10/1/2023 -- Twenty Parkway high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists represent less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors.

Approximately 16,000 students nationwide were selected as semifinalists, and 95% will go on to become finalists. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,140 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $28 million that will be offered next spring.

The Parkway students are:

Central High
Ajay Eisenberg
Rachel Li
William Lian
Manan Sharma
Akshaj Variath
Matthew Wehling

North High
Phillip Pernik

South High
Owen Gao
Srivalli Koya
Allen Zheng

West High
Michael Emerson
Audrija Ghosh
David Hawiger
Rajeshwar Jaladi
Serena Liu
Aristuto Paul
Norah Rutkowski
Santosh Sahoo
Jason Tsao
Ethan Uyemura