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9/15/2022 5:41:00 PM

For Immediate Release 

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Tampa, Fl. (September 15, 2022) – The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of over 16,000 Semifinalists in the 68th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program, and 80 of those students are from Hillsborough County Public Schools. These academically talented high school seniors will now move on to compete for 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million. 

The Semifinalists represent 17 different high schools in the district. Plant and Robinson High Schools both lead the way with the most Semifinalists, with 11 students at each school. Middleton and King High schools have 10 Semifinalists each. Below is a full list of Semifinalists: 

School 

Students  

Alonso High School 

Fenske, Chase D.  

Jenkins, Andrew W 

Blake High School 

Owens, Leina E. 

Bloomingdale High School 

Brown, Alexa S.  

Delikat, Jacob J.  

Larson, Isabella A. 

Durant High School 

Jelsovsky, Eileen J.  

Trlak, Kinsley G 

Freedom High School 

Afiat, Jessica E.  

Pun, Britney S 

Gaither High School 

Ballard, Liam F.  

Fernandez, Sara M.  

West, Olivia 

Hillsborough High School 

Chin, Lane G.  

Chin, Taban C.  

Joshi, Shaunak A. 

Liu, Yining  

Noh, Yun Joo M.  

Selvan, Joshua K.  

Taylor, Lily A.  

Tran, Kaitlyn H. 

King High School 

Cheng, Adam Y.  

Geddapu, Pranith  

Harshe, Ananya C.  

Ho, LeAnn Q.  

Jin, Kevin  

Manoj, Megha  

Oh, Clara M.  

Perez, Luis M.  

Ranganathan, Shiva  

Zhang, Melody J. 

Lennard High School 

Cheong, Jasmine A. 

Middleton High School 

Ansari, Saeed U.  

Bansal, Bhavya  

Blessing, Katherine G.  

Cheese, Oliver S.  

Kulkarni, Pranav V.  

Patel, Ishan K.  

Prasad, Saanvi  

Raghunathan, Suraj  

Sara, Karthik  

Tammineedi, Pranav 

Newsome High School 

Dyer, Erik C.  

Florea, Sophia N. 

Hadavale, Tanushree R.  

Hartman, Findlay G.  

Nathanson, Sebastian  

O'Toole, John P.  

Powell, Jackson R.  

Srinivasan, Vasanth R 

Plant High School 

Bentley, Katherine E.  

Deminico, Scout F.  

Falasiri, Arshan M.  

Francolla, Elliot L.  

Huang, Kevin J.  

Lomel, Presley G.  

McLaughlin, Luke E.  

Meyer, Natalie L.  

Norbom, Benjamin D.  

Thakur, Om R.  

Woodside, Hannah  

Robinson High School 

Barrett, Grace S. 

Berman, Presley R. 

Doan, Leyna T.  

Erikson, Skyllar K.  

Han, Jacob W.  

Hernandez-Nunez, Diego  

Jennewein, Nathaniel J.  

Kemp, Casey J.  

Mesa, Vivian A. 

Prabaharan, Praveen H.  

Rodrigues, Isabella M. 

Sickles High School 

Castro, Lucca B.  

Ehrenpreis, Jeremy G.  

Tziamtzis, Philip K. 

Steinbrenner High School 

Gupta, Kartikeye  

 Li, Louis F.  

 Maroun, Andrew J. 

Sumner High School 

Varn, Ethan J. 

Wharton High School 

Raitt, Robert J.