Unionville High School Celebrates Largest National Merit Class in History

The Unionville High School Class of 2025 has started a record-setting year with fifty-five seniors earning coveted recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). 

“We couldn’t be prouder of the UHS Class of 2025. In our school’s history, no class has had this many seniors qualify for National Merit recognition,” said Principal Amy Jenkins. “It is a testament to their hard work and their dedication.” 

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). 

Among the top four percent of seniors nationwide, thirty-one Longhorns have qualified as Commended Students. They include Ansh Aggarwal, Aarav Agrawal, Graham Bomberger, Piper Coon, Ian Coutinho, Giana Darmo, Eleanor Day, Charles Fan, Thomas Gibson, Matthew Goodman, Ian Gushurst, Sylvie Henry, Maxwell Lim, Allyson Lincoln, Sophia Marcotte, Molly Martin, Saahas Matlapudi, James McGlynn, Daniel Miller, Anna Nam, Andrew Ou, Satwik Panchomarthi, Matthew Parambil, Jack Robbins, Tavo Schnabel, Tanvi Shah, Nathaniel Suplick, Aliz Uejima, Andy Ye, Bill Zhu and Duke Zhuang. 

Among the top one percent of seniors nationwide, an additional 24 Longhorns have been selected as Semifinalists. They include John Albans, Sophia Bhatti, Grant Flores-DeWilde, Jennifer Ding, Varun Gaddam, Rohan Gandhi, Deepti Halthore, Derrick Han, Kenneth Harten, Jeremy Hsu, Gareth Liu, Shivam Maheshwari, William Neuberger, Ismaeel Qureshi, Ishita Saxena, Anand Shah, Jonathan Stancik, Rachel Sun, Amir Syed, Ella Thompson, Stella Tucker, Alan Yu, Christopher Yu and Sophie Zhang. 

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 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million in total. 

UCFSD Superintendent John Sanville added “Our District joins UHS in celebrating this year’s National Merit qualifying students– and we thank their support systems, too. We know that our students succeed with the help of their families, faculty, staff and administrators!” 

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