3 Buffalo Grove Students Named 2023 National Merit Semifinalists

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Three local seniors from Buffalo Grove High School were named semifinalists Wednesday for 2023 National Merit scholarships. In addition, 65 students from Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire) were named.

Officials from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names Wednesday of over 16,000 semifinalists in the 68th year of the academic program. The high school seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring, according to a news release.

Semifinalists for 2023 National Merit Scholarships from Buffalo Grove High School are:

• Andrew M. Hoang
• Katelyn B. Lee
• Audrey X. Yang

Semifinalists for 2023 National Merit Scholarships from Adlai E. Stevenson High School are:

• Yousif Alkhayyat
• Jennifer C. An
• Riddhi Bhagwat
• Angie S. Chang
• Benjamin Chen
• Ojas V. Dahalkar
• Blake R. Duvall
• Jacob A. Edley
• Collin S. Fan
• Arunabh Ganguli
  
• Rohan Gopalam
• Sneha Guha
• Lawrence Y. Han
• Wenjing Han
• Phillip Ivanov
• Aadit Juneja
• Naurisha S. Kapoor
• Gautham Kappaganthula
• Meera V. Khare
• Anika Krishnaswamy
• Gaurish Lakhanpal
• Judah H. Lee
• Sojun Lee
• Iris Li
• Katherine Y. Li
• Evan Lin
• Eleana N. Liu
• Kelly Liu
• Ryan Liu
• Lance Locker
• Nathan J. Ma
• Pranav A. Meraga
• Abigail M. Minin
• Subham Mitra
• Trisha Mondal
• Shannon R. .Moser
• Dhruv Pendharkar
• Alex Pollock
• Benjamin D. Prins
• Mihir V. Putcha
• Angela L. Qian
• Kevin Y. Qian
• Karthik R. Ramanathan
• Aditya Ramesh
• Michael Reed
• Deepak Salian
• Vaishnavi Sankar
• Eesha Santosh
• Brian D. Shen
• Joshua J. Song
• Daron L. Sun
• James Tan
• Ann Thomas
• Aditya Tiwari
• Hiroki Uemura
• Srikar Venkatesan
• Soumil Vera
• Rithvik Vijay
• Yash V. Vijay
• Andrey Vlasov
• Carolyn Wei
• Rishabh S. Wuppalapati
• Estella Y. Yan
• Brian S. Yoon
• Sarah Y. Zhang

The Evanston-based nonprofit that sponsors the program distributes three types of scholarships every spring:

• 2,500 cash scholarships from its own funds worth $2,500 each
• about 950 corporate-sponsored awards mostly reserved for the children of various businesses
• about 3,800 college-sponsored scholarships that cover between $500 and $2,000 a year for up to four years of undergraduate study for students set to attend those institutions.

In order for semifinalists to qualify as a finalist and become eligible for scholarships, they must submit a detailed application, including an essay and recommendation from a high school official.