350 Massachusetts high school seniors are Merit Scholarship semifinalists

About 90 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and around half of the finalists will win a scholarship, said a press release from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a non-profit established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual scholarship program.

“To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test,” said the release from the National Merit Scholarship program.

The semifinalist and a high school official must also submit a detailed scholarship application, including an essay and information about the student’s participation and leadership in school and community activities.

The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors, the release said. For more information about the competition, visit www.nationalmerit.org.

Massachusetts Semifinalists: 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program

ACTON
ACTON – BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL H. S.
Agrawal, Siddharth S.
Benjamin, Madeline V.
Chiao, Danny
Cohen, Carolyn M.
Dai, Matthew S.
Huo, Tony S.
Johnson, Isaac N. S.
Liang, Joy N.
Maserang, Ryan I.
Miao, Diana
Pantano, Mark T.
Ramachandran, Nadhika I.
Szydlo, Hannah S.
Wang, Songya O.
Yang, Bryan
York, Brian
Zhou, Mo

AMHERST

AMHERST REGIONAL H. S.
Alper, Sarah I.
Anderson, Emma R.
Holladay, Margaret C.
Kannel, Charles M.
Lee, Daniel T.
Liu, Shiyuan
Salwen, Jeremy A.
Wald, Marianne C.
Zimmerman, Chloe O.

ANDOVER

ANDOVER H. S.
Cheng, George T.
Kurinsky, Noah A.
Sant, Sharada R.
Yang, Aaron

PHILLIPS ACADEMY

Becker, Sebastian H.
Best, Ric T.
Bhaiwala, Zahra S.
Chandra, Krishnan V.
Chen, Bobby S.
Crosett, Rainer A.
Fang, Anna P.
Fedyk, Valeria
Ford, Whitney E.
Ghosh, Timothy L.
Harrington, Thomas J.
Helmers, Julie C.
Hong, Andrew
Jia, Sophia B.
Jones, Ashleigh C.
King, Lauren E.
Li, Andrew Y.
Li, Annie J.
Li, Randy X.
Liu, Jonathan
Liu, Juliet T.
McKinnon, Ryan M.
Mitchell, Laura A.
Narayan-Chen, Anjali Y.
Png, Chien Yi M.
Rhodes, Fredric D.
Romanow, Jacob A.
Saxena, Nikita T.
Thomas, Jane

ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON H. S.
Rogers, Graham L.
Strominger, Amanda B.
Vishniac, Jordan D.

ASHBURNHAM

OAKMONT REGIONAL H. S.
Dearborn, Robert F.

ATTLEBORO

BISHOP FEEHAN H. S.
Clerx, William M.
McAllister, James W.

BEDFORD

BEDFORD H. S.
McGrory, Aileen K.

HOME SCHOOL
Weber, Sophie F.

BELMONT

BELMONT H. S.
Alperin, Kenneth B.
Goodman, Paul S.
Green, Benjamin Z.
Grinberg, Leonid
Kleinbock, Elias E.
Kolenbrander, Emily S.
Miller, Thomas B.
Regier, Emily E.
Sorensen, Caroline
Tyutyunik, Maria M.
Zhang, Yuan
BELMONT HILL SCHOOL
DesBois, John E.

BOLTON

NASHOBA REGIONAL H. S.
Lindsay, Samantha G.
Squires, Samantha H.
Wassall, Zachary H.

BOSTON

BOSTON COLLEGE H. S.
Gonzalez, Robert C.
Nolan, James K.
BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL
Awal, Mehraj
Huang, Cheng
Lee, Athena E.
Naushad, Nida
Schwob, Olivia C.
Wang, Yaxi
Wu, Sherry L.
Xu, Tom
BOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY
Connors, Thomas G.
Landau-Taylor, Jessica R.
Lee, Younghan D.
Meister, Michela C.
Riley, Amy E.
Silvis, George A.
COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL
Alvarez, Mario M.
Hall, Peter O.
Hickman, Sylvia B.
Moraff, Daniel E.
Rubin, Alexander M.
Sokolov, Matilda G.
Vrtilek, Julia K.
Weiss-Irwin, Russell
WINSOR SCHOOL
Batten, Caroline R.
Bridge, Amy W.
Byrne, Elizabeth H.
Conway, Alison A.
Eysenbach, Lindsay M.
Fulham, Margaret W.
Mankiw, Catherine M.
Yellen, Margaret B.

