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On Tuesday, Williamson County Schools announced that a district-record-breaking 80 WCS students were named National Merit finalists. 

It is the sixth-consecutive year that WCS has had more than 50 finalists. The 80 students were chosen from a pool of semifinalists named in September. To enter for consideration, students myst take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

As finalists, students will be considered for Merit Scholarships, which will be awarded by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

"This recognition opens additional doors for our students after they graduate from our high schools,” WCS superintendent Jason Golden said. "Congratulations to these students, their families and teachers on this accomplishment. This is just another example of the outstanding work taking place in our schools.”

The following WCS students were named finalists for 2024:

Brentwood High

Rishika Challa

Lucas Clevenger

Amelia Croney

Garrett Crouch

Ryan Dawson

Jacob Dong

Elise Froehler

Luke Haws

Adam Jaser

Taiga Koyama

Charlotte Landman

Clara Beth Lee

Linden Martin

Kate Mize

Arjun Nayagadurai

Amy Park

Trishita Paul

Ava Rice

Ali Sidiqyar

Brodie Spillane

Davis Veazey

Robert Walch

Grace Walter

Brooks Wheeler

Centennial High

Tyler Tapperson

Franklin High

Jason Bowles

Sylvia Brekke

Caden Bridges

Caden Campbell

Coleman Clemmons

Chip Davis

Vasilios Ekimogloy

Jade Horne

Wesley Jordan

Abigail Kabagambe

Jackson McDonald

Hannah Whitfield

Jonathan Zink

Independence High

Andrew Chatterton

Carmen Onusaitis

Weston Ragan

Kiran Rao

Elijah Sower

Patrick Whitlow

Nolensville High

Albin Brejeon

Stephen Job

Annabelle Mullenix

Michael Tadrous

Meghan Wallace

Page High

Evan Ingmire

Mary Peck

Daniel Pontow

Aarnav Mrida Varanasi

Ravenwood High

Minjae Bae

John Beck

Christina Chen

John Coggin

Aarush Desai

Patrick Fiechtl

Jackson Gardzina

Grace Helou

Yuti Kale

Aayush Kumar

Margaret MacGurn

Sophie McAtee

Jack Meyer

Naman Mukerji

Sneha Mukku

Riya Nanda

Christina Qi

Malvika Rao

Saisarath Ravilla

Madeline Schaefer

Camden Walker

Molly Walker

Sophia Wang

Ria Yesare

Tanmay Neema

Summit High

Jack Stinson

Drew Wittekind