33 Students Earn National Merit Recognition

Thirty-three EA seniors have earned National Merit recognition.

Nine have been named 2027 National Merit Semifinalists. They include: Ellen Casey, Natalie Jiang, Arjun Kulkarni, Annie Le, Darian Mihalakis, Connor Myers, Karen Shi, Ryan Wen, and Kyle Zhang.

Twenty-four students are recognized as Commended Students, including Celina Cai, Charles Casey, Nicholas Cataldo, Liam Crowley, Minsi Cui, Gregory Deirmengian, Isabel Ding, Joseph Doyle, Muriel Fitz-Kaltenmeier, Micah Kim, Caden Kropf, Joyce Liu, Maeve Martinelli, CJ Nichols, Will Patterson, Francis Pennay, Danity Pike, John Samar, Samantha Slye, Laura Tarau, Lucas Van Binsbergen, Shaivi Vuyyuru, Benjamin Wang, and Lydia Wright.

The students are recognized by the National Scholarship Corporation for their performance on the PSAT/NMSQT taken in October 2025.

Some 16,000 Semifinalists will have the opportunity to continue in the 2026-27 competition for National Merit Scholarships that will be announced in the spring.

The Commended Students are among 30,000 students recognized for their academic promise. 

This marks the 72nd year of the National Merit Scholarship program.