BRAINTREE

BRAINTREE H. S.
Blais, Caitlin T.
Hasson, Justine F.

BROCKTON

CARDINAL SPELLMAN H. S.
Grenon, Marissa C.

BROOKLINE

BROOKLINE H. S.
Benjamin, Ari E.
Cass, Celeste L.
Chen, Andersen Y.
Groopman, Emily E.
Kaur, Shagun
Meiklejohn, Elizabeth T.
Mendelsohn, Rose G.
VanderWerf, Kyle R.
von Krusenstiern, Alfred N.
Yasinovsky, David G.
MAIMONIDES SCHOOL
Avigan, Zachary M.
Niewood, Benjamin Z.
Rosen, Gabriel T.

BYFIELD

THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY
Nelson, Lyle L.

CAMBRIDGE

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE AND NICHOLS SCHOOL
Brodsky, Jessica E.
Burnett, Daniel
Burstein, Eli
Kingston, Elena R.
Mitra, Abhi R.
Mulligan, Jessica S.
Ottenheimer, David J.
Su, Karen
Wallis, Samuel M.
Wang, Elizabeth Y.
CAMBRIDGE RINDGE AND LATIN SCHOOL
Greenberg, Joseph S.
Lyons-Galante, Isaiah T.
Mardell, Samuel B.
Schear, Nessarose
Yedidia, Adam B.
PROSPECT HILL ACADEMY
Wittman, Lucas M.

CANTON

CANTON H. S.
Winchell, Ethan T.
CHARLEMONT
ACADEMY AT CHARLEMONT
Bartlett, Jeannie B.
CHESTNUT HILL
BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
Harrington, Nathaniel G.
Tucker, William M.

CONCORD

CONCORD – CARLISLE REGIONAL H. S.
Bolinger, Geoffrey J.
Boyajian, Benjamin S.
Clute, Madeleine R.
Cooke, Emma M.
Hwang, Kristen
Matheson, Alexander D.
Morrill, Lucas A.
Murphy, Mairead A.
Putterman, Mark
Retterer-Moore, John C.
Smith, Aletha D.
Yen, Julie C.
CONCORD ACADEMY
Abreu, Erick M.
McCue, Andrew D.
Pastuszenski, Charles B.
Weissmann, Benjamin S.
HOME SCHOOL
Ten-Hove, Elizabeth M.
MIDDLESEX SCHOOL
Hale, Tyler D.
Spector, Ethan D.

DEERFIELD

DEERFIELD ACADEMY
Bennett, Amanda J.
Cho, Kevin Y.
Gentzler, Eliza R.
Harris, Andrew J.
Marks, Morgan L.

EASTHAMPTON

WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL
Zombik, Christopher P.

FALMOUTH

FALMOUTH ACADEMY
Baumhofer, Clea C.
Catipovic, Marco A.
Signell, Julia E.
FALMOUTH H. S.
Hangley, Jarrod J.

FITCHBURG

FITCHBURG H. S.
Chavez, Kevin J.

FOXBOROUGH

FOXBOROUGH H. S.
Laubenstein, Taryn D.

FRAMINGHAM

FRAMINGHAM H. S.
Kruger, David M.

FRANKLIN

FRANKLIN H. S.
Burns, Connor P.
Melfi, Nicholas V.

GREENFIELD

FOUR RIVERS SCHOOL
Grogan, Tess H.

GROTON

GROTON – DUNSTABLE REGIONAL H. S.
Edwin, Esther J.
GROTON SCHOOL
Anton, Arthur A.
Bang, Jane J.
Chong, Eugene
Evans, Hilary W.
May, Julia
Zhang, Laura B.
LAWRENCE ACADEMY
Bernard, Benjamin P.

HARVARD

BROMFIELD SCHOOL
Blackwell, William S.
Devlin, MacKenzie P.
Eisenberg, Daniel J.
Turner, Rebecca A.

HAVERHILL

HAVERHILL H. S.
Tatro, Adrian M.

HINGHAM

HINGHAM H. S.
Feldman, William J.
Walters, Tobin T.

HOPEDALE

HOPEDALE H. S.
Butler, Sam C.

HUDSON

HUDSON H. S.
Shioda, Marimo

HYANNIS

BARNSTABLE H. S.
Malakhoff, Katrina D.
Mesirow, Benjamin
Robertson, James M.

STURGIS CHARTER SCHOOL
Sabella, Sean C.

