The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced today that 48 CHS seniors have qualified for National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, and one student has qualified for National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalist for 2013. These seniors will now compete for 8,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $36 million offered in the spring. The prestigious semifinalist status requires outstanding academic records throughout high school, endorsement and recommendation by students’ high school principal and a high score on the PSAT.  Scholarship winners will be announced in April 2013.

“This is an accomplishment that should make each and every one of these students very proud,” Jeff Swensson, superintendent Carmel Clay Schools, said. “This recognition comes from dedication and hard work.”

Principal John Williams will address the Semifinalists and their parents at a reception on Sept. 24.

The 2013 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are as follows:

Christopher Anderson
Samuel Bangs
Daniel Berman
Theja Bhamidipati
Eric Cui
Victoria Doss
Katie Eagleson
Steven Frankeny
Manjie Fu
Justine Galambus
Xing Gao
Eleni Georgiadis
Brett Gerstein
Lauren Gibson
Bryan Gilmer
Hendrik Glauninger
Shannon Hall
Sunhee Han
Evan Herny
Morgan Hiller
Heejung Kim
Leo Kim
Humphrey Lin
Michael Lu
Shawn Nigam
So Young Park
Dhruti Patel
Samuel Patterson
Jessica Pena
Mohammad Sabeh-Ullah
Mark Sangiorgio
Kavya Sankhavaram
Haley Scott
Nicholas Shi
Melinda Song
Ellena Sullivan
Nina Sun
Marlee Szabo
Tianyu Tan
Sarah Urbanski
Vaibhav Vavilala
Harsha Vemuri
Jonas Wang
Emily Weerakkody
Olivia Weprich
Linbo Xu
Victor Xu
Liane Yue

Iann Singer is a National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalist.