21 Radnor High Schoolers Named National Merit Finalists

RADNOR, PA — Twenty-one Radnor High School seniors have been named finalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program, according to the Radnor Township School District.

The district said last year just 16 students were named finalists. In 2013, the district had the highest number of finalists with 23

Students who are finalists in the 2020 program are:

• Estelle Atkinson
• Katherine Bell
• Riley Brenan
• Luke Choi
• Asa Hartman
• Timothy Holtman
• Helen Hu
• Baylee Huang
• Anna Maria Iaramboykov
• Kyle Ittner
• Yudai Kaneda
• Amia Korman
• Tobey Le
• Chapin Lenthall-Cleary
• John Lindgren
• Leo Luan
• Ryan Oliver
• Sara Takenaka
• Mehek Thapar
• Thomas Tropeano
• Annabel Zhao

These 21 students are among about 15,000 high school seniors from across the United States who are eligible for some 7,500 scholarships worth more than $31 million.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation will announce the Merit Scholar designees in four installments in April, May, June, and July, according to the district.

To become a finalist, the semifinalist and his or her high school had to submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provided information about the semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.

A semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.