IPSWICH

IPSWICH H. S.
Bouche, Adam J.
Stewart, Ian B.

KINGSTON

SACRED HEART H. S.
Reddington, Haley M.
Wisniewski, Emily

LEXINGTON

HOME SCHOOL
Schmidt-Nielsen, Erik B.
LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Desmond, Amy E.
Durning, Rachel W.
Madaus, Roman J.
LEXINGTON H. S.
Bartlett, Caroline E.
Chang, Yehna
Childress, Ian P.
Chonofsky, Mark A.
Goulet, Benjamin E.
Gurley-Green, Spencer B.
Han, Michelle H.
Joyce, Brittney P.
Lee, Jaeyoon
Lockwood, Alexander J.
Lung, Genesis
Malis, Steven M.
Meyers, Adam A.
Rao, Aashik A.
Reynolds, Justin S.
Rich, Helen E.
Silver, Maya R.
Thorburn, Lukas P.
Zhang, James N.

MANSFIELD

MANSFIELD H. S.
Rothchild, Joanna W.

MARBLEHEAD

MARBLEHEAD H. S.
Dunlavy, Adam F.
Henrich, Christiane N.

MARION

TABOR ACADEMY
O'Rourke, Zachary J.

MARLBOROUGH

MARLBOROUGH H. S.
Kotsopoulos, Olivia V.

MARSHFIELD

MARSHFIELD H. S.
Acer, James M.
Desmond, Gregory P.

MATTAPOISETT

OLD ROCHESTER REGIONAL H. S.
Smith, Jean B.

MEDFIELD

MEDFIELD H. S.
Jensen, David C.
Karg, Katherine M.
Pidcock, Savannah L.

METHUEN

FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Dyer, Bethany G.

MILTON

MILTON ACADEMY
Barry-Heffernan, Timothy J.
Cohen, Joshua B.
Das, Monica K.
Fishman, Eric J.
Jacob, Nicholas B.
Lee, Kristina S.
Lerner, Ross L.
O'Connor, Luke J.
Oliver, William A.
Park, Andrew H.
Schneider, Ethan K.
Shen, Jamie D.
Solfisburg, Quinn S.
Tanenbaum-Diaz, Leonardo
Vradelis, Katerina C.
MILTON H. S.
Corbett, David S.

MOUNT HERMON

NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL
Johst, Christopher
Kim, Tae-Young

NATICK

NATICK H. S.
Doyle, Matthew H.

NEEDHAM

NEEDHAM H. S.
Alpert, Katherine R.
Fooksa, Michaela S.
McQuivey, Jansen H.
Mehta, Aseem
Reisch, Zachary D.
ST. SEBASTIAN'S SCHOOL
Kingsley, Edward W.

NEWBURYPORT

NEWBURYPORT H. S.
Pyle, Dylan

NEWTON CENTER

NEWTON SOUTH H. S.
Bercovitch, Alexander P.
Braginsky, Mika B.
Chesler, Benjamin D.
Feng, Wenqi
Flynn, Emily R.
Friedberg, Ilana S.
Li, Allen S.
Nathans, Reilly A.
Shvartsman, Ariel
Tong, Tong

NEWTONVILLE

NEWTON NORTH H. S.
Genuth, Naomi R.
Harris, Nathan E.
Klebanov, Nikolai
Roth, Nathaniel G.
Talishinsky, Alexander D.
Weinfeld, Michael S.

NORTH ANDOVER

BROOKS SCHOOL
Miller, Jacob D.
NORTH ANDOVER H. S.
Thanikkal, Ajmal B.

NORTH CHELMSFORD

CHELMSFORD H. S.
Chang, Derek K.
Kersey, Geo W.
Nathwani, Nikhil J.
Straeffer, Gwendolyn M.

NORTH EASTHAM

NAUSET REGIONAL H. S.
Higgins, Tyler K.
NORTHAMPTON
NORTHAMPTON H. S.
Lello-Smith, Anna M.
McKenna-Donnell, Neal
NORTHBOROUGH
ALGONQUIN REGIONAL H. S.
Loftus, Brendan M.
Palken, Daniel A.
PITTSFIELD
PITTSFIELD H. S.
Bird, Matthew R.
READING
AUSTIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Tweedie, Rebecca E.
READING MEMORIAL H. S.
Collins, James C.
Pratt, Eric B.

