National Merit Scholar Commended & Semifinalist Students

Updated September 27, 2024

Lovejoy ISD is proud to announce 36 students have been recognized in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Over 1.3 million students took the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test  (PSAT/NMSQT) and met requirements to enter the National Merit Scholarship Program, a nationwide competition for recognition and awards conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Each of these students have a Selection Index score of 208 or above (out of a possible 228). The NMSC identifies the 50,000 highest scores nationwide who are then recognized as either Semifinalists or Commended Students each fall. 

Congratulations to these Lovejoy High School Commended Students: 

Ali Ahmad, Joshua Arnett, Alicia Bemis, Caleb Born, Camden Bratz, Victoria Burchett, Luca Campbell, Saanvi Cheruku, Andy Choy, Riley Constant, Emily Dillon, Luke Doyle, Cody Dunlap, Liam Dunleavy, Neola Edwin, Noah George, Nathan Kinser, Jackson LaTorre, Sophia Li, Lucas Liu, Gavin Micheletto, Paari Palani, Garrett Payne, Cavan Porter, Jackson Reid, Emersyn Runions, Tatum Samuels, Robert Schnurr, Kugu Scott, Megha Siripurapu, Anishka Vellanki, Marissa Waldrop, Christopher Wang, David Wang, Auburnae Williams, Kevin Zhang

From the 50,000 high scorers nationwide, about 16,000 will be named National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists, representing the top scorers in each state. Semifinalists will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for about 6,870 Merit Scholarship® awards to be offered in 2025. 

We are pleased to announce these 13 students from Lovejoy High School have been named National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists:

Ali Ahmad, Victoria Burchett, Luca Campbell, Andy Choy, Cody Dunlap, Liam Dunleavy, Neola Edwin, Lucas Liu, Garrett Payne, Robert Schnurr, Marissa Waldrop, Auburnae Williams, Kevin Zhang

Thursday, September 26th Lovejoy ISD held a National Merit Recognition Breakfast to celebrate these Lovejoy High School students. We are extraordinarily proud of the way these student scholars have contributed to our legacy of excellence.

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