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Hundreds of students from across Nassau and Suffolk counties were named as semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
They join more than 16,000 other students from across the United States after earning high marks on the Preliminary SAT during their junior year.
In order to become finalists, students and their high school must submit a detailed scholarship application which includes their academic record, an essay, and shows participation in school and community activities.
Students must also demonstrate leadership abilities and highlight employment experience and any honors and awards they received.
National Merit Scholarship winners of 2025 will be announced between April and July 2025. Winning students will receive scholarships of $2,500.
The following high school seniors from Long Island were named semifinalists:
Nassau County:
Bellmore (John F. Kennedy High School):
- Mar Prainito
Bethpage (Bethpage High School):
- Joseph Bashker
- Ibrahim Rana
Cedarhurst (Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway):
- Sean Harris
- Floral Park
Floral Park (Floral Park Memorial High School):
- Edward Shen
Franklin Square (H. Frank Carey High School):
- Julian Santana
Garden City (Garden City High School):
- Soham Bera
- Mannat Jain
- Jeffrey Li
- Hunter MaGuire
- Simone Oustatcher
- Daniel Shohdy
- Amy Xiao
- Lynn Yang
- Alicia Zhang
Garden City Park (Mineola High School):
- Robert Ely
Glen Head (North Shore High School):
- Seamus Hughes
- Raymond Lin
- Wenqi Xiao
Great Neck (Great Neck South High School):
- Luna Bae
- Christina Bai
- Megan Chin-Lam Chan
- Edmund Gan
- Jonathan Jia
- Ruiqi Liu
- Paige Louie
- Althea Ou
- Yilin Qiao
- Sarah H. Sun
- William Tsang
- Evelyn Won
- Erin Wong
- Yujin Wu
- Edward Xu
- Ivan Xu
- Richard L. Xu
- Edison Yuan
- Jixuan Zhang
- Laura Zhang
- Zican Zhang
- Kalli Zhu
Great Neck (Great Neck Village High School):
- Calvin Chang
Great Neck (John L. Miller - Great Neck North High School):
- Johnathan Ahdout
- Justin J. Chen
- Valerie Lan
- Jacob Levine
- Ashley M. Liu
- Aiden Maher
- Dillan Palma
- Daliah Segal
- Lotus W. Shwe
- Tamas Smulovics
- Isaac Xu
- Isaac Yan
- Logan Z. Ye
- Zachary Zar
Great Neck (North Shore Hebrew Academy High School):
- Ilana Greenberg
Hempstead (Crescent School):
- Rafeea Rahman
Hempstead (Sacred Heart Academy)
- Erica Revill
Hewlett (George W. Hewlett High School):
- Rachel Chen
Hicksville (Hicksville High School):
- Kimberly Widjaja
Jericho (Jericho High School):
- Shi-Tao Chang
- Justin Chen
- Ryan Cheung
- Katie-Jiwoo Choi
- Vishrut Goyal
- Misha Gujja
- Lilly Horowitz
- Michael Jiao
- Lisa Jin
- Edeline Jung
- Safir Khandaker
- David Kim-Shoemaker
- Michelle Liu
- Samyra Mahiba
- Agastya Mittal
- Max Scharf
- Gabrielle Shahaf
- Madeline Shek
- Ashlyn Thitibordin
- Vincent Yang
- Jerry Zhang
- Leo Zhao
- Lydia Zhou
Lawrence (Rambam Mesivta High School):
- Ari Khavulya
Levittown (Division Avenue High School):
- Matthew Hartmann
Locust Valley (Friends Academy):
- Terry Ye
Locust Valley (Locust Valley High School):
- Giovanni Gambino
- Locust Valley (Portledge High School)
- William Bodian
- Kjell Goldstein
Lynbrook (Lynbrook High School):
- Charisse Cueto
Manhasset (Manhasset High School):
- Sophia Chainani
- Hannah Chang
- Jonathan Chen
- Mingxin Chen
- Colin Hairabedian
- Loic Hairabedian
- Jackson Kang
- Jonas Kim
- Chelsea Lim
- Rachel Liu
- Alex Lu
- Stephen Lu
- Henry Ma
- Peter Martelli
- John Matos
- Grace Punzalan
- Alena Tsai
- Emily Zhao
Massapequa (Massapequa High School):
- Ryan Keane
Massapequa (Plainedge High School):
Alec Anderson
Merrick (Sanford H. Calhoun High School):
- Kyle Park
Mineola (Chaminade High School):
