ALLEN ISD HAS RECORD NUMBER OF SEMIFINALISTS IN THE 2024 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

WRITTEN BY STEVEN OFFIELD, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING

Allen ISD is pleased to announce 43 semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program, which is a new record for the district.

These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring.

The National Merit Scholarship Program will announce the 2024 winners in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July.

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Congratulations to the following students for being among the top 1% of the more than 1.3 million students who entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/ NMSQT).

• Lila Amey

• Rafay Azeem

• Amogh Bankapur

• Ashwin Bastia

• Anish Bisht

• Andrew Bourinski

• Julia Brueggen

• Daniel Bui

• Nithin Chandra

• Ananya Chevva

• Luan Dang

• Shivanshi Das

• Kathryn Davis

• Anushka Deshmukh

• Srijishnu Devarapalli

• Austin Dlugosch

• Pearson Edgington

• Joshua Fair

• Michelle Feng

• Liam Fucich

• Ishaan Gupta

• Fayyad Hasnain

• Dennis Hodgkins

• Onik Hoque

• Sunny Hsiung

• Carl Hu

• Joshua Huntzinger

• Ian Ignacio

• Hiresh Jain

• Andrew Kim

• Byul Kim

• Blake Maulsby

• Jane Moses

• Zafir Nasim

• Warith Rahman

• Sarthak Sharma

• Carson Smith

• Rishi Srikanth

• Herish Tripathi

• Leviz Leo Vithayathil

• Drew Warninghoff

• Anthony Xu

• Eric Yang