62 LCPS Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Sixty-two Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) students are among the 16,000 semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. (This number includes LCPS students attending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.)

These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring.

These scholarships are offered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®). NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 340 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

High school juniors entered the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

LCPS students who have earned National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists honors include:

Luke N. Abram, Dominion High School

Avaneesh Babu, Broad Run High School

Rishik Balerao, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Evalynn S. Bogusz, Heritage High School

Rishi Borra, Freedom High School

Nikhil Boyalla, Freedom High School

Lauren I. Brendlinger, Broad Run High School

Venkat Chitturi, Briar Woods High School

Jia Kan Choo, Tuscarora High School

Thomas J. Coleman, Heritage High School

Maithiri Dhinakaran, John Champe High School

Nicholas A. Freire, Heritage High School

Ritveek Govardhanam, Independence High School

Khang T. Hoang, Broad Run High School

Tristan W. Holland, Lightridge High School

Arnav Jain, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Tanish Jain, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Krishna Jha, Riverside High School

David R. Jiang, Tuscarora High School

Tanmai Kalisipudi, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Pranav S. Kotamraju, Broad Run High School

Vishal Kotha, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Prisha R. Krishnan, Briar Woods High School

Samriddhi Kumar, Lightridge High School

Tejus Lakshminarayan, Broad Run High School

Kavya Lalith, Briar Woods High School

Nikhil K. Limgala, Freedom High School

Landon L. Linn, Potomac Falls High School

Miya O. Livingston, Dominion High School

Abigail V. Martin, Riverside High School

Krisha Mathur, Stone Bridge High School

Satvik L. Matta, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Eeshwar A. Nathan, Independence High School

Hannah M. Ott, Stone Bridge High School

Anjali S. Pamulapati, Briar Woods High School

Abhinav R. Pasula, Lightridge High School

Sravya Patibandla, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Harshit R. Pottipati, Rock Ridge High School

Arjun Ramakrishnan, Broad Run High School

Ani Sharath Rao, Rock Ridge High School

Shalmali Rao, Independence High School

Shashwat Rao, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Anika Rekulapelli, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Thrisha Sakamuri, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Isha Satapathy, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Nihal Shah, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Saloni Shah, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Shruti Shah, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Savar Shrivastava, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Madhuri S. Sosale, Briar Woods High School

Sahana Sreeram, Briar Woods High School

Saurav L. Sukumaran, Potomac Falls High School

Altaf Syed, Briar Woods High School

Sydney V. Tamsett, Loudoun County High School

Varun R. Togaru, Briar Woods High School

Vincent K. Trang, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Jameson P. Vanderloo, Loudoun County High School

Salonee Verma, Stone Bridge High School

Yuktha Vemula, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Jessica Wang, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Moses S. Zhang, Woodgrove High School

William R. Zhang, Loudoun County High School

Published September 16, 2022