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SEMIFINALISTS IN THE 2011

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

September 15, 2010 Announcement

Advance: For Release on Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Note to editors: Seminalists in your state are listed alphabetically

by city and high school, following this press release.

This material is prepared solely for news media to announce the names

of Seminalists; its use for any other purpose is prohibited.

Contact: Eileen Artemakis Phone: (847) 866-5100

Public Information E-mail: mediainfo@nmerit.net

Website: www.nationalmerit.org

Seminalists Named in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program

(Evanston, Illinois) Today the names of approximately 16,000 Seminalists in the 56th

annual National Merit Scholarship Program were announced by ofcials of National Merit

Scholarship Corporation (nmsc). These academically talented high school seniors have an

opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,400 National Merit Scholarships, worth more

than $36 million, that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award,

Seminalists must fulll several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition.

About 90 percent of the Seminalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximatelyhalf of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

nmsc, a not-for-prot organization that operates without government assistance, was

established in 1955 specically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Scholarships are underwritten bynmscwith its own funds and by approximately 450 business

organizations and higher education institutions that sharenmscs goals of honoring the nations

scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

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Caution: Using numbers of Seminalists to compare high schools, educational systems, or states will

result in erroneous conclusions. The National MeritScholarship Program honors individual students

who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The program

does not measure the quality or effectiveness of education within a school, system, or state. For more

information about the competition, please visit NMSCs website at www.nationalmerit.org.

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION

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WASHINGTON

ADNA

ADNA H. S.462 Carter, Nicholas J.

ANACORTESANACORTES H. S.999 Dunlap, Alexander J.

AUBURNTHOMAS JEFFERSON H. S.200 Pu, Jason

BAINBRIDGE ISLANDBAINBRIDGE H. S.520 Biencourt, Madeleine Y.160 Hartmann, Abby A.999 Minson, Rachel C.628 Pearl-Sacks, Elliot N.770 Reiter, Nicholas H.907 Schmidt, Lina G.628 Skotheim-Hillis, Julian999 White, Nora M.999 Wiggins, Eve M.

BATTLE GROUNDPRAIRIE H. S.833 Senchyna, Peter E.

BELLEVUEBELLEVUE H. S.520 Hassler, Alan S.

FOREST RIDGE SCHOOL OF THESACRED HEART870 Nicols, Samantha F.

HILLSIDE STUDENTCOMMUNITY H. S.902 Spens, Amy E.

HOME SCHOOL950 Mar, Timothy S.

INTERLAKE H. S.

459 Badshah, Akash A.501 Bhardwaj, Rakshit457 Black, Benjamin L.999 Butrim, Matthew J.999 Crenshaw, Meredith M.907 Gu, Shanyi555 Hammond, Kayla R.628 Hsiao, Victor Y.200 Hu, Victoria J.160 Jang, Diane H.169 Kato, Nathan C.830 Khen, Daphna300 Lee, Christina450 Lee, Michael M.999 Reifel, Austin E.870 Rivers-Moore, Elsa T.628 Ruan, Alex900 Schilling, Nicole R.417 Spurgeon, Mira E.160 Teegan, Lydia K.214 Tian, Peter S.999 Tsang, Derek W.

303 Woo, David J.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL870 Joo, Gloria870 Moore, Jeffrey K.628 Szafer, Dafna G.

NEWPORT H. S.303 Davis, Austin W.906 Garrett, Alyssa O.904 Gibson, Burke F.628 Huang, Angela A.450 Ju, Melody Y.870 Ni, Lisa836 Phelps, Hannah J.990 Wang, Andrew K.628 Yi, Minkyung628 Yu, Jeannette J.628 Yuan, Alice N.

BELLINGHAMBELLINGHAM H. S.450 Read, Benjamin J.

SEHOME H. S.520 DeLaHunt, Caitlin T.303 Nulle, Matthew G.175 Osborne, Teresa Rose999 Sloane, Matthew J.450 Ypma, Menko P.

BOTHELLBOTHELL H. S.772 Cholvin, Tucker D.250 Floberg, Dana J.836 Fredrickson, Rebecca L.999 Michael, Audrey H.628 Payne, Bjorn E.162 Peterson, Brendan A.

BREMERTONBREMERTON H. S.943 Rice, Ivy A.

CAMASCAMAS H. S.628 Lim, Nicholas S.999 Rakoski, Alexa I.451 Sullivan, Connor M.

UNION H. S.303 Cauligi, Sunjay R.999 Mulderink, Bradley A.

COUPEVILLECOUPEVILLE H. S.999 Verble, Bryan D.

COVINGTONTAHOMA H. S.200 Rothschilds, Thomas G.

DUVALLCEDARCREST H. S.946 Hill, Sam P.

EASTSOUNDORCAS ISLAND H. S.999 McCormick, Halley P.

EDMONDSEDMONDS - WOODWAY H. S.742 Daranciang, Joshua R.833 Schmitz, Denise M.

EVERETTARCHBISHOP THOMAS J.MURPHY H. S.770 Nguyen, Elaine H.455 Purdy, Amy A.

FEDERAL WAYTODD BEAMER H. S.946 Onorati, Michael L.

DECATUR H. S.628 Kim, Jennifer

FEDERAL WAY H. S.946 Madonna, Katherine E.450 Tang, Samuel

HOME SCHOOL742 Starkey, Joshua A.

FERNDALEFERNDALE H. S.455 Mensing, Kaitlyn S.

GIG HARBORGIG HARBOR H. S.550 Fox, Victoria

GRAHAMGRAHAM - KAPOWSIN H. S.461 Blount, Andrew R.

ISSAQUAHISSAQUAH H. S.906 Brunette, Katarina A.450 Chin, Elliott833 Crocker, Jeff D.600 Hanna, Sarah M.742 Herrmann, Tyler J.303 Repp, Andrew J.999 Yu, Eric H.

KENMOREINGLEMOOR H. S.160 Berfield, Katherine F.

450 Billett, Sam H.160 Briggs, Michelle A.628 Chang, Natalie T.450 Grabowski, Ben L.454 Kato, Yuta C.999 Patrick, Tyler833 Pflager, Robin A.710 Rinaldi, Ryan S.455 Rosner, Michaella R.740 Whittington, Zachary E.

KENNEWICKKENNEWICK H. S.450 Baskaran, Akshai

SOUTHRIDGE H. S.870 Ravindranath, Orma

KENTKENT - MERIDIAN H. S.000 Duke, Zane A.

KENTRIDGE H. S.843 Jones, Payton J.712 Shamaprasad, Nachiketha K.

KIRKLANDEASTSIDE PREPARATORYSCHOOL999 Bain, Marcie C.000 Beckerman, Conor J.

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYSCHOOL450 Antono, Erin M.830 Backstrom, Ian D.160 Hwang, Dorris Y.906 Nagar, Sana R.175 Saxby, Julia L.

JUANITA H. S.700 Burt, Alexander J.303 Kichline, Joseph C.

400 Piper, James P.999 Tsai, Dorothy522 Veltkamp, Anna K.

LAKE WASHINGTON H. S.459 Wu, Joseph

LACEYNORTH THURSTON H. S.710 Ahn, Joonhae

TIMBERLINE H. S.999 Hardebeck, Emerson J.

LYNNWOODPROVIDENCE CLASSICALCHRISTIAN SCHOOL550 Grotte, Rachael E.999 Jekel, David A.

MARYSVILLE

GRACE ACADEMY843 Sleppy, Josiah D.

MEADMOUNT SPOKANE H. S.843 Whitfield, Benjamin R.

MERCER ISLANDMERCER ISLAND H. S.907 Adler, Steven J.160 Chang, Elizabeth J.160 Chung, Kevin M.455 Cox, Tyler S.462 Goelz, Nicholas L.843 Guinee, Kathleen742 Hildebrandt, Eleanor H.950 Lepp, Haley M.742 Stewart, Jennifer M.792 Suhm, Alyssa N.

843 Wingerson, Andrew A.162 Zawadzki, Miriam E.

MILL CREEKHENRY M. JACKSON H. S.906 Cho, Jason Y.628 Choi, Rachel J.999 Haeger, Michael T.455 Lim, Joshua204 Yoo, Daniel S.

MONROEMONROE H. S.

160 Meeus, Tom

MOUNT LAKE TERRACENORTH SOUND CHRISTIAN H. S.619 Wiederspan, Emily R.

MUKILTEOKAMIAK H. S.770 Braa, Connor W.999 Sullivan, Blake E.

NACHESNACHES VALLEY H. S.450 Clausing, Zachary A.

NORTH BENDHOME SCHOOL904 McDevitt, Max J.

