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.