Posted September 15, 2011

Hadiyah Audil, Maximilian Cohen, Rosemary Derocher, Hannah Guskie, Catherine Jenkins, Emma Torncello, Angela Wang were named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition.

Earlier this week, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 57th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Among those names were seven Shaker High School seniors: Hadiyah Audil, Maximilian Cohen, Rosemary Derocher, Hannah Guskie, Catherine Jenkins, Emma Torncello, Angela Wang

These academically talented students will now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $34 million that will be offered next spring.

To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and more than half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

For more information on the program, visit http://www.nationalmerit.org/nmsp.php.