OAK HARBORNORTH WHIDBEY CHRISTIAN H. S.

628 Dailey, Rachel E.OAK HARBOR H. S.790 Lauzen, Larajean S.

OLYMPIACAPITAL H. S.522 Burgess, Jackson T.454 Haughton, Alex N.740 Nelson, Aaron S.450 Zhao, Karen L.

OLYMPIA H. S.161 Benson, Valkyrie L.843 Dunsmore, Anita N.742 Graham, Cole A.450 McCullough, Erin A.303 Moreland, Andrew J.999 Mou, Yuchen833 Wiktorek, Michael P.

PORT ANGELES

PORT ANGELES H. S.837 Blonde, Michael N.628 Rogers, Louisa I.

PORT TOWNSENDPORT TOWNSEND H. S.720 Levy, Madeline J.

PULLMANPULLMAN H. S.999 Chen, Dongyang450 Paxson-Tarnai, Berit900 Tinney, Riley F.

PUYALLUPGOVERNOR JOHN R.ROGERS H. S.900 Olmstead, Griffin D.

REDMONDBEAR CREEK SCHOOL

303 Chittenden, Thomas H.

HOME SCHOOL999 Reed, Robert J.

THE OVERLAKE SCHOOL999 Adcock, Stephanie M.605 Radich, Quinn P.999 Stockdale, Kathleen G.

REDMOND H. S.624 Dougherty, Logan M.999 French-Owen, Darien D.999 Hussin, Ryan M.450 Ifrim, Raluca I.999 Lim, Chris S.450 Lyon, John M.843 McNerney, Jeffrey A.450 Mercer, Joseph

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Washington (continued)

303 Narayanan, Arjun V.830 Wright, Benjamin M.

RENTONOLIVER M. HAZEN H. S.946 Zimmer, Jacob C.

LIBERTY H. S.164 Chakravarty, Jay R.

CHARLES A. LINDBERGH H. S.999 Wright, Anastasia M.

RICHLANDHANFORD H. S.162 Bader, Sydney P.943 Coppock, Robin160 Hatchell, Kayla E.160 Hu, Rebecca162 Oostrom, Leonie459 Reddick, Ian T.

RICHLAND H. S.627 Chen, Emily Z.162 Vukelich, Philip

SAMMAMISHEASTLAKE H. S.843 Pitt, Nicholas S.

EASTSIDE CATHOLIC H. S.999 Boyle, Benjamin T.303 Mahan, Matthew D.904 Orehek, Michael C.

SKYLINE H. S.628 Copparam, Saumya L.712 Huang, Benjamin C.160 Maulik, Dipanwita457 Puvvadi, Praveen833 Richardson, James A.

SEATACSEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS254 Bowen, Jessica

SEATTLEBALLARD H. S.771 Cope, Olivia L.946 Miller, Dylan R.

BISHOP BLANCHET H. S.741 Melvin, Andrew906 Price, Amelia E.

THE BUSH SCHOOL907 Felsenstein, Zach R.940 Merrill, Hanna H.999 Steig, Andrea G.628 Williams, Grace E.

GARFIELD H. S.741 Corwin, Benjamin E.999 Davids, Joshua T.000 Floor, Theodore F.169 Franklin, Cordelia J.450 Godbe, William T.123 Jonlin, Alexander R.303 Levy, Tal A.999 Manber, Devon S.450 Nguyen, Alisa H.303 Nguyen, Qui T.742 Proulx, Michael G.

774 Saether, Lucie M.946 Shack, Emily R.168 Singer, Jane907 Stansell, Adam M.200 Than, Summer821 White, Jesse999 Zhang, Angela Y.

NATHAN HALE H. S.999 Way, Natasha

HOLY NAMES ACADEMY900 Hahn, Donna D.450 Hendrix, Rose M.520 Kusters, Emma C.628 Mockett, Amelia R.

INGRAHAM H. S.792 Kern, Madeline C.

904 Smith, Rachel L.450 Tugadi, Bailey

LAKESIDE SCHOOL457 Appleton, Carter W.999 Augusciak, Peter K.950 Bennion, Connor S.999 Blumstein, Ben G.999 Gandham, Manu V.943 Gaylord, Weston A.843 Harvey, Andrew999 Hoge, Michelle H.430 Howe, Benjamin A.

