Unionville High School Celebrates Students Recognized By the National Merit Scholarship Corporation

This month, 43 members of the Unionville High School Class of 2026 have received recognition from the selective National Merit Scholarship Program. 

Among the top one percent of seniors nationwide, 16 Longhorns have been selected as Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. They include Will Chambers, Noori Choudhary, Brendan Connolly, Katherine Connolly, Robin Connolly, Juliana Dong, Samarridhi Gupta, Collin Hu, Munachi Ikeme, Anshul Kollur, Edrich Oexner, Shailen Patel, Julia Ran, Sarah Vasko, Angelina Zhang and Anne Zhu. 

Students Commended by the National Merit Scholarship Program include Sathwik Aluru, Rudra Bansal, Charles Barrickman, Maria Bhatti, Neel Chakraborty, Jack Chen, Will Coleman, Logan Daniels, Cassandra Davis, Grace Davis, William Du, Jack Gillespie, Sydney Grieco, Advik Jasti, Zoe Kennedy, Krish Kesarkar, Sahil Kurien, Emma Li, Sophie Li, Benjamin Lin, Khushi Narayanan, Joshua Pinto, Abigail Sauder, Hazel Smith, Saisriven Thotakura, Luke Tierney and Benedict Wiley. While students who receive Commended status will not advance in the competition, they are still considered to be among the highest-achieving seniors in the country. 

“Behind the scenes of this achievement is a tremendous amount of hard work. We are incredibly proud of our students. We are also grateful to the educators and families for their support in helping our students excel,” said UHS Principal Pat Crater. 

NMSC is an annual academic competition among high school students that began in 1955. U.S. students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). 

Semifinalists now have the opportunity to advance as Finalists in the competition by completing other academic requirements. In February, Finalists will receive their official Certificate of Merit before being considered for one of 6,930 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million in total. 

For more information on the National Merit Scholarship Program, visit their website. 

About the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District 

The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District is a high-performing public school system serving approximately 4,000 students in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The District consists of four elementary schools, one middle school and Unionville High School, consistently ranked among the top public schools in Pennsylvania.