• 105 National Merit Semifinalists, 2023

    September 23, 2022


    Plano ISD joins with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) to congratulate 105 Plano ISD National Merit Program® semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Students entered the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed  scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record,  participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.

    A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record  throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT® or ACT® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. From over 16,000 Semifinalists, more than 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notified of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship  winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. Published below are students with approved publication releases on file. Congratulations to the following students: 

  • Josephine A. Allred – Plano East Senior High

    Otto Q. Beall – Plano East Senior High

    Caroline M. Behnke – Plano East Senior High

    Shriya P. Bhat – Plano East Senior High

    Jeremiah Boban – Plano West Senior High

    Kristina M. Boulos – Plano East Senior High

    Avi Chaturvedi – Plano West Senior High

    Bruce M. Chen – Plano West Senior High

    Ian Y. Chen – Plano West Senior High

    Aditi Choudhury – Plano West Senior High

    Jeremy S. Chuah – Plano East Senior High

    Christopher J. Chun – Plano West Senior High

    Hannah Chung – Plano West Senior High

    William Dai – Plano West Senior High

    Anika P. Damle – Plano West Senior High

    Adrian E. Flores – Plano East Senior High

    Noya Gal – Plano Senior High

    Ritwik Ganguly – Plano Senior High

    Christopher D. Garfield Sebert – Plano West Senior High

    Aashna M. Gautam – Plano West Senior High

    Amrit Ghosh – Plano East Senior High

    Jackson M. Graff – Plano West Senior High

    Aaron W. Guo – Plano West Senior High

    Katherine L. Han – Plano West Senior High

    Audrey S. He – Plano West Senior High

    Emma B. Hrasko – Plano Senior High

    Fiona Huang – Plano West Senior High

    Syed A. Husain – Plano West Senior High

    Dhanush Jain – Plano East Senior High

    Shriya Jain – Plano East Senior High

    Akash P. Jape – Plano West Senior High

    Jaeha Jung – Plano West Senior High

    Swara S. Kale – Plano West Senior High 

    Benjamin D. Kellmeyer – Academy High School

    Dana Kim – Plano West Senior High      

  • Renee Y. Kim – Plano West Senior High

    Vikrant Kolli – Plano East Senior High

    Amit R. Konda – Plano West Senior High

    Neel Kondeti – Plano West Senior High

    Yash A. Kukrecha – Plano West Senior High

    Atharv G. Kulkarni – Plano West Senior High

    Olivia J. Lauderback – Plano East Senior High

    Anthony N. Le – Plano East Senior High

    Gordon K. Lee – Plano West Senior High

    Kyle S. Letterer – Plano West Senior High

    Byron B. Li – Plano West Senior High

    Eric W. Li – Plano West Senior High

    Owen N. Liebnick – Plano West Senior High

    Phoena Z. Lin – Plano West Senior High

    Mansi Lohtia – Plano West Senior High

    Patrick Y. Lu – Plano West Senior High

    Thomas K. Luong – Plano West Senior High

    Satvik Mahendra – Plano West Senior High

    Zahra Mahmood – Plano East Senior High

    Drake R. McAdams – Plano West Senior High

    Pierce W. McAdams – Plano West Senior High

    Rahi D. Mehta – Plano East Senior High

    Ziye Mei – Plano West Senior High

    Jude B. Meyer – Plano Senior High

    Aditya S. Mishra – Plano East Senior High

    Gauri Mittal – Plano East Senior High

    Devika Nair – Plano West Senior High

    Sanika P. Nandpure – Plano East Senior High

    Karthik V. Nemana – Plano East Senior High

    Sareen J. Patel – Plano West Senior High

    Gautam Penna – Plano East Senior High

    Preston S. Phillips – Plano West Senior High

    Evelyn A. Pugliese – Plano East Senior High

    Bennett L. Radtke– Plano Senior High    

    Adithi L. Rallapalli – Plano West Senior High  

  • Shakti Ramakrishna – Plano East Senior High    

    Tarunkrish Ramji – Plano West Senior High

    Raghav A. Ramki – Plano East Senior High

    Sanjana G. Rentala – Plano West Senior High

    Matthew J. Rippin – Plano Senior High

    Uzair A. Saeed – Plano East Senior High

    Ashish Samson – Plano West Senior High

    Tarun L. Sankar – Plano West Senior High

    Sana Shahid – Plano East Senior High

    Tianyu Shen – Plano West Senior High

    Jeremy Sheng – Plano East Senior High

    Nabeeha M. Siddiqui – Plano East Senior High

    Jai Singh – Plano West Senior High

    Srjana Srivatsa – Plano West Senior High

    Srijan Sundar – Plano East Senior High

    Matthew M. Tran – Plano East Senior High

    Madeline L. Tsao – Plano West Senior High

    Parthiv B. Varanasi – Plano East Senior High

    Clint J. Wang – Plano East Senior High

    Selina Wang – Plano East Senior High

    Ian P. Wang – Plano West Senior High

    Nathan J. Wang – Plano West Senior High

    Colin S. Wong – Academy High School

    Jessica Xu – Plano West Senior High

    Allen Yan – Plano West Senior High

    Angelina M. Yang – Plano West Senior High

    Stephen Yang – Plano West Senior High

    Alena Y. Zhang – Plano West Senior High

    Ashley J. Zhang – Plano West Senior High

    Eric H Zhao – Plano East Senior High

    Avery B. Zhao – Plano West Senior High

    Grace J. Zheng – Plano West Senior High

    Alan Zhou – Plano West Senior High

    Justin J. Zhu – Plano West Senior High