Lewisville ISD
Lewisville Independent School District
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.
2026 National Merit Scholarship Winners
National Merit Scholarship Winners
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Vihaan R. Daggula | Flower Mound HS Noah M. Kang | Flower Mound HS Edwin H. Chung | Hebron HS Callie J. Clay | Hebron HS Yudhister Mallapuraju | Hebron HS Sophia A. Mathew | Hebron HS |
Ethan S. Shea | Hebron HS Prisha Shiwakoti | Hebron HS Sejal S. Thakur | Hebron HS Veda S. Ganesan | Marcus HS Siddharth Prem | Marcus HS Viraaj Seth | Marcus HS |
2026 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 6,930 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 95 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 56 high school seniors who have been named a National Merit Semifinalist in the 2026 competition.
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Mahesh Chintalapati | Flower Mound HS Vihaan R. Daggula | Flower Mound HS Hannah D. Deitrick | Flower Mound HS Jeffrey B. Du | Flower Mound HS Sanjana R. Gokul | Flower Mound HS Sanjith R. Gummakonda | Flower Mound HS Amy J. Johnson | Flower Mound HS Noah M. Kang | Flower Mound HS Sujal Karegowdra | Flower Mound HS Sohan Kathari | Flower Mound HS Daniil A. Kim | Flower Mound HS Anish Koduri | Flower Mound HS Hope Y. Robinson | Flower Mound HS Vyom Sharma | Flower Mound HS Aniruddh Subramanian | Flower Mound HS Niket Surabhi | Flower Mound HS Daniel E. Trujillo-Romero | Flower Mound HS Arjun Viswanathan | Flower Mound HS Siddharth Vyakaranam | Flower Mound HS Keaton J. Wood | Flower Mound HS Anjali P. Abraham | Hebron HS Harishankar Anoop | Hebron HS Blake A. Bragalone | Hebron HS Edwin H. Chung | Hebron HS Callie J. Clay | Hebron HS Everson K. Enderlin | Hebron HS Ryan Kang | Hebron HS Tejasvi R. Kummetha | Hebron HS |
Henry X. Liu | Hebron HS Yudhister Mallapuraju | Hebron HS Sophia A. Mathew | Hebron HS Zoe T. Nguyen | Hebron HS Isabella Y. Park | Hebron HS Tej P. Patel | Hebron HS Ethan S. Shea | Hebron HS Prisha Shiwakoti | Hebron HS Shasa Shrestha | Hebron HS Sejal S. Thakur | Hebron HS Aiden J. Garrett | Lewisville HS Naina Athota | Marcus HS Kathryn A. Bailey | Marcus HS Veda S. Ganesan | Marcus HS Meghan M. George | Marcus HS Venkatesan R. Giridhar | Marcus HS Paola N. Jones | Marcus HS Zain R. Keshwani | Marcus HS Vancer A. Lian | Marcus HS Jack B. Lynch | Marcus HS Lara Makkapati | Marcus HS Nadia N. Oh | Marcus HS Juliet E. Padilla | Marcus HS Siddharth Prem | Marcus HS Ethan A. Roberson | Marcus HS Sarah M. Sanchez | Marcus HS Xavier E. Schwartz | Marcus HS Viraaj Seth | Marcus HS |
2026 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 high school seniors who have been named a National Merit Commended Student in the 2026 competition.
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Riya Bapodara | Flower Mound HS Anna Burlacu | Flower Mound HS Aaditya Chakravarthy | Flower Mound HS Satyajit Challagundla | Flower Mound HS Hannah Chung | Flower Mound HS Daniel Cocomanski | Flower Mound HS Aadi Dang | Flower Mound HS Sophia Depetro | Flower Mound HS Arush Duvuru | Flower Mound HS Zain Ehsan | Flower Mound HS Selina Feng | Flower Mound HS Shane Ferris | Flower Mound HS Maisie Garner | Flower Mound HS Ananya Gupta | Flower Mound HS Tarun Hariharan | Flower Mound HS Jameson Heath | Flower Mound HS Claire Henderson | Flower Mound HS Brian Hsieh | Flower Mound HS Ryan Hurley | Flower Mound HS Sara Ignatow | Flower Mound HS Abhiram Iyer | Flower Mound HS Daniel Jackson | Flower Mound HS Joseph Jagan | Flower Mound HS Aman Kamasani | Flower Mound HS Ruchir Kasarla | Flower Mound HS Changhyeon Kim | Flower Mound HS Hasom Kim | Flower Mound HS Keerti Konda | Flower Mound HS Rishi