MN High School National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists: List

MINNESOTA — Dozens of Minnesota students have been named semi-finalists for the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. The semi-finalists were announced on Wednesday and include approximately 16,000 high-school seniors that will go on to compete for the scholarships that will be offered next spring.

According to a press release from the National Merit Scholarship Program, over 90 percent of the semi-finalists will be named as finalists for the scholarship. Of those finalists, about half will win a scholarship.

More than 1.5 million students applied for the highly competitive scholarship and the semi-finalists represent less than 1 percent of all high-school seniors in the U.S. For each state, the number of semi-finalists is proportional to that state’s percentage of the total graduating seniors in the country.

Here are the Minnesota semi-finalists for the scholarship:

ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA AREA H. S.

• Bittmann, Amanda M.

APPLE VALLEY

APPLE VALLEY H. S.

• Monsen, Christina R.

EASTVIEW H. S.

• Iyer, Sanat S.
• Kenney, Ian P.
• Kupinski, Benjamin K.
• Tang, Jiayang
• Vij, Rohan
• Wang, Margaret L.

ARDEN HILLS

MOUNDS VIEW H. S.

• Jasthi, Deepta
• Lunstad, Berke K.
• Nghiem, Arthur J.
• Sehgal, Aryan
• Sriram, Neha
• Stellmack, Jenna L.
• Wick, Chloe T.
• Zheng, Aunika

BEMIDJI

HOMESCHOOL

• Arguelles, Ardaschir A.

BLAINE

BLAINE H. S.

• McGregor, Ryan D.

BLOOMINGTON

THOMAS JEFFERSON H. S.

• Brandwick, Katelynn M.
• Clarke, Jillayne E.
• Longley, Colden
• Melville, Christopher
• Weismann, Charles A.
• Weismann, Henry J.

JOHN F. KENNEDY H. S.

• Thomson, Jordan D.

BRAINERD

BRAINERD H. S.

• Nesheim, Sarah E.
• Preimesberger, Leigh Z.

BURNSVILLE

BURNSVILLE H. S.

• Stanek, Samuel G.

CHAMPLIN

CHAMPLIN PARK H. S.

• Magner, Sarah C.
• Nightingale, Jack B.
• Preston, Connor A.
• Stammer, Georgiana S.

CHANHASSEN

CHANHASSEN H. S.

• Kallio, Jordan A.

CHASKA

SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN H. S.

• Long, Heather A.
• Vick, Makenna L.

CIRCLE PINES

CENTENNIAL H. S.

• Meng, Christopher J.

DULUTH

THE MARSHALL SCHOOL

• Sydow, Isabelle A.

EAGAN

EAGAN H. S.

• Anderson, Luke G.
• Berran, Jacob L.
• Rollie, Joseph A.

TRINITY SCHOOL AT RIVER RIDGE

• Bormann, Luke A.
• Mealey, Kathleen P.

EDEN PRAIRIE

EDEN PRAIRIE H. S.

• Arora, Lincoln S.
• Branvold, Blake
• Burns, Blaine A.
• Cho, Irene Y.
• Frischmon, Anna M.
• Frogness, Sylvi A.
• Gao, Kevin L.
• Johnson, Troy S.
• Masse, Ava Y.
• Nguyen, Helen H.
• Saini, Varun
• Shi, Charles
• St. George, Ellesa R.
• Sun, Katherine Y.
• Wang, Christopher
• Yin, Kevin Y.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MINNESOTA

• Batchu, Rucha P.
• Blake, Samantha L.

EDEN VALLEY

EDEN VALLEY - WATKINS H. S.

• Zimmerman, Cory

EDINA

CHESTERTON ACADEMY

• Grogan, Joseph J.

EDINA H. S.

• Ai, Jennifer
• Boeckenstedt, Bella L.
• de Verdier, Sten O.
• Hong, Jaehyun
• Katyal, Biren
• Luong, Romy Ai-Vy D.
• McKhann, Lindsey Y.
• McLenighan, Megan
• Powers, Joseph J.
• Propson, Helen O.
• Qian, Tiffany
• Reger, Ryne Z.
• Ruppert, Matthew B.
• Talghader, Sabrina L.
• Teske, Theodor P.
• Wang, Amy
• Xu, Ruoran
• Yang, Kerui
• Yang, Lucy

ELK RIVER

ELK RIVER H. S.

• Bauer, Joshua E.
• Bentz, Meghan L.

SPECTRUM H. S.

• Dorval, Isabella E.
• Lemcke, Katherine A.

FOREST LAKE

FOREST LAKE H. S.

• Houle, Erick J.
• Ross, Jake D.
• Strupp, Adam T.
• Winnick, Steven H.

GLENCOE

GLENCOE - SILVER LAKE H. S.

• Cross, Daniel J.

GOLDEN VALLEY

BRECK SCHOOL

• Adabag, Emre C.
• Broyles, Margaret F.
• Cheng, Andrew T.
• Clinton, James R.
• Detor, Samantha R.
• Evenstad, Gunnar
• Jones, Ekemini
• Medeiros, Grace
• Phillips, Grayson
• Schoenecker, Sam G.
• Vincent, Dylan M.
• Wu, Niels H.

PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION

• Pfeifer, Mary E.

GRAND MARAIS

COOK COUNTY H. S.

• Dorr, Adam P.
• Henrikson, Robin M.

HAWLEY

HAWLEY H. S.

• Anderson, Kelso R.

LAKEVILLE

LAKEVILLE NORTH H. S.

• Earles, Benjamin O.
• Hurd, Annika K.

LAKEVILLE SOUTH H. S.

• Prow, Devin M.

LONG LAKE

ORONO H. S.

• Kanwischer, Brendan J.
• Murley, Sara L.

MAHTOMEDI

MAHTOMEDI H. S.

• Ales, Ruby C.
• Christensen, Evan D.

MANKATO

MANKATO WEST H. S.

• Aase, Isabella F.
• Hashmi, Afnaan M.

MAPLE GROVE

HOMESCHOOL

• Bogle, Ethan L.

MAPLE GROVE H. S.

• Breidenbach, Heather J.
• Chacko, Jordan J.
• Golakoti, Shreya
• Majorowicz, Zachary R.
• Nguyen, Kayla H.

PARNASSUS PREPARATORY SCHOOL

• Subramanian, Karthik N.

MAPLEWOOD

HILL - MURRAY SCHOOL

• Sloot, Abigail R.

MARSHALL

MARSHALL H. S.

• Hoff, Grant
• Rabaey, David

MENDOTA HEIGHTS CONVENT OF THE VISITATION SCHOOL

• Wussow, Margaret M.

HENRY SIBLEY H. S.

• McEllistrem, Collin G.

ST. THOMAS ACADEMY

• Ousley, Hayden J.

MINNEAPOLIS

BLAKE SCHOOL - NORTHRUP CAMPUS

• Arora, Sujan
• Blum, Anderson E.
• Dietz, Alexie J.
• Fleming, Morgan L.
• Florida, Madeleine G.
• Gustaferro, Joseph T.
• Hemphill, Thomas R.
• Herr, Christopher M.
• Kaura, Anika
• Mathews, Dean C.
• Rohlfsen, Sophia C.
• Stocking, Casey C.
• Vorbrich, Joshua L.
• Wang, Gemily X.
• Yang, Jiaxin

DE LA SALLE H. S.

• Hames, Abigail A.
• Riley, Sydney C.

MINNEHAHA ACADEMY

• Daenzer, Jack T.
• Karpenko, Andrew S.
• Stein, Clara Z.

ROOSEVELT H. S.

• Rubey, Isaac R.

SOUTHWEST H. S.

• Bieger, Elizabeth M.
• Johnson, Lukas R.
• Lindholm, Theodore F.
• Marshall, William C.
• Springer, Rachel F.
• Willhite, Noah E.

ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE H. S.

• Temple, Julia C.

WASHBURN H. S.

• Anderson, Benjamin D.
• Robertson, Willem H.

MINNETONKA

EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY

• Holland, Helena M.
• Perry, Melanie M.

HOPKINS H. S.

• Komschlies, Evan S.

MINNETONKA H. S.

• Anundson, Macie C.
• Arnold, Alexander S.
• Benson, Ryan D.
• Bridge, Jacob E.
• Calder, Julian A.
• Chadha, Jai
• Dobbins, Griffin
• Dominski, Jacob T.
• Helgeson, Marianna K.
• Holcomb, Michael J.
• Hoogendoorn, Levi
• Hoogendoorn, Sterre
• Jagodzinske, Gunnar D.
• Johnson, Karsten
• Lane, Thomas C.
• Ma, Jaden H.
• Meyer, Maxwell E.
• Mischio, Owen G.
• Mooney, Quentin T.
• Moore, Sophie V.
• Quist, Eli W.
• Rogan, Mariana A.
• Roslansky, Charles J.
• Ruelle, Julia J.
• Schneider, Nathan A.
• Seets, Skyler J.
• Sodhi, Ishan S.
• Stolar, Sarah
• Tahnk-Johnson, Dylan M.
• Tan, Gabrielle M.
• Wander, Anna M.

MOUND

MOUND WESTONKA H. S.

• Erdahl, Anders F.
• Velarde, Hampton F.

NEW BRIGHTON

IRONDALE H. S.

• Bierbach, Isabelle G.
• Hammitt-Kess, Iva J.
• Schumer, Charles J.

NORTHFIELD

ARCADIA CHARTER SCHOOL

• Frenstad, Oran D.

NORTHFIELD H. S.

• Rizzo, Jack K.

PARK RAPIDS

PARK RAPIDS AREA H. S.

• Koppelman, Sydney E.

PLAINVIEW

PLAINVIEW - ELGIN -MILLVILLE H. S.

• Spenst, Rachel S.

To become a finalist, the program explains that students and a high-school official must submit a detailed application. The application must contain information about a student’s academic record, leadership abilities, the honors and awards they’ve received and more.

Students will find out in February whether they make it to the finalist stage. The scholarship winners will be announced beginning in April 2020.