Sep 12, 2014 1 min read

Several local high school students were named to the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. The list of about 16,000 semifinalists were announced Sept. 10. The high school seniors will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for the 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth about $33 million. According to the NMSC in Evanston, Ill., about 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing and more than half of the finalists will win a scholarship. Local semifinalists are:

Bethel Park High School

• Steven L. Davis

• Emily N. Kukan

Lakeview Christian Academy, Cecil Township

• Margaret A. Bordo

• Kevin M. Zinn

Canon-McMillan High School

• Elizabeth Freeman

Mt. Lebanon High school

• Mitchell J. Bognar

• Andrei Mihailescu

• Amanada M. Vosburgh

• Chenhui Yuan

Peters Township High School

• James M. Gummersbach

• Daniel M. Krajovic

• Mary Kathaleen Pritz

• Nicholas J. Roberts

• Roy X. Wang

• Delaney Q. Wehn

Seton LaSalle Regional High School

• Julia M. Koltas

South Fayette High School

• Abigail V. Greene

• Connor J. Phoennik

Upper St. Clair High School

• John B. Benhart

• Ananya W. Cleetus

• Dilanka T. Dharmasena

• Rishabh Kewalramani

• Madeline E. Kulp

• Melissa C. Levine

• Eliana M. Ondrejko

• Tony J. Wang