National Merit Scholarship Program
Throughout the years, students in the district have excelled academically. Students who have achieved high academic accolades are honored by the National Merit Scholarship program. National Merit Scholarship Corporation holds an academic competition for students to recognize and even offer scholarships through this corporation. To enter the program, high school students must take the PSAT/ NMSQT. Students with the highest PSAT/NMSQT scores automatically qualify for recognition. There are four levels of recognition including, commended, semifinalist, finalist, and scholar.
Commended students receive a Letter of Commendation, recognizing their outstanding academic performance. These students, however, do not go on to the next level of competition. Commended students may be offered various special scholarships sponsored by businesses and corporations.
A semifinalist represents his or her state by holding the highest scores in his or her respective state. To advance to the finalist level, all semifinalists must hold high academic standards and various other requirements. The only way to be recognized for a National Merit Scholarship is to advance to the finalist level.
Over 15,000 semifinalists are selected to advance to the finalist level. Finalists are chosen based on their accomplishments, abilities, and skills. All National Merit Scholarship selectors review the student's academic record, school's grading system and curriculum, school officials' recommendations, two sets of test scores, student activities, and leadership and the student's essay.
Finally, over 8,000 finalists are selected to receive National Merit Scholarships. Other scholarships available are corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships and college-sponsored Merit Scholarships.
Commended students receive a Letter of Commendation, recognizing their outstanding academic performance. These students, however, do not go on to the next level of competition. Commended students may be offered various special scholarships sponsored by businesses and corporations.
A semifinalist represents his or her state by holding the highest scores in his or her respective state. To advance to the finalist level, all semifinalists must hold high academic standards and various other requirements. The only way to be recognized for a National Merit Scholarship is to advance to the finalist level.
Over 15,000 semifinalists are selected to advance to the finalist level. Finalists are chosen based on their accomplishments, abilities, and skills. All National Merit Scholarship selectors review the student's academic record, school's grading system and curriculum, school officials' recommendations, two sets of test scores, student activities, and leadership and the student's essay.
Finally, over 8,000 finalists are selected to receive National Merit Scholarships. Other scholarships available are corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships and college-sponsored Merit Scholarships.
Pine-Richland High School
2025
Sean Burk, Finalist*
Heath Cwynar, Finalist*
Thomas DeVito, Finalist*
Charlie Ozelski, Finalist*
Tim Peng, Finalist*
Colin Barrett, Commended
Vincent Bucek, Commended
Allen Chen, Commended
Katelyn Coyne, Commended
Prisha Dargan, Commended
Ian Hurt, Commended
Anna Karmanos, Commended
Bradan Lenz, Commended
Elena Morse, Commended
Edgar Spudic, Commended
William Tamburri, Commended
*In progress through 2024-2025. Status will be updated as needed through June 2025.
2024
Jocelyn Curreri, Scholar
Vasile Balouris, Finalist
Nicolai Ezolt, Finalist
Liam Francis, Finalist
Ben Lyons, Finalist
Andrew Thomas, Semifinalist
Mustafa Adeel, Commended
Udbhav Akolkar, Commended
Ryan Grebinoski, Commended
Ella Guo, Commended
Tamonash Karthikeyan, Commended
Chloe Kassalen, Commended
Jayden Lahoti, Commended
Michael Lattari, Commended
Alexander Melby, Commended
Ryland Nichols, Commended
Jay Schwierking, Commended
Eunice Son, Commended
Nelli Vaiko, Commended
Mantavya Vashishth, Commended
Annie Wu, Commended
2023
Luke Kastner, Scholar
Benjamin Rishel, Scholar
Andrew Salvadore, Scholar
Jacob Lukez, Finalist
Matthew Andersen, Commended
Joseph D. DeRenzo, Commended
Jack Duckworth, Commended
Jack J. Exline, Commended
Adam Kirsch, Commended
Avinash Kottakota, Commended
Nolan Martin, Commended
Sreyashi Mondal, Commended
Anjaly Palathunkal, Commended
Javin Parker, Commended
Elaine Qian, Commended
Elizabeth Shaffer, Commended
Benjamin Tamburri, Commended
John Varghese, Commended
Alexander Vasile, Commended
Colin Zvejnieks, Commended
2022
Kevin Frenz, Finalist
Ethan Jancy, Finalist
Nicholas Labuda, Finalist
Eliana Lazzaro, Finalist
Tadg Manna, Finalist
Andrew Ni, Finalist
Jeffrey Ock, Finalist
Anabel Peasah, Finalist
Amish Sethi, Finalist
Audrey Dekunder, Commended
Matthew Farmar, Commended
Christopher Fisher, Commended
Rand Hasan, Commended
Robert Helmsen, Commended
Patricia Holmes, Commended
Negein Immen, Commended
Ayden Lamparski, Commended
