San Ramon's National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Named

SAN RAMON, CA — The 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program announced its high-school semifinalists Wednesday — 16,000 nationwide, with 70 in San Ramon — competing for $28 million in scholarships.

Less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors are chosen as semifinalists in the prestigious competition.

These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships to be distributed in spring 2023, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

High school juniors entered the 2023 competition by taking the 2021 preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the initial screening. The nationwide pool of semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, the organization said.

To become a finalist, students submit detailed scholarship applications with academic records, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received, along with essays and recommendations from high school officials.

In San Ramon, semifinalists include:

FROM CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL:

1. Aggarwal, Mihir
2. Akella, Pranav
3. Arya, Mihir S.
4. Goyal, Ridhi
5. Kasad, Kian
6. Kottakota, Spandan
7. Palacharla, Harshitha
8. Prakash, Ronit
9. Rajagopal, Sriram S.
10. Shin, Ethan M.
11. Xiong, Andrew
12. Yadav, Viraj

FROM DOUGHERTY VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL:

1. Bhatia, Ayan
2. Bhattacharya, Arav
3. Bokinala, Manav
4. Boreddy, Pranay
5. Chandrasekhar, Eshwar
6. Chang, Nicholas
7. Chen, Caitlin
8. Chen, Kristen
9. Davuluri, Avanish
10. Dey, Aniket
11. Feng, Yanzhe
12. Gelle, Sree Krishna Chandra
13. Gooty, Neela
14. Gore, Adrian
15. Gowda, Prerana
16. Hampapur, Arnav
17. Han, Anthony
18. Han, Yifei
19. Jain, Aditya
20. Kancharla, Navya
21. Koyi, Sashvath
22. Kreider, Ian
23. La, Adam
24. La, Julian
25. Lee, Alexander
26. Li, Olivia
27. Liu, Isaac
28. Liu, Jameson
29. Menendez, Diego
30. Mittal, Mitali
31. Mohiuddin, Hamza
32. Nadipally, Nihal
33. Nakamoto, Ryaken
34. Narasimhan, Riyanka
35. Nayar, Sandhya
36. Pandiyan, Avantika
37. Peng, Fiona
38. Phongsa, Olivia
39. Pinto, Destiny
40. Potnuru, Lohit
41. Pragash, Prabhav
42. Reddy, Arjun
43. Redkar, Neel
44. Saravanan, Sarveshan
45. Shetti, Rhea
46. Stadermann, Sarah J.
47. Syeda, Manahil
48. Tenneti, Anirudh
49. Vittaladevuni, Ananya
50. Wang, Daphne
51. Xiong, Xiaotong
52. Yadav, Naimah
53. Yang, Grace
54. Yarlagadda, Vibha
55. Zhang, Brianna
56. Zhao, Grace
57. Zhao, Jesse
58. Zhao, Wong

Congrats to the scholars!

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