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National Merit Scholarship Program

Since 1955, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has recognized students across the country for their academic achievement through the National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP). NMSP is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships, and approximately 1.3 million high school students enter the program each year.

Students are entered into the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which typically occurs in the fall of their junior year. The preliminary test serves as an initial screen of program entrants, and NMSC uses the PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index scores to determine the 50,000 high-scoring participants who qualify for program recognition. 

2025 National Merit Semifinalists

Of the 50,000 high scorers across the country, approximately 16,000 students are named Semifinalists. Those named a Semifinalist make up less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors and are the highest-scoring entrants in each state. These seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that are offered the following spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.

Lewisville ISD is proud to announce and recognize the 81 high school seniors who have been named a National Merit Semifinalist in the 2025 competition. 

Sofia Akhter | Flower Mound HS

Tanvi Andapally | Flower Mound HS

Ayush Bantawa | Flower Mound HS

Aditi Bathe | Flower Mound HS

Tanmaya Boppana | Flower Mound HS

Emily Crosier | Flower Mound HS

Tanvi Dandu | Flower Mound HS

Aneesh Depa | Flower Mound HS

Nikitha Dhurjati | Flower Mound HS

Reed Diercks | Flower Mound HS

Ekaterina Ernst | Flower Mound HS

Ethan Feng | Flower Mound HS

Sahana Kanagala | Flower Mound HS

Amey Kashyap | Flower Mound HS

Abhijay Kodali | Flower Mound HS

Akhil Kotha | Flower Mound HS

Dawson Kriksciun | Flower Mound HS

Joan Lee | Flower Mound HS

Page Matthews | Flower Mound HS

Rylan Middleton | Flower Mound HS

Amritaraj Nair | Flower Mound HS

Ronith Pai | Flower Mound HS

Nicholas Pankratov | Flower Mound HS

Jesse Park | Flower Mound HS

Roy Park | Flower Mound HS

Taejoon Park | Flower Mound HS

Rhianna Patel | Flower Mound HS

Vishnu Prasad | Flower Mound HS

Harish Pravin | Flower Mound HS

Andrew Ritzert | Flower Mound HS

Anna Zhao | Flower Mound HS

Krishna Zoting | Flower Mound HS

Jake M. Chacko | Hebron HS

Noorain Aziz | Hebron HS

Vamika Bangarukathi | Hebron HS

Carter Bernhisel | Hebron HS

Isaac Burton | Hebron HS

Aditya Dominic | Hebron HS

Caleb Fork | Hebron HS

Tanvi Gupta | Hebron HS

Madeliene Hamm | Hebron HS

Kenneth Han | Hebron HS

Krrish Jagatap | Hebron HS

Badrinarayanan Jayaram | Hebron HS

Neil Jeju | Hebron HS

Elijah John | Hebron HS

Angela Ke | Hebron HS

Haley Kerstetter | Hebron HS

Brihati Krishna | Hebron HS

Singam Raju Mallaparaju | Hebron HS

Zain Mehrani | Hebron HS

Sripushpitha Nukala | Hebron HS

David Park | Hebron HS

Lawton Phan | Hebron HS

Srihan Poludasu | Hebron HS

Aishwarya Ramkumar Babu | Hebron HS

Soumith Reddy | Hebron HS

Annika Sawant | Hebron HS

Aarush Sen | Hebron HS

Danica Sizemore | Hebron HS

Mujtaba Warsi | Hebron HS

Heather Wheeler | Hebron HS

Isaac Fleitas | Lewisville HS

Rahul Anand | Marcus HS

Eshanvi Bangera | Marcus HS

Maryam Basharkhah | Marcus HS

Aydin Basir | Marcus HS

Joshua Bishop | Marcus HS

Jessica Cope | Marcus HS

John Haugen | Marcus HS

Raksha Jayakumar | Marcus HS

Anelise Johnson | Marcus HS

Rudy Loethen | Marcus HS

Adhirath Malladi | Marcus HS

Parker Morgan | Marcus HS

Neel Narayan | Marcus HS

Roger Sader | Marcus HS

Laina Schiegg | Marcus HS

Eshaan Sheth | Marcus HS

Sara Spencer | Marcus HS

Newton Witter | Marcus HS

Riley Gove | The Colony HS

2025 National Merit COMMENDED STUDENTS

More than two-thirds of the 50,000 high scorers, approximately 34,000 students, are named Commended Students. While Commended Students do not continue in the competition, these students receive Letters of Commendation recognizing their academic promise. Some of these students may also be candidates for Special Scholarships provided by NMSC corporate and business sponsors. 

Lewisville ISD is proud to announce and recognize the 154 high school seniors who have been named a National Merit Commended Student in the 2025 competition. 

