Lakeside, Garfield tops in National Merit semifinalists
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has named about 200 Seattle-area high-school seniors as semifinalists in the corporation's prestigious scholarship program.
Seattle's private Lakeside School had the most semifinalists, 27, followed by Garfield High, with 18.
Students qualified for the honor by scoring in the top 1 percent of students in each state who took the Preliminary SAT. Nationally, 16,000 of the 1.2 million students taking the PSAT last year qualified as semifinalists.
After semifinalists complete detailed scholarship applications, 8,000 finalists will be offered Merit Scholarship awards worth more than $32 million next spring.
Area semifinalists, by city, are:
Auburn: Martha Cassidy-Brinn, Russell Gehrett, Michael O'Brien, Brittany Richards and Nathan True, Auburn; Jessica White, Auburn Riverside; Andre Deckrow and Andrew McDavid, Thomas Jefferson.
Bainbridge Island: Kathryn Bergh, Paulina Blackinton, Iris Gannon, Lilian Grainger, Arian Husa, Rebecca Ivey, Jeffrey Juhasz, Samuel Kidder, Bradford Knappe, Elisabeth Parrish and Elizabeth Wiggs, Bainbridge.
Bellevue: Arthur Jones, Bellevue; Carolyn Hsu, Eastside Catholic; Ruth Mar, home-school; Paul Christiansen, Interlake; Julia Doe and Ananth Shenoy, International School; Han Nguyen, Drew Pierson and Jonathan Su, Newport.
Bothell: Michael Esser and Meagan Reed, Bothell.
Burien: Kirsten Lilleness, John F. Kennedy.
Clyde Hill: Ryan Thorlakson, Bellevue Christian.
Des Moines: Jack Bader and Elaine Hart, Mount Rainier.
Edmonds: David Dan Daranciang, Edmonds-Woodway.
Everett: Kathy Chaurasiya, Cascade; Walker Stanovsky, Everett.
Federal Way: Augustin Joo, Decatur; Nathaniel Jones, Federal Way.
Issaquah: Brian Davis, James Ellison and David Mummy, Issaquah.
Kenmore: Matthew Anderson, Lance Belka, Melinda Chism, Michael Cordray, Kimberly Kelsey, Rebekah Levin, Nicolas Newcomb, Rachel Ockwell and Meru Sadhu, Inglemoor.
Kent: Cara Zarnstorff, Evergreen Lutheran; Krista Shirley, Kentlake; Lindsay Gibbon, Jennifer So and Jesse Young, Kentridge.
Kirkland: Gregory Frost, Kevin Perry and Ryan Rennaker, Juanita; Hunter Elenbaas, Alex Kerchner, Richard Kim and Kristjan Petursson, Lake Washington.
Lake Stevens: Randy Adams and Rick Doane, Lake Stevens.
Lynnwood: Eric Johnson, Meadowdale.
Mercer Island: Benjamin Azose, Anthony Carden, John Erickson, Kate Magaram, Ashley Massmann and Ryan Strange, Mercer Island.
Mill Creek: Michelle Hamline, Henry M. Jackson.
Mukilteo: Nathan Lowery, Kamiak.
Redmond: Christopher Dahlberg and Elisabeth Olson, Eastlake; Simon Zaleski, home-school; Francesco Forin, Zachary Jackson, Tomasz Kott and Ross McClure, Overlake; Ben Backes, Jane Butterfield, Luis Diego Cabezas, Tyler Creech, Catherine Karlak and Zachary Marley, Redmond.
Renton: John Lind, Liberty.
Sammamish: Nicole Cederblom, Linda Chamberlin, Lisa Dermer, Justin Levitt and James Sutter, Skyline.
SeaTac: Jocelyn Thompson, Seattle Christian.
Seattle: A. Duncan Brown, Ballard; Andrew Piro and Julia Voss, Blanchet; Marcus Duyzend, Lisa Kennelly, Molly Kent and Claire Wagenseil, Bush; Nicholas Brown, Evergreen; Paul Koenig, Franklin; Julienne Eby, Daniel Feldman, Simon Greenwood, Shoshana Griffith, Jay Hathaway, Garret Heckel, Micah Horwith, Jenny Hu, Whitney Johnson, Sarah Jubinski, Geoffrey Kirkwood, Anya Li, Samuel Miner, Julia Nicol, Benjamin Rapalee, Allison Shaw, Courtney Woolverton Mart and Kangni Zong, Garfield.
Seattle: Elizabeth Adams, Kristina Bajema, Alissa Curda, Malaya Fletcher, Georgia Lemen, Eileen Nutting, Kari Schiffrin and Noel Zapata, Holy Names Academy; Daniel Baker, Lucia Ballard, Miya Bernson, Jonathan Bodansky, Leah Campbell, Laura Case, Heather Casteel, Jason Dexter, Iben Falconer, Corinne Geballe, Ian Goldstein, Elizabeth Goodrich, Elizabeth Killien, Andrew Kitchell, Fraser Kitchell, Kennedy Leavens, Jennifer Lee, Karen Lehmann, Robert Leitzell, Dawn Lippert, Katie Rice, Erin Sharmahd, Alan Sledd, Aaron Spinks, Robin Stewart, Kate Weinberger and Grace Yang, Lakeside.
Seattle: Daniel Bell, David Gramling-Dawda, Kathryn Herbig, Abraham Koogler, Alexandria Magnan-Wheelock and Eliana Stein, Northwest; Brendan Blades, O'Dea; Ruth Emerson and Samuel Yawitz, Roosevelt; Alex Bush, Daniel Fajans, Lisa Feiertag and Jeremy Houk, Seattle Academy; Richard Hulsman, Kelsey Hutyler, Leah Macatangay, Christopher Muth, Karl Naden, Ryan Parietti and Ian Ross, Seattle Preparatory; Ryan Emerson, Transition School for Early Entrance Program; Meghan Driscoll, Adam Skalenakis and Melanie Smith, University Preparatory Academy.
Shoreline: Zachary Geballe, Patrick Hogan and Katharine Liang, Shorecrest; David Haverhals, Shoreline Christian; John Edwards, Erik Fagerstrom, Justin Kim, Janaki O'Brien, Nathan Penner, Jennifer Shin, Julian Wasson and Matthew Wuerffel, Shorewood.
Snohomish: Brandon Ballinger, Katherine Geis, Matthew Loveless and Simon Loveluck, Snohomish.
Snoqualmie: Megan Henry and Lillian Lazenby, Mount Si.
Woodinville: Timothy Cook, Chrysalis; Brian Ritchie and Kathryn Rivard, Woodinville.