On Sept. 13, officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The district is pleased to announce that 10 Garden City High School seniors are among them. They are: Julia Cherchever, Owen T. Conway, Ryan M. Lawson, Tyler E. McAlea, Tara O. Murphy, James R. Nagler, Armeen Panthaki, Emma G. Rathgeber, Laila Smith and Elaine Wang. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state in the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test which served as an initial screen of program entrants.
“Being named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist is a testament to the hard work, dedication and commitment to excellence of all of our seniors being recognized,” Garden City High School Principal Kevin Steingruebner said. “We are incredibly proud of their accomplishments and look forward to their continued success.”
National Merit Scholarship finalists will be announced next February, with winners being announced later in the spring.
