9 National Merit Semifinalist Owls

Nine seniors have been named National Merit Semifinalists, indicating their PSAT scores rank in the top 1% nationwide.

Parker Blackwell, Samuel Callan, Gabe Chen, Tyler Dang, Bryan Ding, Will Gramm, Parth Patel, Evan Wu, and Alan Zhou are among 16,000 students to receive the honor. Semifinalists will compete for one of 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring.