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2026 National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Scholars

Posted Date: 10/12/26 (10:53 AM)
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Hello Spartan Families:

As you all know, our students took the PSAT/SAT last week, and the results of that will be shared with the school next year.

Each year, we have so many students who perform extremely well and are honored as Finalists, Semifinalists, and Commended Scholars.

First, HERE is the presentation with the list of students that the College Board provided to us as this year's Semifinalists. Below are the twenty students currently competing for the Finalist spots, in order of last name.

Logan Barrett
Dhrthi Bulusu
Annabel Chaw
Kiefer Chow
Mylan Gardner
Caleb Gray
Henry Huang
Preston Huang
Laasya Kompella
Austin Martel
Lauren Morris
Kavya Murthy
Sophie Nguyen
Daniel Pallakoff
Kevin Thompson
Michael Thompson
Aleksandre Tsiklauri
Mirabel Wang
Katherine Xu
Roy Yin

Now, HERE is the list of Commended Scholars. Below are 79 students honored as Commended Scholars, based on the official list provided by the College Board to us this year. I understand that the list is updated throughout the year, and the updated list may be found on the College Board's Official Website. 

Python

p1 = """LIAM ABELSON
ELENA BALTZ
DIVYA BANTHIA
OLIVIA BARLOW
NOEMIE BERTHILLIER
BIANCA BHAT
BRANDON BINN
KIRATI BOLLINENI
LUCY CAMP
CHELSEA CHAN
NATALIE CHEN
JUSTIN CHEONG
HANNAH CHOI
CHLOE CHOO
BENJAMIN CITTADINO IV
BILAL CONTRACTOR
JAMES CUNNINGHAM
CATHERINE GARCIA
ILAN GERBER
SIMON GRANGIER
ELISE GRUENSTEIN
CLARA HEFFERNAN
ANDREW HUANG
CHENXI HUANG
ERIN HUANG
EDEN JAMTGAARD
NEEL JINDAL
WILLIAM JOJARTH
SAMANTHA JONES
ZUBIN KALAVADE
KAYLA KAMPRATH
JENNIFER KANG"""

p2 = """KIERA KELLEHER
ALEX KIM
KYUMIN KIM
NATALIE KIM
LUCAS KIRAZCI
AKSHAY KULKARNI
ALENA KUTSUK
JEEHO LEE
LUCAS LEE
RYAN LEE
YEONU LEE
IAN LENTZ
PEILUN LI
KIANA LIEN
CINTY LIN
ISABELLE LOW
EVAN LYONS
YIZHONG MA
YASH MAHESHWARI
NEHA NALUMASU
MEENA NANDELA
ANTONIO ONG
MEGAN PAN
KIRA PELKOFER
YONATAN PERROCHON
KESHAV PILLUTLA
SOPHIA RASMUSSEN DAILEY
AIDAN RIVERA
EASTON RODGERS
FLYNN SANDERS
THOMAS SCHMIDT
VIDU SENADHEERA"""

p3 = """ARJUN SHANKAR
AYDEN SHEN
SYDNEY SHEN
MEGHAN STRANGE
NISCHAL SUNKARI
ROSALIND TSAI
KARL UMMINGER
SHREE VENUPRAKASH
NISHANTH VISWANATHAN
NAO WEGNER
LUCIA WHEELER
RYAN WONG
JEREMY YU
JIAMIN YUAN
LEZHI ZENG"""

l1 = [n.strip().title() for n in p1.strip().split('\n') if n.strip()]
l2 = [n.strip().title() for n in p2.strip().split('\n') if n.strip()]
l3 = [n.strip().title() for n in p3.strip().split('\n') if n.strip()]

# Fix special cases like IV (roman numeral)
l1 = [n.replace(" Iv", " IV") for n in l1]

print(f"p1 count: {len(l1)}")
print(f"p2 count: {len(l2)}")
print(f"p3 count: {len(l3)}")
print(f"Total: {len(l1) + len(l2) + len(l3)}")

all_names = l1 + l2 + l3
print("\nFirst 5:")
print("\n".join(all_names[:5]))
print("\nLast 5:")
print("\n".join(all_names[-5:]))

