Nine Garden City High School students named
National Merit Scholarship finalists
Nine Garden City High School students have been named among the 15,000 National Merit Scholarship finalists for the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students are Soham Bera, Mannat Jain, Jeffrey Li, Hunter Maguire, Simone Oustatcher, Daniel Shohdy, Amy Xiao, Lynn Yang and Alicia Zhang.
The National Merit Scholarship Program is a prestigious competition that recognizes students based on their academic achievement demonstrated through the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The finalists will compete for 6,870 National Merit Scholarships totaling nearly $26 million.
“We are so proud of our students who have been named National Merit Scholarship Finalists,” said Dr. Kusum Sinha, superintendent of the Garden City School District. “This is an incredible achievement that speaks to their hard work, dedication and love of learning. Their success reflects not only their own efforts but also the support of their families, teachers and our school community. We celebrate this well-earned recognition and look forward to seeing all they accomplish in the future.”
The National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced during the spring and summer of this year. Congratulations to these Garden City High School seniors on this incredible achievement.