SHARON

SHARON H. S.
Davis, Jacqueline O.
Furman, Elana L.
Kelley, Julia B.
Wang, Sherrie
Zisk, Alyssa H.
SHREWSBURY
SHREWSBURY H. S.
Mansfield, Philip E.
Moriondo, Anna M.
Sharma, Sunanda
Zhu, Hanzhi
ST. JOHN'S H. S.
Orino, Conlan J.
Powers, Daniel L.
Tang, Alexander
SOUTH HAMILTON
HAMILTON – WENHAM REGIONAL H. S.
Chang, Cong
Druschel, Henry J.
PINGREE SCHOOL
Kennelly, Julia
SOUTH WEYMOUTH
WEYMOUTH H. S.
Callahan, James M.
SPRINGFIELD
MAC DUFFIE SCHOOL
Messbauer, Ingrid E.

SUDBURY

CORWIN - RUSSELL SCHOOL
AT BROCCOLI
Mukherjee, Shinjini V.
LINCOLN – SUDBURY REGIONAL H. S.
Barnes, Alec M.
Falk, Martin J.
Kasle, Matthew R.
Stock, Christopher H.

SWAMPSCOTT

SWAMPSCOTT H. S.
Antrim, Amelia F.
Mitlin, Matthew S.
TAUNTON
COYLE - CASSIDY MEMORIAL H. S.
Wolff, Dylan L.
TEWKSBURY
TEWKSBURY MEMORIAL H. S.
Sheehy, Keegan J.
TOPSFIELD
MASCONOMET REGIONAL H. S.
Johnson, Garret M.
Morgan, Robert W.
Roth, Charlotte H.

TYNGSBORO

ACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME H. S.
Struckmann, Katarina M.
UPTON
NIPMUC REGIONAL H. S.
DeVane, Emily E.

WAKEFIELD

WAKEFIELD H. S.
Lam, Rex S.

WALTHAM

GANN ACADEMY - THE NEW JEWISH H. S. OF GREATER BOSTON
Elovitz, Jesse J.
Mangoubi, Tomer
Newberger, Joel A.
Rourke, Emily L.

WAYLAND

WAYLAND H. S.
Danesh, Alyssa H.
Dresser, Robert M.
Levitz, Talya S.

WELLESLEY

DANA HALL SCHOOL
Madigan, Victoria J.
WELLESLEY H. S.
Blenko, Sarah B.
Davids, Peter J.
Kendall, Chelsea E.
Steele, Taylor M.
Taylor, Caroline A.
Wardwell, Nathaniel T.

WEST ROXBURY

ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL
Aquino, Rosario J.
Burke, Stephen F.
Carroll, Kenneth J.
Condakes, Matthew L.
Davis, Nathaniel C.
Joyner, Alec L.
Richards, Robert L.
Tullius, Thomas W.
Weinstein, Nathaniel J.
WESTBOROUGH
WESTBOROUGH H. S.
Liu, Anthony Y.
Moon, Sukmin
Wang, Xiao-Yu

WESTFORD

WESTFORD ACADEMY
Chan, Alice Z.
Cummins, William J.
Firoiu, Vlad
Leung, Calvin E.
Li, Yunxin
Liang, Jiashan
Tiew, Audrey
Walker, Brittany P.
Yu, Ansha
WESTON
WESTON H. S.
Chow, Lauren K.
Gannon, Sarah E.
Jimenez, Jaime L.
Power, Nike L.
Robson, Victoria K.
WESTWOOD
WESTWOOD H. S.
Huang, Sarina
WHITINSVILLE
WHITINSVILLE CHRISTIAN H. S.
Wood, Benjamin T.

WILLIAMSTOWN

MOUNT GREYLOCK
REGIONAL H. S.
Kaufman, Isabel J.
Shuker-Haines, Samuel S.
Sokolsky-Tifft, Samuel E.
WILMINGTON
WILMINGTON H. S.
Campbell, Kellyn C.
Musicant, Adele M.
WINCHESTER
WINCHESTER H. S.
Brooks, James H.
Casey, Bret W.
Dinardo, Perry B.
McCarthy, William N.

WORCESTER

DOHERTY MEMORIAL H. S.
Smith, Anna R.
MASSACHUSETTS ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
Garg, Anant
King, Aaron D.

WRENTHAM

KING PHILIP REGIONAL H. S.
Fields, Caleb G.
Grosso, Samantha C.
Willman, Marie J.