The Douglas County School District has announced the names of 56 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. These academically talented students advance in the competition, which awards 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million.
Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be awarded in the spring and summer of 2021:
• 2,500 National Merit Scholarships
• 1,000 Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarships
• 4,100 College-Sponsored Merit Scholarships
Finalists will be announced in February, with National Merit Scholarship winners announced in the months to follow.
Here are the semifinalists from DCSD:
Shriya Amara, Rock Canyon High
Arjun Avinash, Rock Canyon High
Rory Bartlett, Rock Canyon High
Gretchen Becker, Highlands Ranch High
Shama Bhargav, ThunderRidge High
Kyra Bowden, ThunderRidge High
Colton Brown, Rock Canyon High
Elizabeth Brunn, ThunderRidge High
Andrew Carter, Legend High
Kevin Chen, Rock Canyon High
Samantha Choe, ThunderRidge High
Josephine Defnet, Castle View High
Erik Eisenrich, Ponderosa High
David Gao, Rock Canyon High
Olivia Gibson, Rock Canyon High
Amanda Gin, Rock Canyon High
Chloe Hansen, Legend High
Ethan Hedrick, Highlands Ranch High
Rebekah Helton, Rock Canyon High
Nicholas Henley, Rock Canyon High
Lindsey Heyd, ThunderRidge High
Nathan Hoffmann, ThunderRidge High
Tanner Holmes, ThunderRidge High
Ella Iveslatt, Mountain Vista High
Alec Jang, ThunderRidge High
Kaushik Kaja, Rock Canyon High
Emma Knezevic, Highlands Ranch High
Riley Koldyke, Rock Canyon High
Garrett Lail, Rock Canyon High
Tanner Leonard, Rock Canyon High
Audrey Lyp, Mountain Vista High
William McCall, STEM School
Zoe Meredith, Rock Canyon High
Luke D Miga, Highlands Ranch High
Kyle Mullins, Mountain Vista High
Sydney Naibauer, Rock Canyon High
Igor Overchuck, Rock Canyon High
Joseph Parsons, STEM School
Sarah Paschke, Highlands Ranch High
Narendhar Prasad, Rock Canyon High
Matthew Procter, Rock Canyon High
Julia Reigrut, Highlands Ranch High
Anna Reimers, Rock Canyon High
Derek Robinson, Mountain Vista High
Arianna Sanchez, Rock Canyon High
Prachi Shah, SkyView Academy
Justin Sheu, Rock Canyon High
Emma Slack, STEM School
Wyatt Stelzig, Ponderosa High
Sriya Surapaneni, Rock Canyon High
Benjamin Trillet, Chaparral High
Sindhu Veeranki, Legend High
Makena Vetter, Rock Canyon High
Chloe Voss, Rock Canyon High
Olivia Wilson, Rock Canyon High
Harrison Witt, Mountain Vista High