Code output
p1 count: 32
p2 count: 32
p3 count: 15
Total: 79

First 5:
Liam Abelson
Elena Baltz
Divya Banthia
Olivia Barlow
Noemie Berthillier

Last 5:
Lucia Wheeler
Ryan Wong
Jeremy Yu
Jiamin Yuan
Lezhi Zeng

Python

names_p1 = [
    "Liam Abelson", "Elena Baltz", "Divya Banthia", "Olivia Barlow", "Noemie Berthillier",
    "Bianca Bhat", "Brandon Binn", "Kirati Bollineni", "Lucy Camp", "Chelsea Chan",
    "Natalie Chen", "Justin Cheong", "Hannah Choi", "Chloe Choo", "Benjamin Cittadino IV",
    "Bilal Contractor", "James Cunningham", "Catherine Garcia", "Ilan Gerber", "Simon Grangier",
    "Elise Gruenstein", "Clara Heffernan", "Andrew Huang", "Chenxi Huang", "Erin Huang",
    "Eden Jamtgaard", "Neel Jindal", "William Jojarth", "Samantha Jones", "Zubin Kalavade",
    "Kayla Kamprath", "Jennifer Kang"
]

names_p2 = [
    "Kiera Kelleher", "Alex Kim", "Kyumin Kim", "Natalie Kim", "Lucas Kirazci",
    "Akshay Kulkarni", "Alena Kutsuk", "Jeeho Lee", "Lucas Lee", "Ryan Lee",
    "Yeonu Lee", "Ian Lentz", "Peilun Li", "Kiana Lien", "Cinty Lin",
    "Isabelle Low", "Evan Lyons", "Yizhong Ma", "Yash Maheshwari", "Neha Nalumasu",
    "Meena Nandela", "Antonio Ong", "Megan Pan", "Kira Pelkofer", "Yonatan Perrochon",
    "Keshav Pillutla", "Sophia Rasmussen Dailey", "Aidan Rivera", "Easton Rodgers", "Flynn Sanders",
    "Thomas Schmidt", "Vidu Senadheera"
]

names_p3 = [
    "Arjun Shankar", "Ayden Shen", "Sydney Shen", "Meghan Strange", "Nischal Sunkari",
    "Rosalind Tsai", "Karl Umminger", "Shree Venuprakash", "Nishanth Viswanathan", "Nao Wegner",
    "Lucia Wheeler", "Ryan Wong", "Jeremy Yu", "Jiamin Yuan", "Lezhi Zeng"
]

print(len(names_p1), len(names_p2), len(names_p3))
print("Total:", len(names_p1) + len(names_p2) + len(names_p3))

Code output
32 32 15
Total: 79

Liam Abelson
Elena Baltz
Divya Banthia
Olivia Barlow
Noemie Berthillier
Bianca Bhat
Brandon Binn
Kirati Bollineni
Lucy Camp
Chelsea Chan
Natalie Chen
Justin Cheong
Hannah Choi
Chloe Choo
Benjamin Cittadino IV
Bilal Contractor
James Cunningham
Catherine Garcia
Ilan Gerber
Simon Grangier
Elise Gruenstein
Clara Heffernan
Andrew Huang
Chenxi Huang
Erin Huang
Eden Jamtgaard
Neel Jindal
William Jojarth
Samantha Jones
Zubin Kalavade
Kayla Kamprath
Jennifer Kang
Kiera Kelleher
Alex Kim
Kyumin Kim
Natalie Kim
Lucas Kirazci
Akshay Kulkarni
Alena Kutsuk
Jeeho Lee
Lucas Lee
Ryan Lee
Yeonu Lee
Ian Lentz
Peilun Li
Kiana Lien
Cinty Lin
Isabelle Low
Evan Lyons
Yizhong Ma
Yash Maheshwari
Neha Nalumasu
Meena Nandela
Antonio Ong
Megan Pan
Kira Pelkofer
Yonatan Perrochon
Keshav Pillutla
Sophia Rasmussen Dailey
Aidan Rivera
Easton Rodgers
Flynn Sanders
Thomas Schmidt
Vidu Senadheera
Arjun Shankar
Ayden Shen
Sydney Shen
Meghan Strange
Nischal Sunkari
Rosalind Tsai
Karl Umminger
Shree Venuprakash
Nishanth Viswanathan
Nao Wegner
Lucia Wheeler
Ryan Wong
Jeremy Yu
Jiamin Yuan
Lezhi Zeng

Congratulations to our Spartans, and I wish our semifinalist students the best as they wait for their final outcomes. 

Thank you,

Kip Glazer Ed.D.
Principal