Caris Abraham | Flower Mound High School

Ashwin Anish | Flower Mound High School

Zain Atta | Flower Mound High School

Meghana Bharani | Flower Mound High School

Durga Bhaskaruni | Flower Mound High School

Gavin Blad | Flower Mound High School

Waylon Bradley | Flower Mound High School

Abhineet Buchireddy | Flower Mound High School

Jacob Carles | Flower Mound High School

Anaisha Chauhan | Flower Mound High School

Wanrong Cheng | Flower Mound High School

Neha Chivakula | Flower Mound High School

Evan Cluff | Flower Mound High School

Ava Cole | Flower Mound High School

Bradyn De Blonk | Flower Mound High School

Delaney Doherty | Flower Mound High School

Dominic Espinosa | Flower Mound High School

Giulia Ferrer | Flower Mound High School

Lydia Gesch | Flower Mound High School

Braedy Gray | Flower Mound High School

Elizabeth Grife | Flower Mound High School

John Guess | Flower Mound High School

Shriya Hasthak | Flower Mound High School

Joshua Horikami | Flower Mound High School

Daniel Jones | Flower Mound High School

Sajiri Khale | Flower Mound High School

Graham Kilpper | Flower Mound High School

Hannah Kim | Flower Mound High School

Hannah J. Kim | Flower Mound High School

Minsoo Kim | Flower Mound High School

Annabelle Kinzel | Flower Mound High School

Aarthi Koganti | Flower Mound High School

Rachel Kos | Flower Mound High School

Soham Kulkarni | Flower Mound High School

Poorvi Kumar | Flower Mound High School

Sahas Kumaraguru | Flower Mound High School

Joshua Lambert | Flower Mound High School

Kendall Lee | Flower Mound High School

Maia McDonald | Flower Mound High School

Grace Meng | Flower Mound High School

Suhruth Mundla | Flower Mound High School

Aanya Nuna | Flower Mound High School

Raghav Padmasolala | Flower Mound High School

Anirudh Pappu | Flower Mound High School

Ryan Park | Flower Mound High School

Aryan Patel | Flower Mound High School

Arjun Patil | Flower Mound High School

Haley Peek | Flower Mound High School

Anna Penuel | Flower Mound High School

Willow Popp | Flower Mound High School

Vishnu Purushothaman | Flower Mound High School

Niharika Rajeev | Flower Mound High School

Rahul Rajkumar | Flower Mound High School

Jackson Seals | Flower Mound High School

Tomasz Skwarczynski | Flower Mound High School

Abigail Sweatt | Flower Mound High School

Marley Toich | Flower Mound High School

Johnathan Vaughn | Flower Mound High School

Meghana Vempati | Flower Mound High School

Matthew Viele | Flower Mound High School

Anirudh Vummadising | Flower Mound High School

Lillian Walsh | Flower Mound High School

Anthony Wiederkehr | Flower Mound High School

Oliwer Wojcik | Flower Mound High School

Samuel Zhang | Flower Mound High School

Ahana Agarwal | Hebron High School

Saanvi Barenkabavi | Hebron High School

Umesh Bobba | Hebron High School

Angelica Cartagena | Hebron High School

Lucas Cheung | Hebron High School

Jenny Choi | Hebron High School

Yoonjae Choi | Hebron High School

Emily Deitch | Hebron High School

Lucas Durrant | Hebron High School

Leilani Fernandez | Hebron High School

Krista Fleming | Hebron High School

Amalia Galloway | Hebron High School

Sara Gasca | Hebron High School

Caroline Hejnar | Hebron High School

Andrea Herrera | Hebron High School

Mostafa Issa | Hebron High School

Anna Joseph | Hebron High School

Christina Lee | Hebron High School

Jason Lindmark | Hebron High School

Andrea Lopez | Hebron High School

Meghana Mandadi | Hebron High School

Trevor Martin | Hebron High School

Grace Mathai | Hebron High School

Kinza Mawani | Hebron High School

Caleb McGilvray | Hebron High School

Abigail Muccio | Hebron High School

Jait Mukkamalla | Hebron High School

Emily Murphy | Hebron High School

Nuzhat Nabi | Hebron High School

Anay Nandalike | Hebron High School

Amy Ngo | Hebron High School

Thomas Nguyen | Hebron High School

Thy Nguyen | Hebron High School

Nisha Pandya | Hebron High School

Siyoung Park | Hebron High School

Lawton Phan | Hebron High School

Isabela Pilcher-Perez | Hebron High School

Phoebe Romero | Hebron High School

Ava Russell | Hebron High School

Aman Sharma | Hebron High School

Carys Sherer | Hebron High School

Gabrielle Steele | Hebron High School

Sushmita Sundar | Hebron High School

Parth Tripathi | Hebron High School

David Turner | Hebron High School

Theresa Valenzuela | Hebron High School

Ahsan Virani | Hebron High School

Corey Vitosh | Hebron High School

Braden Wynnick | Hebron High School

Brad Zamora | Hebron High School

Aaron Slayden | Lewisville High School

Sofia Arevalo | Marcus High School

John Arganbright | Marcus High School

Juhi Arora | Marcus High School

Sara Bedgood | Marcus High School

Isabel Bennight | Marcus High School

Nishant Bopardikar | Marcus High School

Cooper Campbell | Marcus High School

Shashank Chathapuram | Marcus High School

William Cloud | Marcus High School

Varnika Dalal | Marcus High School

Samuel Dobbins | Marcus High School

Elizabeth Farrar | Marcus High School

Denny Guo | Marcus High School

Rishi Hanumandlu | Marcus High School

Ethan High | Marcus High School

Caitlyn Jones | Marcus High School

Emily Kincaid | Marcus High School

Benjamin Kucenski | Marcus High School

Jacob Langford | Marcus High School

Crystal Lee | Marcus High School

Joohun Lee | Marcus High School

Jalen Luo | Marcus High School

Alexandria Macias | Marcus High School

Jake Nelson | Marcus High School

Grace Nguyen | Marcus High School

Andrew Pan | Marcus High School

Zoey Rasdall | Marcus High School

Katherine Reynolds | Marcus High School

Aubrey Rushton | Marcus High School

Ayla Rushton | Marcus High School

Tyler Short | Marcus High School

Brian Stair | Marcus High School

Atharv Vundyala | Marcus High School

Nixxon Warren | Marcus High School

Chloe Webb | Marcus High School

Blane Weiblen | Marcus High School

Heidy Williams | Marcus High School

Kennan Herod-Vidal | The Colony High School


For inquiries about these recognitions, please contact LISD's Communications Department at communications@lisd.net