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Carmel, IN – Carmel Clay Schools congratulates the 48 Carmel High School students named 2020 National Merit Scholarship Corporation Semifinalists. These outstanding seniors have the opportunity to compete for 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million. They will be recognized at a CCS board meeting at the Educational Services Center at 7 pm on Oct. 28.
Carmel Clay Schools 2020 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are as follows:
Aiden Ascioti
Shivani Balachandar
Jacob Beach
Viha Bynagari
Suhas Chundi
Colette Clouse
Anushka Dasgupta
Emily Deldar
Eleanor Dyas
Sydney Edwards
Claire Fisher
Cameron Hillsman
Da-Hyun Hong
Jacqueline Hur
Deetya Iyer
Elaina Johnson-Glaser
Tara Kandallu
Jaehee Kim
Zoe Koniaris
Aditi Kumar
Raphael Li
Hannah Liu
Uday Lomada
Eshandeep Oberoi
Justin Pallotta
Mohnish Pandey
Bennett Ring
Kian Robinson
Madalyn Sailors
Logan Sandlin
Andrew Schallwig
Nicole Segaran
Rohil Senapati
Min-Seok Sim
Yannik Singh
Julia Sweet
Kieran Thomas
Riya Verma
Harry Wang
Jerry Wang
Michael Wang
Nathan Wang
Lisa Warren
Lina Waseem
Natalie Wells
Iris Yan
Brian Zhang
Christopher Zou