Lakeside Tops National Merit Semifinalists

Twenty-eight students at Seattle's private Lakeside School are among this year's semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition.

They will be among the nation's 7,600 finalists for the merit scholarships given in the spring.

Lakeside School's number surpassed that of any other high school statewide; Seattle's Garfield High School, with 15 semifinalists, had the second-highest total in the state.

There were more than 15,500 semifinalists nationally, out of 1.2 million students who entered the competition by taking the PSAT in 1997. Overall, fewer than 1 percent of each state's graduates are named semifinalists.

The National Merit Scholarship Corp., which administers the award, is a nonprofit organization.

Here are the semifinalists in the greater Seattle area:

Auburn:

Auburn Adventist Academy: Stephen Sky

Thomas Jefferson High: Keith Burdette, Andrea Eberly, David Hanson, Christopher Jenkins, Natalie Johnson, Sean Snyder, Erik Torseth, Paul Vronsky, Kristel Zachow

Bainbridge Island:

Bainbridge High: Benjamin Harrison, Sean Jensen

Bellevue:

Bellevue Christian: Erica Anderson

Bellevue High: Evan Day, Kelsey Ferguson, Alison Haddock, Candice Tewell

Eastside Catholic High: Reginald Campbell

Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart: Cassandra Boydston, Ngaio Halsey, Heather Harrington, Zarina Parpia

Interlake High: Andrew Fowler

Newport High: Cedric Dussud, Benjamin Juhn, Dong Kim, Peter Liang, Babak Nazer, Jonathan Royalty, Catherine Williams, Michael Yu

Sammamish High: Abigail Phelps, Hillary Pona, Kathleen Robinson, Kim Samek, Gordon Tran

Bothell:

Bothell High: Kandace Lamar, Anand Venkatesan

Inglemoor High: Daniel Dale, Walter Downing, Gavin Kovite, Tyler Larson

Brier:

Brier Crest School: Heather Hutchinson

Burien:

John F. Kennedy Memorial High: Douglas McGregor

Des Moines:

Mount Rainier High: Raymond Fong, Matthew Hughes, Alex Lindeke

Duvall:

Cedarcrest High: Joseph Vannausdle

Edmonds:

Edmonds-Woodway High: Bryant Carlson, Andrew Freeling, Mary Krause

Everett:

Cascade High: Lisa Eagle

Mariner High: Andrew Cole

Federal Way:

Decatur High: Nicholas Stipanovich

Issaquah:

Issaquah High: Sarah Ciaccia, Lauren Eaves, Kevin Granger, Erin Norris, Martina Wang

Skyline High: Chenchun Lin

Kent:

Kentlake High: Jonathon Bashford, Alexander Williamson

Kentridge High: Sonya Clarkson, Andrea Folmer, Tracey Mikasa, Jamae Trenda

Kentwood High: Christine Hansen, Daniel Ketchum, Harmony Schloer

Kirkland:

Juanita High: Robin Altman, John Riffe

Lake Washington High: Jennifer Bolson, Peter Cook, Jeffrey McConaghy, Rion Snow

Marysville:

Marysville-Pilchuck High: Nathan Rasmussen, Benjamin Sloniker

Mercer Island:

Mercer Island High: Ryan Collins, David Hardisty, Raina Kim, Elliott Prasse-Freeman, Mike Roe, Peter Tempest, Timothy Wan

Northwest Yeshiva High: Mayer Grashin

Mountlake Terrace:

Mountlake Terrace High: Scott Daniel

Mukilteo:

Kamiak High: Tasha Delos Santos, Jessica Galuska, Elizabeth Jenkins

Puyallup:

Puyallup High: Geoffrey Zelger

Gov. J.R. Rogers High: Jonathan Bott

Redmond:

Eastlake High: Blair Edwards, Krysta Gorman, Jennifer Lohn, Derek Moulton

The Overlake School: Bogdan Albu, Myra Chaney, Elizabeth Irwin, Allison Luhrs, Robert Vafa

Redmond High: Alyson Barham, Gabriel Doleac, Charlene Horton, Mark James, Dianne Kerwin, Eileen Thorsos

Renton:

Oliver M. Hazen High: Heather Paul, Rebecca Wilcox, Nathaniel Williams

Liberty High: Evan Martin, Celia Wilson

Charles A. Lindbergh High: Devin Kipp

Renton High: Kristen Wong

Seatac:

Tyee High: Nina Holly

Seattle:

Blanchet High: Nicolas Hertl, Christina Scheuer, Emily Skaftun

The Bush School: Elise Koncsek

Evergreen High: Blake Armstrong, Joseph Ho

Garfield High: Seelye Arms, Arielle Bernstein, Katherine Cologne, Nicholas Decktor-Korn, Michael Donohue, Kathryn Engel, Daniel Ervin, Brook Hunt, Elmer Kim, Jennifer Mabe, Ursula Owen, Jessica Partnow, Alaina Smith, Carmen Staaf, Daniel Vaughan

Nathan Hale High: Sudhi Tyagi

Holy Names Academy: Elizabeth Arntz, Rebecca Clark, Rachael Desouza, Ranae Desouza, Kathryn Hopp, Sara Potts, Juliana Rokosky, Jessica Walters, Christianne White

Home School: Becca Hall

King High: Karen Dunham, Craig Husby, Tyson Trautmann

The Lakeside School: Todd Anderson, Robin Ballard, Jessica Branomzwick, Colin Campbell, Peter Chapin, Jesse Chen, Gregory Distelhorst, Michael Ebell, Christopher Harris, Quinn Hawkins, Iyesatu Kamara, Howard Lopez, Alex Maestretti, Evan McGee, Catherine Nicholas, Crystal Ondo, Benjamin Patton, Kimberly Quigley, Anna Revelle, Charles Rose, N. Saksena, Jenny Skinner, Dion Sorenson, Matthew Stanton, Ryan Torelli, Jordan Voelker, Jessica Weiss, Edward Wenger

The Northwest School: Avram Maslan

Nova Project: Elizabeth Murr

O'Dea High: Ryan Dunn

Roosevelt High: L. Davis, Francis Kam

Seattle Preparatory School: Becky Clinton, Basil Farjo, Alan Hartmann, Tyler Lange, Daniel Saracino

Transition School for Early Entrance Program: Chris Carrico, Aaron Parks, Ebby Suthers

University Preparatory Academy: Anne Akin, Jacob Appelbaum, Anthony Hodsdon, James McNamara, Jessica Wall

Shoreline:

Shorecrest High: Riley Farnsworth-Nagler, Kari Guddal

Shoreline Christian High: Joel Adeney

Shorewood High: Scott Anderson, Joshua Brandi-Young, Nonie Hamilton, Per Janson, Yunie Kim, Jean Yang

Snohomish:

Snohomish High: Arielle Anderson

Stanwood:

Stanwood High: Laura Page, Allison Rosendal

Woodinville:

Woodinville High: Megan Carlisle, Lindsay Metcalfe