53 from Wake named National Merit semifinalists

Wake County public schools claimed 53 National Merit semifinalists, representing 11 high schools.

Posted 5:39 p.m. Sep 11, 2008 — Updated 5:39 p.m. Sep 11, 2008

RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County public schools claimed 53 National Merit semifinalists, representing 11 high schools.

They are:

APEX High School: Lewis A. McAlister, Michael S. Nokes and Nicholas S. Stidham
BROUGHTON High School: Tyler A. Confrey-Maloney, Jonathan H. Edwards, Jordan A. Jones, Zachary A. Martin and Matthew S. Wiesner
CARY High School: Nicholas L. Allen and Quinn N. Bajorek
ENLOE High School: Laura C. Buff, Michael I. Chen, Hannah E. Darst, Pradeep B. Gopinathan, Ellis E. Gyongyos, Ian M. Harwood, Sarah N. Lineberry, Lilly Y. Liu, Alexander M. Madsen, Rachel E. Mazzara, Emily R. Myers, Rachel C. Rowe, Alexandra H. Snedeker, Bao M. Tran-Phu, Alexey A. Vasiliyev, Daniel R. Vitek, Anna S. Wormsbecher and Diana L. Xie
FUQUAY-VARINA High School: Taylor F. Allison
GREEN HOPE High School: Sean M. Bartell, Jennifer K. Fredette, Austin B. Gilmore, Brinda Monian, Gabriel D. Reynolds, Syed S. Saleh, Cheryl L. Schlitter and Andrew G. Wang
LEESVILLE ROAD High School: Cody A. Hitchcock
MIDDLE CREEK High School: Sarah Phillips and John M. Turner
PANTHER CREEK High School: Mohammed S. Agha, Lauren A. Dixon, Rebecca Y. Liu, James Longley, Brighid M. Milan, Courtney J. Musciano, John T. Primm and Kyle A. Rogacki
SANDERSON High School: Scott E. Herrmann, Margaret Pennisi and Dean S. Pixton
SOUTHEAST RALEIGH High School: Christopher Kao and Kyle M. Swartz

High school juniors qualify for the National Merit Scholarship by taking the Preliminary SAT. The semifinalists represent the top-scoring test takers in each state.

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