21 Downingtown Area Students Chosen As National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

DOWNINGTOWN, PA — Twenty one students from the Downingtown area have been chosen as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the first step in qualification for the prestigious scholarship.

If selected, the scholarship awards students $2,000 per year of college study.

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Local students include:

DOWNINGTOWN H. S. WEST

• Kerwin, James L.
• Yerrapatruni, Saran Sukla

DOWNINGTOWN STEM ACADEMY

• Jain, Shauna
• Kondoor, Diya
• Krothapalli, Vyom
• Luo, Hannah
• Mehta, Arav
• Nagaraj, Harivighnesh
• Padhy, Sejal
• Potdar, Shreyan
• Solanki, Neel
• Vadla, Shreyaj
• Vobilisetty, Siri
• Vytla, Saisubbarayudu
• Wani, Ojas
• Yadav, Sukriti
• Yang, Tongye
• Zhang, Zoe

BISHOP SHANAHAN H. S.

• Melcher, Lila H.
• Pham, Minh

• Voss, Clare E.

A total of 16,000 students nationwide have been selected as semifinalists.

Next spring, the group will be narrowed based on their high school achievements and other factors. A rough total of 6,700 finalists will be named to win scholarships.

All students nationwide are automatically entered into consideration when they take the PSAT test.