Several northwest La. students named as Nat’l Merit semifinalists

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Young scholars from across northwest Louisiana are now in the running for a chance to become Merit Scholars.

In total there are nearly 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million and over 16,000 semifinalists.

Below is the list of northwest Louisiana high school students who have earned the title:

Airline High School

• Kylie Authement

Benton High School

• George Latimer

Caddo Parish Magnet High School

• Calvin Alexander
• Muny Chan
• Jessica Chu
• Sidney Conduff
• Hugo Cuellar
• Ni Dao
• Merritt Hughes
• Caleb Joseph
• Raj Letchuman
• Jazmyn Mason
• Devon Meyer
• Andrew Minagar
• Eshika Tandon
• David Zhu

Captain Shreve High School

• Christopher Barnard
• Jeffrey Souto

C.E. Byrd High School

• Hannah Pearce
• James Stratton

Loyola College Prep

• Maeve Chmielewski
• Cooper Defatta
• Austen Simpson

Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts

• Joy Dong
• Joshua Gillett
• Uyen Ni Pham
• Rosetta Shultz

Over 16,000 will participate. To be considered for a scholarship, semifinalists must advance to the finalists level, which 95 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain. Half of the finalists will with scholarships, earning the Merit Scholar Title.

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