2022 National Merit Semifinalists List by State

The National Merit Scholarship Program refers to the name of the program that is designed for high school students in the United States. By using their Preliminary SAT (PSAT) or National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), the students can enter the competition. Everyone with high score can be in the race for the scholarship award.

In the beginning of September 2022, about 16,000 students or 1/3 of the 50,000 high scorers, are notified that they have qualified as semifinalists of National Merit. Instead of 2022 National Merit semifinalists, they are more like 2023 National Merit semifinalists. The year 2022 refers to the year of the announcement. These people are the highest scoring entrants in every state. Apparently, the scores of all semifinalists are really high, even though they can vary from state to state and from year to year.

For those who are wondering about the 2023 National Merit semifinalists, you can check out the list by state below:

• Alabama: https://www.scribd.com/document/594545083/23-AL-Semifinalists-NatlMeritProgram
• Alaska: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg5ykl/ak_semifinalists/
• Arizona: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11f8o8AC3lWQ_UaAzSoPTtwIiwDqNtsKC/view?usp=sharing
• Arkansas: https://arktimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/23-AR-Semifinalists-NatlMeritProgram.pdf
• California: https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/50/81/1bcf0332446387ebb3b7e23c0df5/2023-ca-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists.pdf
• Colorado: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nSFvDqXzsKiinxsIYy5vW3u0ZDwtzwl1/view?usp=sharing
• Connecticut: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xewn15/2023_connecticut_nm_semifinalists_list/
• Delaware, District of Columbia: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg60o0/delaware_dc/
• Florida: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gb_o6YaCl3jHL4xC2ZvuTkZiVdUzoijB/view?usp=sharing
• Georgia: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10pQZoT_V3KLgGyFtgHH8QL_i2NlYxekq/view?usp=sharing
• Hawaii: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg627m/hi_idaho/
• Idaho: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IZDjThZdRTsfpPO72miT6wB99leje7s9/view
• Illinois: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AIjxLlB6keCPVbiSvT55PyrPoiBm0Z72/view?usp=sharing
• Indiana: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg63f5/indiana/
• Iowa: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LYyKNk9zGDErt-koUj8CuBYRYxlCZFmP/view?usp=sharing
• Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg64xv/kansas_kentucky_louisiana/
• Maine, Maryland: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg66yo/maine_md/
• Massachusetts: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xe1lvw/list_of_massachusetts_nm_semifinalists/
• Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi: https://www.reddit.com/user/DeltaLatch/comments/xg6903/michigan_minnesota_mississippi/
• Minnesota: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AZo1XT4ohRPoY0PJPr4rrQ9MJw-bijZO/view?usp=sharing
• Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg6aou/mo_montana_nebraska_nevada_nh/
• New Hampshire: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xe1o3g/list_of_new_hampshire_nm_semifinalists/
• New Jersey: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg3b5a/nj_semifinalists/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
• New Mexico, North Carolina: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg6d1a/new_mexico_north_carolina/
• New York: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GavcO1leZyfAod6rNwkFlZa8fyNQpX0X/view
• North Dakota: https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/31-north-dakota-students-named-semifinalists-for-national-merit-scholarship-program
• Ohio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11ImDEeN-MsmZQc6ih6ycRPqryHlUDKQG/view?usp=sharing
• Oklahoma, Oregon: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg6ee3/oklahoma_oregon/
• Pennsylvania: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1REvZFDAcOWzc_TMcZWRtq9QDTL0gp3h4/view?usp=sharing
• Rhode Island: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xe1p54/list_of_rhode_island_nm_semifinalists/
• South Carolina, South Dakota: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg6g8c/south_carolina_south_dakota/
• Tennessee: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QO_0wlNRvKuB3xorFQh8T5I6a1S8kyH5/view?usp=sharing
• Texas: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GyhBnxvS2qYn-HH2z-KLN-Uhzs7fFz09/view?usp=sharing
• Utah: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uNTICMgkAvvj_oxQ6GR0xnveGOvD_iEm/view?usp=sharing
• Vermont, Wyoming, U.S. Territories, Outside the U.S.: https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/xg6hte/vermont_wyoming_territoriesoutsideus_and_were_done/
• Virginia: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14RY9q0SRDdmtGIdh7vL3wfVb944b2WWK/view?usp=sharing
• Washington: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p_j9kGEeBB_f94yhQMANtuVYCi0-jQgx/view?usp=sharing
• West Virginia: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pcx1mvPNaUZHb6TR2cX5Zjsm-lVqCycW/view?usp=sharing
• Wisconsin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p6GPpKYGx2kW0aqHhtzZgE9dgpZVUQbX/view?usp=sharing

Feel free to open any link above that you want. For the sneak peak, you may want to check out some semifinalists of the 2023 National Merit from Alabama below:

ALBERTVILLE

MARSHALL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY:

• 629: Roden, Natasha E.

