143 Arkansans among National Merit semifinalists
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
A total of 143 Arkansas high school seniors are among nearly 16, 000 students nationally to be named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.
The nationwide pool of semifinalists will now compete for about 8, 200 National Merit Scholarships, worth about $ 35 million, that will be awarded next spring and summer.
The semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of U. S. high school seniors.
The students were among 1. 5 million juniors who entered the scholarship program by taking the 2007 Preliminary SAT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
The semifinalists are the highest scoring students from each state. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
The Arkansas semifinalists, by home town and high school, are: BATESVILLE BATESVILLE HIGH Preston D. Caldwell SOUTHSIDE HIGH Mary E. Castleman BENTON BENTON HIGH Mariah N. Nehus BENTONVILLE BENTONVILLE HIGH Celeste J. Cox Mark R. Haney Danielle C. Kelker Hailey A. Palmer Lydia R. Thompson CABOT CABOT HIGH Shelby K. Davis Sydney L. Rasch CLARKSVILLE CLARKSVILLE HIGH Rebecca J. Davidson Hannah E. Eakin Lauren E. Nelson CONWAY CONWAY CHRISTIAN HIGH Rachel H. Lindstrom CONWAY HIGH-WEST CAMPUS Emily A. Hoover Mark D. Kremer Bradford S. Martins William A. Nance Erik G. Urban ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL William W. Steele CROSSETT CROSSETT HIGH Hannah A. Breshears EL DORADO EL DORADO HIGH Tom Nevins D. Oliver ELKINS ELKINS HIGH Erin L. Plum FAYETTEVILLE FAYETTEVILLE HIGH Emily R. DeLong Kyle L. Erf Jordan J. Janawitz Kaley R. Jarrett Rebecca A. Lindsey Savannah J. Mills Jacob Z. Purcell Katherine L. Soerens Daniel Tchakhalian Belgie P. Wang FORT SMITH SOUTHSIDE HIGH Katherine Chen Taber J. Hunt Matthew W. Jones Graham W. Reinhard GRAVETTE GRAVETTE HIGH Erica L. Leeman GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HIGH Erika L. Beshears HARRISON HARRISON HIGH Rebekah G. Langston HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES AND THE ARTS Jacob A. Bice Rebecca L. Bradley Jason R. Curlin Timothy F. Mellor Mark R. Okimoto Payton M. Robinette Andrew J. Seel Robert A. Stokes Ryan A. Wells Julie D. Womack Tobe M. Wood HOT SPRINGS HIGH Rahem A. White LAKESIDE HIGH Chase J. Farnell Jeremy Rowe HUNTSVILLE HUNTSVILLE HIGH Jason W. Doll Tristan D. Sokol JONESBORO JONESBORO HIGH John N. McDaniel Tyler A. Soo Cole T. Wood NETTLETON HIGH David R. Hornbeck VALLEY VIEW HIGH Meghan N. White LITTLE ROCK CATHOLIC HIGH Tyler E. Alley Kyle B. Buchanan James R. Dornhoffer Adrian M. Klein Aaron J. Madey Matthew J. Sachse Alexander C. Tully CENTRAL HIGH Hannah B. Blair Jack W. Chen Sarah E. Karney Helena Liu Charles R. Meyers Safia F. Nawaz Robert W. Nielson Afshar J. Sanati Yeoian Xu Menghan Zhao EPISCOPAL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL Rachel C. Ekdahl Reid B. Knabe Thomas P. Waters HOME SCHOOL Samantha H. Kiser LITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Bethany Claire Chesshir Emma J. Gist Angela B. Grommet Hayley J. Hendren John A. Lepine Austin W. Lynch Sarah G. Neff Tim E. Nissen Grace Quay MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY Robin C. Kanatzar Kristin N. Kovach Jenny E. Liles Amelia J. Smith PARKVIEW ARTS AND SCIENCE MAGNET HIGH Jonathan T. Berry PULASKI ACADEMY Tania E. Anaissie David Anderson Kensey M. Berry Robert P. Cline Camille E. Coston Melanie Z. Gao Dave Grundfest Christine D. Harpool Peter B. Lowery Graham L. McCracken Vijay T. Rajaram Michael A. Shull MAGNOLIA MAGNOLIA HIGH Heather D. Cole MARION MARION HIGH Rhy M. Williams MAUMELLE CENTRAL ARKANSAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Ashli H. Roussel MORRILTON SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL Colton T. Kordsmeier MOUNT VERNON MOUNT VERNON-ENOLA HIGH Helen L. Thompson MOUNTAIN HOME MOUNTAIN HOME HIGH Raymond T. Walter NASHVILLE NASHVILLE HIGH Jordan J. Tate NORTH LITTLE ROCK HOME SCHOOL Kaleb J. Lape Anastasia M. Teske Magdalena J. Teske NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH Andrew W. Jaques Katherine M. Strike PEA RIDGE PEA RIDGE HIGH Alexander L. Fucci-Wilson POCAHONTAS POCAHONTAS HIGH Brittney R. Duncan POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE HIGH Karissa A. Musser PRAIRIE GROVE PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH Hannah M. Coffey Grace E. Smith ROGERS ROGERS HIGH Brynn K. Alford Nicholas S. Crump Julie M. Youngs RUSSELLVILLE HOME SCHOOL Timothy D. Smith RUSSELLVILLE HIGH William T. Hodges SEARCY HARDING ACADEMY Conor B. Kirkman Shelby T. Rackley Hannah N. Shelton SEARCY HIGH Dexter A. Watkins SPRINGDALE HAR-BER HIGH Graham D. Atherton Kaila M. Pianalto Erin M. Wright SPRINGDALE HIGH Stephanie K. Johnson VAN BUREN VAN BUREN HIGH Haylee B. McBrayer WEST FORK HOME SCHOOL Anna M. Stitt WHITE HALL WHITE HALL HIGH Shelby C. Cobb Andrew B. Price
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