Twenty-four Unionville High School Seniors Named National Merit Finalists

The Unionville High School Class of 2025 has continued a record-setting year with twenty-four seniors named finalists from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). This is the largest number of finalists in recent UHS history.

“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). 

The National Merit Scholarship Program has now determined which of the 16,000 Semifinalists named in September 2024 met all requirements to advance to Finalist standing in the competition. At UHS, this includes John Albans, Sophia Bhatti, Grant Flores-DeWilde, Jennifer Ding, Varun Gaddam, Rohan Ghandi, 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. 

All Finalists will be considered for one of 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million. 

UCFSD Superintendent John Sanville added “Our District joins UHS in celebrating this year’s National Merit 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.