ANDALUSIA

ANDALUSIA H. S.:

• 000: Treadaway, Meleah M.

ATHENS

ATHENS H. S.:

• 451: Savoie, Asa H.

LINDSAY LANECHRISTIAN ACADEMY:

• 843: Harbin, Joshua H.

AUBURN

AUBURN H. S.:

• 450: Blersch, Emma J.
• 999: Duke, William P.
• 311: Gordon, Micah D.
• 459: Mahjouri, Naeim
• 162: Ro, Juwon
• 455: Schindler, Michelle L.
• 454: Shen, Kaicheng L.
• 000: Sutterer, Corinna H.
• 627: Yoon, Junseo

BIRMINGHAM

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS:

• 000: Bittner, William W.
• 302: Gard, Dexter L.
• 000: Hull, Parker
• 000: Johnson, Zoe E.
• 000: Zhao, Daniel Y.

ALTAMONT SCHOOL:

• 999: Doppalapudi, Siddharth
• 628: Goli, Pranav K.
• 836: Mitchell, Lila E.
• 160: Sudarshan, Wesley V.

BRIARWOOD CHRISTIAN H. S.:

• 470: Olsen, Samuel

JOHN CARROLL CATHOLIC H. S.:

• 169: Herring, Morgan S.
• 999: Jehu, Adeline I.
• 454: Watts, Lily B.

JEFFERSON COUNTYINTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATESCHOOL:

• 000: Kulczycka, Izabella P.
• 160: Whitt, Mallory L.

OAK MOUNTAIN H. S.:

• 628: Dyer, Benjamin P.
• 302: Ferreiro, Justin C.
• 000: Hiers, Kyle N.
• 161: Lunsford, Emily B.

SPAIN PARK H. S.:

• 455: Collins, David J.
• 467: Lin, Zachary R.
• 450: Roberts, Benjamin L.
• 000: Selle, Fiona R.
• 000: Stefanov, Nicholas O.

WESTMINSTER SCHOOL ATOAK MOUNTAIN:

• 000: Stephenson, Walker

BOAZ

BOAZ H. S.:

• 000: Patel, Adit N.

COLUMBIANA

SHELBY COUNTY H. S.:

• 628: Justice, Denisen B.

DAPHNE

BALDWIN COUNTYVIRTUAL SCHOOL:

• 854: Schultz, Thomas J.

BAYSIDE ACADEMY:

• 710: Postle, Tyler

DAPHNE H. S.:

• 000: Bellew, James B.
• 000: Butler, Josiah P.
• 000: Perry, Ryan C.
• 455: Walding, Thomas M.

EUFAULA

ALABAMA VIRTUAL ACADEMY:

• 500: Halgren, Henry J.

FAIRHOPE

BAYSHORE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL:

• 000: Dernlan, Boaz D.

FLORENCE

MARS HILL BIBLE SCHOOL:

• 455: Foster, Tyler D.

GADSDEN

GADSDEN CITY H. S.:

• 999: Nagarajan, Nitin
• 120: Roberts, Everett H.
• 630: Roberts, William H.

GLENCOE

GLENCOE H. S.:

• 843: Barber, Kaleb C.
• 628: Giles, Katie M.

GUNTERSVILLE

GUNTERSVILLE H. S.:

• 555: Hill, Evan B.

HARTSELLE

HARTSELLE H. S.:

• 000: Boster, Brody
• 000: Bowling, Jacob E.
• 000: Ellis, Reid
• 000: Moore, Eli
• 000: Stewart, Parker

HARVEST

SPARKMAN H. S.:

• 185: Beavers, Regan A.
• 843: Centamore, Emily R.
• 600: Stover, Joshua L.

