16 Mountain Brook Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — Sixteen Mountain Brook High School seniors have been

named National Merit Semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are
now among a pool of 16,000 students representing less than 1 percent of all U.S. high school
seniors in contention to become National Merit Finalists

The MBHS National Merit Semifinalists:

• Matthew Bottcher
• Caroline Carwie
• Harry Evans
• Annya Evans-Martinez
• Teddy Feig
• Lilly Gilbert
• Sam Graham
• Ellie Hamilton
• Laurel Hand
• Emma Kao
• Ann Carlton Keller
• Emily King
• Fletcher Nunnelley
• Ethan Shunnarah
• Theo Simonton
• Catherine Taylor

“I am so proud of these students,” MBHS Principal Philip Holley said. “Becoming a National Merit Semifinalist is a great accomplishment and is the culmination of many years of hard work in the classroom.”

According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, more than 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) last fall.

The number of Semifinalists from each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. In Alabama, MBHS has more Semifinalists than any other high school. The school’s Semifinalists will now have the opportunity to complete an application to become a National Merit Finalist and contend for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million total.

Finalists will be announced in the spring.