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Nearly 100 Utah students are among the 16,000 semifinalists for the 61st National Merit Scholarship Program. Having made it to this stage by earning high scores on the PSAT/NMSQT, students may now apply to become National Merit finalists and compete for more than 7,000 scholarships worth $32 million, funded by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, colleges and businesses.

Students are listed alphabetically by the city where their high schools are located.

AMERICAN FORK

AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL

Brookhart, Liam T.

Dixon, Hannah K.

Manning, Jason C.

AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOL

Crawford, Rebekah A.

BOUNTIFUL

BOUNTIFUL HIGH SCHOOL

Briggs, Ian C.

Cochran, Samuel J.

Gunsay, Seth G.

Harmon, Emily M.

Johnson, Samuel

VIEWMONT HIGH SCHOOL

Lore, James D.

Olsen, Ayden L.

CEDAR CITY

CEDAR CITY HIGH SCHOOL

Caparas, Constance

SUCCESS ACADEMY

Meanea, Tayson J.

COALVILLE

NORTH SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL

Fluckiger, Kylee R.

DRAPER

CORNER CANYON HIGH SCHOOL

Hilbig, Mitchell K.

Perry, Jacob C.

Petersen, Joshua D.

JUAN DIEGO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Alley, Rex N.

Crowe, Tyler J.

George-Kennedy, Alexander E.

HEBER CITY

WASATCH HIGH SCHOOL

Cieslewicz, Joseph S.

Dayton, Bryn A.

HERRIMAN

HERRIMAN HIGH SCHOOL

Wilkerson, Rebekah V.

HIGHLAND

LONE PEAK HIGH SCHOOL

Xiao, Michael

HYRUM

MOUNTAIN CREST HIGH SCHOOL

Fronk, Madeline L.

KAYSVILLE

DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL

Barton, Andrea

Edwards, Laren J.

Gheen, Nathan S.

Ly, Brandon C.

Needham, Laura L.

Weinberger, Caton T.

LAYTON

LAYTON HIGH SCHOOL

Mollinet, Erik D.

NORTHRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

Grymes, Zackery S.

NUAMES EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL

Johnston, Andrew

LINDON

KARL G. MAESER PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Crofts, Eliza F.

LOGAN

LOGAN HIGH SCHOOL

Ban, Jennifer A.

Chang, Trenton H.

Wada, Brandon C.

Wilson, Keith G.

MAGNA

CYPRUS HIGH SCHOOL

Nacey, Anika M.

MANTI

MANTI HIGH SCHOOL

Call, Caleb A.

MIDVALE

HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL

Buckley, Ian

Cheng, Anthony L.

Kratz, Emma R.

Morgan, Emily R.

Rathi, Nityam

Schlachter, Dale Z.

Shuler, Caleb J.

Valentine, Giselle E.

MURRAY

MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL

Heaton, Anna M.

NORTH LOGAN

INTECH COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL

Lewis, Benjamin J.

OGDEN

BONNEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Christiansen, Jared A.

BEN LOMOND HIGH SCHOOL

Arguello, Layne

OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL

Colgate, Haley M.

Parsons, Alekzander T.

WEBER HIGH SCHOOL

Good, Samuel B.

Gossner, Chantelle L.

OREM

MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL

Ogborn, Brooks

Peterson, Mason

TIMPANOGOS HIGH SCHOOL

Goodwin, Kenen B.

Kim, Min

Wang, Nick

UTAH COUNTY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Ashton, Liam M.

Madsen, Reagan I.

PARK CITY

PARK CITY HIGH SCHOOL

Barth, Charles S.

Burton, Jackson S.

Forchic, Drew H.

PLEASANT GROVE

PLEASANT GROVE HIGH SCHOOL

Crossley, Courtney

PRICE

CARBON HIGH SCHOOL

Latimer, Dalton L.

PROVO

PROVO HIGH SCHOOL

Chock, Isaac K.

Harding, Sheridan G.

Larson, Benjamin M.

TIMPVIEW HIGH SCHOOL

Cardon, Rachel

Davis, Henry D.

Gledhill, Taylor A.

Mason, Samuel Q.

Sheffield, Natalie J.

RIVERDALE

UTAH MILITARY ACADEMY

Bartolomei, Isaac E.

ROOSEVELT

UNION HIGH SCHOOL

Beales, Joseph L.

SALEM

SALEM HILLS HIGH SCHOOL

Rhodes, Jenna M.

SALT LAKE CITY

AMES ACADEMY FOR MATH, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

Anders, Rachel S.

Schmidt, Hunter M.

BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL

Atkin, Pyper

COTTONWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Kerr, Benjamin H.

EAST HIGH SCHOOL

Wettstein, Eleanor J.

HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

Christensen, Joshua R.

Phillips, Zoe Z.

JUDGE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Bradbury, Alysa M.

Sherman, Mila

ROWLAND HALL

Foley, Angela C.

Frey, Callie E.

Gordon, Emily R.

Lemons, Samuel B.

Miranda, Alessandra E.

Nielsen, Sophia R.

Schloesser, Patrick T.

Thomas, Samuel R.

Thompson, Kelli P.

SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL

Ack, Sophie E.

Brian, Douglas G.

Castleberry, Christian A.

Chi, Ellenor

Fang, Everest

Hartman, Lydia C.

Huang, Benjamin

Kadish, Lane C.

Miller, Alexander R.

Myers, John Z.

Newbold, William M.

Parker, Kira P.

Simon, Claire E.

Van Hoffman, Zebulon A.

Wang, Juncen

Zharov, Gabriel

WEST HIGH SCHOOL

Bacon, Emily R.

Baker, Benjamin W.

Bedrov, Alisa

Chung, Caili S.

Dechet, Alejandra C.

Filippova, Nina A.

James, Isabella

James, Ryan E.

Nelson, Nathaniel L.

Serbinowski, Konrad

Shah, Karishma K.

Singleton, Emma W.

Stillinger, Leo G.

Swaminathan, Priya

Wooton, Deborah A.

SANDY

WATERFORD SCHOOL

Beesley, Daniel

Bennett, Isaiah V.

Chao, Kevin

Heuston, Sage P.

Robson, Olivia H.

Yan, Yang

SOUTH JORDAN

BINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

Canning, Sarah E.

Hall, Zachary S.

HOMESCHOOL

Jackson, Caleb A.

SPANISH FORK

SPANISH FORK HIGH SCHOOL

Deveraux, Jaden S.

SPRINGVILLE

MERIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Young, Janaya L.

SPRINGVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Anderson, Russel A.

ST. GEORGE

DESERT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL

Lawrence, Gavin

Williams, Michael T.

DIXIE HIGH SCHOOL

Heap, Jarod D.

Larsen, Caleb J.

Urquhart, Thomas E.

SNOW CANYON HIGH SCHOOL

Havens, Benjamin D.

STANSBURY PARK

STANSBURY HIGH SCHOOL

Beazer, Margaret G.

SYRACUSE

SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL

Hassard, Brian R.

Oliver, Jessop L.

Payne, Tyler C.

WEST JORDAN

COPPER HILLS HIGH SCHOOL

Gardiner, Andrew A.

WEST VALLEY CITY

HUNTER HIGH SCHOOL

Hamblin, Jessica M.

WOODS CROSS

WOODS CROSS HIGH SCHOOL

Bouley, Eleanor C.

Holt, Griffin B.

Hughes, Christopher