- Michael F. Atteritano
- Quinn D. McWilliams
- Ryan T. Nicol
- Ronin Rugolsky
New Hyde Park (Herricks High School):
- Maya Aboutaleb
- Afnan Ali
- Shome Chakraborty
- Lucy Liu
- Diane Ma
- Krish Maheshwari
- Pratham Patel
- Maximilian Peng
- Kaitlyn Rams
- Vidhi Shah
New Hyde Park (New Hyde Park Memorial High School):
- Brice Chiu
- Rachel Jacob
- Clayton Yu
Oceanside (Oceanside High School):
- Shehreyar Ahmad
- Old Westbury (The Wheatley School):
- Viraj Pahuja
- Adriana Petrizzo
- Will Sellerberg
- Lauren Shin
- Dian Yang
Oyster Bay (Oyster Bay High School):
- Brandon Antonetti
- Adrian Kim
Plainview (Plainview - Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School):
- Ryan Chin
- Aadi Mehta
- Dylan Reimer
- Amie Yang
- Jillian Zhang
Port Washington (Paul D. Schreiber High School):
- Jayden Doshi
- ulian Kimball
- Austin Li
- Ezra Schulmiller
- Brigid Southard
Roslyn Heights (Roslyn High School):
- Ethan Berkowitz
- Sarah Fernbach
- Ethan J. Lee
- Elaina Li
- Benjamin Quadri
- Anika Tolat
Syosset (Syosset High School):
- Derek Chen
- Frank He
- Marcus Hoshino
- Shan Hsieh
- Connor Jin
- Katherine Li
- Simonne Lim
- Jasmine Liu
- Yuyang Liu
- Sunay Malhotra
- Raheel Nabi
- Lance Phung
- Michael Ren
- Corey Schack
- Krishiv K. Shah
- Jaysukh P. Singh
- Samuel Wang
- Zhaotang Wang
- Joann Woo
- Katherine Yi
- Winston Zhou
Valley Stream (Valley Stream Central High School):
- Marlon Clarke
- TAarish Talukdar
Valley Stream (Valley Stream South High School):
- Andy Huang
- Bahrija Radoncic
Wantagh (Wantagh High School):
- Michael A. Muscarnera
Woodmere (Davis Renov Stahlet Yeshiva High School for Boys):
- Yonatan Schochet
Suffolk County
Bayport (Bayport Blue Point High School):
- George Rogers IV
Bohemia (Connetquot High School):
- Alexander DeVita
Brentwood (Brentwood High School):
- Michael Martinez
Center Moriches (Center Moriches High School):
- Christopher L. Russo
Cold Spring Harbor (Cold Spring Harbor High School):
- Ava Coco
- Milan Lustig
- Stephen Schmidt
- Aidan Smith
Commack (Commack High School):
- Edwin Ji
- Irene Ma
- Andreas Melia-Ioannou
Deer Park (Deer Park High School):
- Reza Zorakhsh
Dix Hills (Half Hollow Hills High School East):
- Noah R. Berlin
- Victoria Geller
- Tea S. Shouldice
- Makiko E. Stravato
- Julia Zinkin
Dix Hills (Half Hollow Hills High School West):
- Arjun Airen
- Zachary Harel
East Northport (Homeschool/Online):
- Kevin J. Hsu
East Setauket (Ward Melville High School):
- Katie S. Duong
- Alexander T. Singer
- Sean M. Skinner
- Alexander Song
- Michael Y. Wei
- Aimee Y. Yang
Greenlawn (Harborfields High School):
- Francis R. DeGregorio
- Alexander Y. Meagher
- Andrew L. Walden
Huntington Station (Walt Whitman High School):
- John Marr
Kings Park (Kings Park High School):
- Kyle Wozniak
Lindenhurst (Lindenhurst High School):
Jake Albert
Melville (St. Anthony's High School):
- Joseph Philip
Miller Place (Miller Place High School):
- Lucy Chang
- Sean Pepe
Northport (Northport High School):
- Dora Fields
- Michaela Tumsuden
Port Jefferson (Earl L. Vandermeulen High School):
- Aoife Hogan
Port Jefferson Station (Comsewogue High School):
- Melissa K. Romano
Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School):
- Matteo Gravinese
Sag Harbor (Pierson High School):
Kai H. Basseches
- David B. Kriegsman
Smithtown (Smithtown High School West):
- Joseph A. Davide
- Catalina A. Kreitzman
- Natallie E. Marshall
- Sierra M. Needham
- Heng Ye
St. James (Smithtown High School East):
- Daanish Bassi
- Jolene H. Cao
- Neal J. Cusumano
- Anagh Gupta
Stony Brook (The Stony Brook School):
- Isabel Guo
- Thomas Lin
Westhampton Beach (Westhampton Beach High School):
- Meghan Pomroy
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