HELENA

HELENA H. S.:

• 629: Risch, Sydney P.

HOMEWOOD

HOMEWOOD H. S.:

• 209: Bird, James W.
• 303: Collins, Brandon L.
• 454: Giffin, Lily K.
• 900: Jones, John N.
• 160: McCool, Kiran J.
• 000: Pearson, Samantha B.
• 160: Reed, Richard T.

HOOVER

HOOVER H. S.:

• 451: Argyropoulos, Christos
• 164: Chen, Jari Q.
• 185: Fu, Lukas R.
• 999: Gaddam, Kashvi P.
• 000: Geisler, Lauren C.
• 467: Gullahorn, Thomas K.
• 742: Haigler, Dylan D.
• 201: Hao, Thomas S.
• 600: Harden, Matthew M.
• 451: Hertz, William A.
• 185: Kudaravalli, Eshika
• 450: Renda, Dominic C.
• 204: Reynolds, Hannah S.
• 185: Sadanand, Midhun S.
• 628: Shen, Matthew D.
• 630: Upton, Jacob T.
• 999: Venkatesan, Rati H.
• 160: Wang, Liz

HUNTSVILLE

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF CYBERTECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING:

• 906: Ledlow, Joshua D.

VIRGIL I. GRISSOM H. S.:

• 168: Howard, Erin F.
• 160: Kim, Danielle I.
• 167: Lemons, Hannah K.

HUNTSVILLE H. S.:

• 000: Burch, Ian
• 120: Coffman, Daniel J.
• 451: McCallion, Joseph
• 455: Sierzego, Elizabeth G.
• 000: Singh, Nake
• 160: Wessells, Payton A.

NEW CENTURY TECHNOLOGY H. S.:

• 789: Duus, Ella R.

PROVIDENCE CLASSICAL SCHOOL:

• 450: Taylor, Marianne C.

RANDOLPH SCHOOL:

• 000: Dwyer, Finlay S.
• 000: Moore, Quinn C.
• 000: Somboon, Pong

1. JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC H. S.:

• 000: Hare, Catherine

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIANACADEMY:

• 628: Fowler, Luke
• 450: Hamilton, Jennifer
• 960: Madison, Lori B.
• 254: Murphree, Anna C.

WHITESBURG CHRISTIANACADEMY:

• 450: Smith, Sawyer B.

INDIAN SPRINGS

INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL:

• 302: Cheng, Sida
• 999: Colvin, Veston A.
• 870: Kim, Victoria Y.
• 999: Kong, Derun
• 628: Li, Cynthia Y.
• 185: Nakano, Mayu A.
• 628: Nakano, Yujiro D.
• 500: Shoreibah, Nour
• 200: Xiao, Enoch

KILLEN

BROOKS H. S.:

• 628: Underwood, Benjamin M.

MADISON

JAMES CLEMENS H. S.:

• 185: Baig, Sohail M.
• 160: Das, Yuti
• 300: Dong, Sherwood
• 204: Gade, Ramshreyas R.
• 161: Kang, Christopher
• 160: Mandadapu, Punarvi S.
• 000: Pandey, Shaivi
• 000: Park, Tevin
• 303: Somu, Pranav C.
• 000: Swaine, Elizabeth K.
• 950: Wang, Joshua X.
• 302: Yang, Jeremiah J.
• 302: Zheng, Jerry L.

HOMESCHOOL:

• 000: Molloy, Zoe M.
• 743: Stubbs, Caleb S.

BOB JONES H. S.:

• 742: Arslanbekov, Thais R.
• 000: Bao, Elaine V.
• 185: Chopade, Neha S.
• 628: Chopade, Puja S.
• 175: Digges, Anna E.
• 457: Dinh, Vincent T.
• 209: Gore, Kennedy G.
• 454: Hu, Williams B.
• 843: League, Bryce C.
• 000: Nguyen, Cam N.
• 741: Pan, Justin J.
• 000: Prabhakar, Ashwin
• 000: Qu, Lilian
• 168: Ramesh, Pranav N.
• 185: Ramesh, Soorya N.
• 517: Stephenson, Craig H.
• 999: Stern, Alexander M.
• 456: Wang, Constance
• 000: Yang, Jonathan L.