Eight members of the Class of 2026 have been named National Merit Semifinalists.

Congratulations to:

• Matthew Chi
• Mateo Garza
• Nikhil Gupta
• Randy Liu
• John Mashaw
• Dylan Moyar
• Max Shein
• Kevin Zheng

Additionally, the following students were named Commended Scholars:

• Harrison Alaish
• Jackson Armacost
• John Cameron
• Eric Cao
• Rik Chaudhuri
• Benjamin Feng
• Jeffrey Hu
• Michael Jiang
• Hokei "Justin" Lin
• Matthew Lind
• Micah Loveland
• Aariz Mozayan
• Samuel Nuermberger
• Vivek Raghavan
• Arjun Ramachandran
• Jay Salovaara
• Michael Savage
• Ashvin Sinha
• Rohan Sinha
• William Smyth
• Alexander Triplett
• Wilton Vaughn
• Rohan Vesely
• Hugh Ward
• Peter Yang
• Jonathan Yin
• Jonathan Yu
• Alex Zhao

Approximately 16,000 Semifinalists were awarded. The National Merit^® Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. Approximately 1.5 million high school students enter the program each year.

Well done!