The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the semifinalists for the 2025 NMS program on Wednesday. Of the 1.5 million students to enter the program, only about 16,000 receive this honor each year. The 2025 semifinal list included more than 100 local students.
High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Any semifinalist who has been selected as a National Merit Scholarship finalist will be notified in February.
To become a finalist, the semifinalist and their high school must submit an application including information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment and any honors and awards they received.
The following students from Williamson and Davidson County were named 2025 NMS semifinalists:
BRENTWOOD ACADEMY
- Lumsdaine, Nathan
- Martin, Samuel
BRENTWOOD
- Allen, Ivy
- Bai, Leonardo
- Chang, Ivy
- Coughlan, Thilo
- De Gennaro, Dennis
- Estrella, Andrew
- Gan, Andrew
- Glenn, Todd
- Hawkins, Cole
- Hoesel, Allison
- Javagal, Nisha
- Khairollahi, Parsa
- Malhotra, Arshia
- McClendon, Margaret
- McConnell, Cade
- Park, Geon
- Perez, Katherine
- Sathu, Pranav
- Wang, Katie
- Wyatt, Lucy
- Youngberg, Collin
RAVENWOOD
- Ali Amghaiab, Jumana
- Amosun, Oluwaseyi
- Balaje, Ajay
- Chakraborty, Shruti
- Deorah, Yash
- Dunlea, Caelan
- Gianakos, Kyra
- Green, Katelyn
- Herrmann, Jack
- Hoskins, William
- Joseph, Raphael
- Jun Yeung, Qi
- Kalasikam, Manushri
- Kilaru, Rohan
- Kripalani, Sonia
- Lowen, Ariela
- Mehta, Arnav
- Nair, Ankita
- Patel, Yug
- Pierce, Thomas
- Wang, Jason
- Yenigalla, Chetan
- Zhang, Brayden
BATTLE GROUND ACADEMY
- Lee, Junho
CENTENNIAL
- Blank, Natalie L.
- Comer, Roman D.
- Eischen, Michael D.
- Hooks, Alexandria L.
- O'Donnell, Eve C.
- Petapalle, Navdeep R.
- Reuthe, Willow E.
- Sponsel, Levi D.
- Stiles, Kory P.
FRANKLIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
- Johnsen, Griffin
FRANKLIN
- Edwards, Adelaide C.
- Hsu, Judy
- Jamal, Rinaz F.
- Jiang, Andrew H.
- King, Zane W.
- Ohri, Ridham
- Pallekonda, Gabriel J.
- Quick, Morea L.
- Saylor, Finnegan B.
- Taheri, Dorsa
- Webb, Abby E.
HOMESCHOOL/ONLINE SCHOOL
- Born, Liora
- Zimmerman, McKinley
FRED J. PAGE
- Allu, Sreenesh
- Avery, Anna K.
- Ey, MacKenzie N.
- Gray, John R.
- Lee, Olivia J.
- Sundar, Nishanth M.
- Swallows, William C.
NOLENSVILLE
- Balamurugan, Deepak
- Kelley, Desi
- McCarthy, Samuel
- Russell, Bryce
- Sherrill, Emily
SUMMIT
- Constantine, Caroline S.
- Davis, Paul R.
- Hoffman, Nathan J.
- Phillips, Nathan S.
INDEPENDENCE
- Brandon, Peyton
- Britt, Connor
- Casner, Brendan
- Honken-Krause, Kate
- Lindsey, Elliot
- Palmliden, Anthony
- Sahay, Dewang
- Shreekanth, Aditya
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY
- Ambrose, Henry
- Dalai, Sayan
- Dorfman, Jake
- Gannon, Daniel
- Glover, William
- Keefer, Henry
- Murphy, Braden
- Singhvi, Arish
- Smithwick, John
- Tompkins, Claiborne
- Trainer, James
ENSWORTH
- Buschmann, Price
- Rehm, Grant
- Schader, Robert
- Wong, Veronica
FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY
- Boylan, Maxwell
- Jones, Rhys
HARPETH HALL
- Bowen, Lillian
- Rork, Cailin
- Thomas, Katherine
- Vidalakis, Ariadne
HUME-FOGG
- Craddock, Oliver George
- Mooney, Margaret Kathryn
- Nelms, Grayson Lewis
- Qian, Anna
- Webber, Anya Michelle
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
- Luo, Jason
- Mayo, Lauren
- Veltum, Luke
- Zak, Liam
FATHER RYAN
- Saivar, Finn T.
ST. CECILIA ACADEMY
- Whittaker, Colsyn A.
USN
- Chan, Collin
- Cherry-Pulay, Ophelia
- Guo, Daniel
- Keiper, Caroline
- Lara, Alexander
- Luffman, Samuel
- Nichols, Elizabeth
- Ramachandran, Rohan
- Rothman, Elena
- Sharfstein, Saul
- Tong, Katharine
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