max Thieme
  • AJ Wei
  • Stanley Xiang

Summit

  • Matthew Strong