000 Hussey, Winifred C.742 Kaluzny, Andrew K.712 Kerr, Logan R.999 Kjos, Nils M.712 Knapp, Max H.999 Koski, Helen M.999 Krengel, Oliver J.451 Leet, Donna E.999 Lessler, Peter B.712 Lieu, Tiffany J.000 Little, Garrett D.999 Luche, Nicole M.999 Mahoney, Yohan000 Morikubo, Mie K.999 Neilson, Susan C.999 Ossman, Preston W.450 Pai, Nitin710 Paterra, Frank H.999 Ramsey, Rich R.303 Rinearson, Tess M.999 Schlaepfer, Chris P.870 Smith, Ross A.

999 Wade, Elizabeth C.628 Wong, Christine Y.161 Xie, Marjorie628 Xu, Alex J.628 Zhang, Laura

THE NORTHWEST SCHOOL999 Baum, Misa M.214 Chao, Grayson710 Curry, John O.821 Haynor, Sarah A.

ROOSEVELT H. S.999 Arian, Morelle S.256 Courtney, Tenaya999 Dankel, Sophie C.999 Houston, Nancyrose999 Lang, Celia A.561 Myers, Lily R.454 Vogeli, Stephanie F.

SEATTLE ACADEMY999 Stewart, Daniel J.836 Tsang, Sophia W. R.

SEATTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL450 Mallick, Matthew J.600 Penuelas, Michael M.

TRANSITION SCHOOL FOR EARLYENTRANCE PROGRAM628 La, Michelle A.904 Van Cleve, David I.

UNIVERSITY PREPARATORYACADEMY999 Ehrenberg, Henry R.465 Rifkin, Daniela A.550 Swan, Hannah R.

SEDRO WOOLLEYSEDRO WOOLLEY H. S.450 Butterfield, Nicholas P.

SHORELINESHORECREST H. S.712 Wagner, Alec T.

SHORELINE CHRISTIAN H. S.629 Korf, Rebecca A.

SHOREWOOD H. S.450 Delaney, Matthew E.720 Lewis, Victoria A.999 Matthews, Nathaniel Z.550 Van Horne, Jessica M.

SILVERDALECENTRAL KITSAP H. S.303 Flaherty, Mitchell G.559 Harris, Carolyn N.

175 Holdren, Lindsey F.999 Lubetich, Shannon N.

SNOQUALMIEMOUNT SI H. S.550 McMillan-Major, Angie Y.555 Rehm, Stephanie M.

SOUTH HILLEMERALD RIDGE H. S.628 Yap, Ching W.

SPOKANE

JOEL E. FERRIS H. S.630 Nielsen, Grant J.

LEWIS AND CLARK H. S.774 Brow, Teddy G.

MEAD H. S.843 Acharya, Nripendra D.821 Coles, Taylor B.

OAKS CLASSICALCHRISTIAN ACADEMY710 Lewis, Sydney L.

ST. GEORGE'S SCHOOL522 Kerschen, Jackson R.

UNIVERSITY H. S.870 Hess, Caitlin H.

SPOKANE VALLEYCENTRAL VALLEY H. S.

250 Kuest, Shannen M.999 Shellhorn, Ivvie L.999 Zhang, Penny X.

STEILACOOMSTEILACOOM H. S.450 Donor, Micah T.

TACOMABELLARMINE PREPARATORYSCHOOL450 Emery, Kevin P.457 Goodson, Toshiro C.457 Mullen, Gabriel B.

STADIUM H. S.999 Flodin, Larkin H.450 Snape, Zoe A.

CHARLES WRIGHT ACADEMY836 Kohnen, Nicholas A.600 Pan, Kate

ANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOL214 Saudagaran, Mina S.906 Vora, Sonia D.200 Yeh, Stacy K.

TUMWATERTUMWATER H. S.454 Monson, Joshua

VANCOUVERCOLUMBIA RIVER H. S.999 Bashkatova, Mariya D.950 Hess, Maya K.454 Lucero, Rachel V.999 White, Oktobrianna M.

MOUNTAIN VIEW H. S.999 Pan, Nicole870 Ueng, Peter J.162 Yan, James L.

946 Yu, Daniel

VASHONVASHON ISLAND H. S.870 Spencer, James R.

WALLA WALLADE SALES CATHOLIC SCHOOL833 Vander Griend, Peter G.

WASHOUGALWASHOUGAL H. S.303 Maxa, Alexander S.

WENATCHEEWENATCHEE H. S.204 Mulhall, Emily J.