Koppisetty | Flower Mound HS Anjali Kumar | Flower Mound HS Ryan Landels | Flower Mound HS Emma Larson | Flower Mound HS Vishwa Lavu | Flower Mound HS Shalom Lee | Flower Mound HS Tianyu Li | Flower Mound HS Lochana Maroju | Flower Mound HS Tadhg McKiernan | Flower Mound HS Zuri Muddana | Flower Mound HS Pravith Munipalle | Flower Mound HS Annalise Murray | Flower Mound HS Ryan Nagy | Flower Mound HS Samrudh Nair | Flower Mound HS Sophia Nguyen | Flower Mound HS Robin Obrien | Flower Mound HS Aditya Panangat | Flower Mound HS Saiishaan Pisey | Flower Mound HS Isha Pydi | Flower Mound HS Aneesh Raghunathan | Flower Mound HS Sahana Ramnath | Flower Mound HS Callista Ross | Flower Mound HS Emily Russell | Flower Mound HS Esha Sayani | Flower Mound HS Tristan Seth | Flower Mound HS Rohan Shetty | Flower Mound HS Michael Sim | Flower Mound HS Gavin Somoano | Flower Mound HS Madhav Srinivasan | Flower Mound HS Sofia Staudinger | Flower Mound HS Ian Suh | Flower Mound HS Ian Sung | Flower Mound HS Charles Tallman | Flower Mound HS Katherine Thompson | Flower Mound HS Harish Sridhar | Flower Mound HS Aubrey Timoszyk | Flower Mound HS Bhukiva Tripuraneni | Flower Mound HS Marianne Twichell | Flower Mound HS Sristi Ulloor | Flower Mound HS Shoumik Vellanki | Flower Mound HS Chenyi Wu | Flower Mound HS Trevor Yost | Flower Mound HS Sophia Aghinitei | Hebron HS Thomas Araya | Hebron HS Mohit Baraptla | Hebron HS Juliet Baradell | Hebron HS Nidhi Benegal | Hebron HS Riley Boyd | Hebron HS Lena Cho | Hebron HS Elizabeth Church | Hebron HS |
Sara Curlee | Hebron HS Levi Emery | Hebron HS Leilani Fernandez | Hebron HS Sara Gasca Forero | Hebron HS Pranav Gillella | Hebron HS Shyvi Goda | Hebron HS Brayden Guilbault | Hebron HS Brock Hamby | Hebron HS Mathew Holloway | Hebron HS Nathan James | Hebron HS Aaron John | Hebron HS Luke Kuriakose | Hebron HS Brackston Lechleitner | Hebron HS Jimo Lee | Hebron HS Samuel Mathai | Hebron HS Allen Mathew | Hebron HS Rowan Meyer | Hebron HS Nhat-Viet Ngueyn | Hebron HS Paxton Nguyen | Hebron HS Aidan Park | Hebron HS Arjun Parthiban | Hebron HS Pashvi Patel | Hebron HS Evani Patil | Hebron HS Abby Pham | Hebron HS Andrew Pierson | Hebron HS Saanvi Rana | Hebron HS Mia Resnick | Hebron HS Olivia Ronderos | Hebron HS Joel Sabumon | Hebron HS Neeve Sheth | Hebron HS Ishan Shrivastava | Hebron HS Shezana Sikder | Hebron HS Stella Suvalian | Hebron HS Aleisha Tewari | Hebron HS Nathan Ting | Hebron HS Sampreeth Udayagiri | Hebron HS Anebelle Ung | Hebron HS Elijah Varghese | Hebron HS Sanjay Vimanlanath | Hebron HS Ethan Wadzeck | Hebron HS Logan Woo | Hebron HS Gia Bao Nguyen | Lewisville HS Zuhayr Abdullah | Marcus HS Anneliese Arganbright | Marcus HS Paxon Bigner | Marcus HS Jose Blanco Perez | Marcus HS Charlesjit Brar | Marcus HS Jacob Brennan | Marcus HS Joshua Bullock | Marcus HS William Currey | Marcus HS Hoang-Mi Doan | Marcus HS Xavier Erwin | Marcus HS Ethan Farris | Marcus HS Ana Godinez Chavez | Marcus HS Stephanie Goeke | Marcus HS Siddhanth Guntupalli | Marcus HS Brynn Harper | Marcus HS Edward Hwang | Marcus HS Aaron Jacob | Marcus HS Sajal Jain | Marcus HS Pranav Jampana | Marcus HS Satya Kalala | Marcus HS Shrimon Karnati | Marcus HS Joel Lacy | Marcus HS Tanisha Makam | Marcus HS Nathan McCook | Marcus HS Aneesh Mishra | Marcus HS Michael Raymond | Marcus HS Amberly Rigney | Marcus HS Luke Saddler | Marcus HS Emily Searles | Marcus HS Shriya Sreeju | Marcus HS Matthew Stokan | Marcus HS Luke Susko | Marcus HS Mihika Thatte | Marcus HS Aliani Tinajero | Marcus HS Caleb Wood | Marcus HS David Yo | Marcus HS Kailena Preston | The Colony HS |
For inquiries about these recognitions, please contact LISD's Communications Department at communications@lisd.net.