Students from high schools across Tarrant County have been named National Merit semifinalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.
The high school seniors are among 16,000 semifinalists named by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. and now have the chance to earn 8,300 scholarships worth more than $32 million to be awarded in the spring.About 90 percent of semifinalists become finalists, and more than half the finalists will earn scholarships.The students are among about 1.5 million juniors who entered the scholarship program by taking the 2011 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.Local semifinalists are listed by hometown, school and name.AledoAledo High School: Madison R. BennettArgyleArgyle High School: Davis W. CoghlanLiberty Christian School: Emily E. EdwardsArlingtonArlington High School: Hunter M. Jurgens, Carter J. WilkersonLamar High School: Scott E. PerkinsMansfield Summit High School: Nicholas ToliverMartin High School: Elizabeth Farrier, Anthony D. Han, Karli C. Kirk-Goerke, Kevin W. Shin, Benjamin YangOakridge School: Bessie C. Bronstein, Logan C. Cooley, Jonathan M. Crocker, David Carter Fraser, Charles H. Hankins, Landry E. Levine, Amit M. NarawanePantego Christian Academy: Caleb C. SmutzerTimberview High School: Emerson A. Boggs, Rachel L. Campbell, Zane OldsBurlesonBurleson High School: Benjamin C. SimpsonColleyville Colleyville Heritage High School: Patrick D. Hood, Alexandra Johnson, Sita Kannan, Lydia A. Lee, Rachel E. ThatcherCrowleyHome-schooled: Nathanael HughesEulessTrinity High School: Wendy M. DavidsonFort WorthBethesda Christian School: Ashley M. MihalickBoswell High School: Joseph E. Hood, Stella L. KimFort Worth Country Day School: Alexander B. Allsup, Lillian H. Cowan, Matthew J. Devine, Patrick B. Dillon, Michael C. Fuller, Siddharth S. Gutta, Morgan M. Pergande, Ethan RohrbachHaltom High School: James SawyerNolan Catholic High School: Velani P. DibbaPaschal High School: Zachary S. Brynell, Caitlin M. Cook, Andi Dedja, Amritha V. Gourisankar, Daniel Jin, Henry D. Kirk, Hakyong Ko, Amy E. Kruzick, William John M. Ludwig, Paul Moses, Amy Nguyen, Erik Nguyen, John D. Perry, Kendall Smith, Brett Tebbe, Madelene W. Travis, Steven H. Vo, Dominic J. YurkSouthwest Christian School: Robert L. StroupTrinity Valley School: Erin M. Esterlein, William D. Jones, Alyson P. Perkins, Jane M. ScottWestern Hills High School: Juhun BaeGranburyHome-schooled: Hunter R. Pearson, Emily C. SchultzGrapevineGrapevine High School: Rayudu Bhogavalli, Paige M. Kimball, Daniel M. Kwak, Jessica N. Musser, Molly B. SmithHurstL.D. Bell High School: Arianne Couch, Kaitlyn E. Duda, Brendan M. Gould, Brennen R. TaylorJustinNorthwest High School: Damon S. King, Kassidy A. Knight, Matthew D. WalkerKellerCentral High School: Elizabeth L. Fuhrman, Younghoon D. LeeKeller High School: Lauren M. Adelaar, Annie J. Hwang, Cayla M. Martin, Michael C. Opolski, Callum D. RobertsMansfieldMansfield High School: Madison A. BoyerMansfield Legacy High School: Laura L. BakerNorth Richland HillsBirdville High School: Abigail DurdenHome-schooled: Nathan D. BerryRichland High School: Katherine E. TimmonsSaginawSaginaw High School: Garrett TowSouthlakeCarroll Senior High School: Nida J. Ahmed, Nicholas A. Booth, Clare C. Brown, Brandon S. Gordon, Neha Jain, Kristen La, Gregory T. Lang, Eunice P. Lee, Hope A. Miller, Danielle E. Rodriguez, Yashas M. Singri, Ashley Q. Vu, Hannah White, Colton L. WilliamsHome-schooled: Matthew WalckWestlakeWestlake Academy: Taylor M. BraunJessamy Brown, 817-390-7326Twitter: @jessamybrownHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
