38 Canton-Plymouth Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

CANTON, MI — 38 high school students in the Plymouth-Canton school district have been named semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship competition.

To become National Merit Scholarship finalists, the semifinalist and high school officials must submit a detailed scholarship application that includes information on their academic record, participation in school and community activities, information on how they demonstrate leadership, employment history and any honors they've received.

A high school official must also recommend the student, while both of them write an essay about themselves while scoring high on their SAT or ACT.

Of the 16,000 semifinalists, approximately 15,000 will become finalists and will be announced in February.

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The students are:

Canton High School
Belveal, Emma K.
Bolyard, Kyle J.
Burkhardt, Caden J.
Huang, Ellen W.
Kilhefner, Evelyn P.
Ray, Nisha
Swadling, Claire C.
Vemulakonda, Sreeja

Canton Preparatory High School
Patel, Keshav N.

Plymouth High School
Baig, Alina
Jillala, Neha R.
Kelley, Brennan F.
Kundoor, Khushi
Li, Cameron J.
Lim, Hui Zhen
Mohanraj, Praveena
Nambiar, Kaveri
Narla, Vedika
Nitu, Vlad N.
Somsaale, Anchal G.
Wu, Megan

Salem High School
Alnaib, Hamza S.
Bharathan, Akash R.
Bhatnagar, Dhruv
Burgess, Julia A.
Choudhary, Pragya
Ding, Iris C.
Karsono, Benjamin A.

Kondur, Amrita

Kotha, Sahana D.
Liang, Nicole
Ma, Emily W.
Nelson, Luke D.
Pandit, Milan M.
Pavlic, Charlotte P.
Shankar, Prayag
Sridhara, Rhea S.
Tai, Grace