Fifty-seven Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) seniors have been named 2022 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists.

 

The students are among 16,000 students nationwide to receive the honor. They were selected from a pool of 1.5 million juniors who took the 2020 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT). Less than one percent of those test takers are named Semifinalists.

 

The Semifinalists will continue to compete for National Merit Scholarships by submitting an application, writing an essay and receiving a recommendation from a high school official.

 

National Merit Semifinalists are:

 

Briar Woods High School

Andrew Broughton

Manasvi Mothe

Tryphena Pilli

 

Broad Run High School

Sam Berman

Adrian Cheung

Alexis Nketia

Abhiram Pasupuleti

Anoosha Thumma

 

John Champe High School

Sunjum Mehta

Rishi Modugu

 

Dominion High School

Andrew Burtner

Alexander Foster

 

Freedom High School

Vishnupriya Alavala

Saanvi Kandala

Justin M. Kim

Samhitha Venkat

Reena Wang

 

Heritage High School

Sam Sanjith

 

Independence High School

Himaja Chintalapalli

Maria McDonald

Hriday Unadkat

 

Lightridge High School

Andrew Collins

Sairishitha Tamma

 

Loudoun County High School

Sophia Kuzminski

 

Potomac Falls High School

Uma Pillai

Charles Poulin

 

Riverside High School

Laasya Doppalapudi

Edward Joo

Shyamanth Kudum

Shreya Paliwal

Alexander Steele

 

Rock Ridge High School

Anya Ambarish

Raahi Chada

Aniket Chityala

Arjan Dulai

Pawah Kashyap

Neha Krishna

Akshay Kulkarni

Dheemanth Munipalli

Keshav Tarafdar

Tvisha Vanteru

 

Stone Bridge High School

Alex Ning

Mitchell Palmer

Kyler Sircar

Larina Yu

 

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Mathematics

Shyla Bisht

Hari Gajjala

Meghana Gopannagari

Esha Karlekar

Aarav Khanna

Sudiksha Konanki

Hasita Nalluri

Akash Pamal

Aishani Patnaik

Akash Piya

Ashwitha Surabhi

Grant Xiao

 

 

 

 

Published September 30, 2021