Colby Ohlund, Commended
Colin Ohlund, Commended
Justin Puthenpurayil, Commended
Jessica Stella, Commended
Callie Stoltz, Commended
Carolyn Williams, Commended
2021
Brendan Anderson, Finalist
John Faber, Finalist
Joshua Pazin, Finalist
Rebecca Peng, Finalist
Samuel Stella, Finalist
Benjamin Carnovale, Commended
Lydia Francis, Commended
Gregory Gilmour, Commended
Malini Harinath, Commended
Rori Holm, Commended
Evan Jackson, Commended
Jinwon Jang, Commended
Connor Johnson, Commended
Catherine Lee, Commended
Kareem Mohsen, Commended
Max Romano, Commended
Will Sangpachchatnaruk, Commended
Michael Tamburri, Commended
Abigail Turner, Commended
Victor Williams, Commended
Joseph Woodrow, Commended
2020
Daniel Krill, Finalist
Aidan Meyer, Finalist
Gina Sabol, Finalist
Justin Waltrip, Finalist
Jack Carnovale, Commended
Max Farino, Commended
Kang-Young Kim, Commended
Valerie Koester, Commended
Nathan Lukez, Commended
Olivia McGeary, Commended
Aidan Pavlick, Commended
2019
Luke Francis, Finalist
Devin Golla, Finalist
Amalendu Bokil, Commended
Ryan Farbacher, Commended
Jacob Garretson, Commended
Arjan Guglani, Commended
Jordan Labuda, Commended
Martha Lacek, Commended
Umayal Natesan, Commended
Mason Pruhs, Commended
John Reiland, Commended
Parker Schubert, Commended
Lucas Zak, Commended
Kevin Zhou, Commended
2018
Ryan Ahearn, Finalist
Chelsea Carver, Finalist
Nathan Chang, Finalist
Bruce Jia, Finalist
Mark Sethi, Finalist
Alyssa Bigley, Commended
Callista Carns, Commended
Charlotte Laubacher, Commended
Benjamin Martin, Commended
Keonwoo Park, Commended
Alexander Steger, Commended
Tyler Viljaste, Commended
2017
Richard Kwon, Semifinalist
Joshua Pantanowitz, Semifinalist
Kendall Pomerleau, Semifinalist
Juliano Avolio, Commended
Arushi Bandi, Commended
Bailey Core, Commended
Matthew Di, Commended
Andrew Gaffey, Commended
Adam Heeter, Commended
Amanda Labuda, Commended
John Michel, Commended
Alec Muchnok, Commended
Joseph Mullen, Commended
Julia Solomon, Commended
Kaitlyn Will, Commended
2016
Aidan Lakshman, Finalist
Kyra Laubacher, Finalist
William Newell, Finalist
Evan Stephenson, Finalist
Andrew Baxter, Semifinalist
Khaled Abdel Aziz, Commended
Nathan Carnovale, Commended
Lauren Donahoe, Commended
Madeline Hess, Commended
Hyunwoo Kim, Commended
Matthew Lacek, Commended
Sarah Libby, Commended
Matthew McLoughlin, Commended
Elizabeth Profozich, Commended
Hannah Reiling, Commended
Phillip Riggins, Commended
Matthew Ruediger, Commended
Monica Shope, Commended
Maxwell Skirpan, Commended
2015
Julia Herrle, Finalist
Jan Karol Kalinski, Finalist
Ryan Mann, Finalist
Jonathon Schubert, Finalist
Sean Anderson, Commended
Anya Chopra, Commended
Helen Guo, Commended
Thomas Krill, Commended
Makenna Laffey, Commended
Luke Miller, Commended
Allison Shepard, Commended
2014
Rachel Halliday, Finalist
Monica Lacek, Finalist
Jennifer Lott, Finalist
Lena Ogiwara, Finalist
Kyle Pomerleau, Finalist
Meher Babbar, Commended
Kristen Baxter, Commended
Lauren Brown, Commended
Sonali Dadoo, Commended
Sara Dugan, Commended
Tyler Fitzgerald, Commended
William Misback, Commended
Margaret Shope, Commended
2013
Natalie Blandino, Semifinalist
Hannah Christenson, Semifinalist
Marcus Colella, Semifinalist
Marissa Di, Semifinalist
Kasey Elkin, Semifinalist
Nicholas Jones, Semifinalist
Alianna Sanzi, Semifinalist
Amulya Yennam, Semifinalist
James Burgess, Commended
Catherine Chleboski , Commended
Angad Guglani, Commended
Sneha Iyer, Commended
Kevin Klingensmith, Commended
Olivia Marchionda, Commended
JaredOhlund, Commended
Maria O’Keeffe, Commended
Christine Ostrosky, Commended
Bayne Royall, Commended
2012
Cameron Barnes, Finalist
Branden Glass, Finalist
Laura Herrle, Finalist
Evan Klei, Finalist
Brian McWilliams, Finalist
Ji-Ho Park, Finalist
Peter Pearson, Finalist
Lucas Axiotakis, Commended
Nisha Bhat, Commended
Samantha Bigley, Commended
Nigel Halliday, Commended
Kathryn Knapp, Commended
Jonathan Marks, Commended
Alexandra Marshall, Commended
Catherine McAnney, Commended
Michael Morrissey, Commended
Lauren Muchnok, Commended
Joni Mulvaney, Commended
Justin Olshavsky, Commended
Rebecca Olson, Commended
Taylor Perz, Commended
2011
Edward Misback, Finalist
Emily Smith, Finalist
Sowmya Yennam, Finalist
Michael Clouse, Commended
Zachary Dionise, Commended
Sarah Kuethe, Commended
Michael Matty, Commended
Daniel Nigh, Commended
Taylor Rains, Commended
Thomas Zerbe, Commended
2010
Ann N. Jacob, Finalist
Geoffrey P. King, Finalist
Curtis W. Mahoney, Finalist
Nicholas Donnelly, Commended
Derek Feger, Commended
Anne Graszl, Commended
Jennifer Jokl, Commended
Michelle Marano, Commended
Jennifer Soracco, Commended
Rebecca Stabile, Commended
Lauren Stanley, Commended
Alyssa Whittington, Commended
2009
Mark D. Beatty, Finalist
Daniel Bauer, Commended
William Cenk, Commended
Jacob Dowling, Commended
Meghan Marks, Commended
William Miller, Commended
2008
Julie M. Behr, Finalist
Sara E. Deuschle, Finalist
Brenna E. Jones, Finalist
Nicholas Y. Park, Finalist
Michelle Calabrese, Commended
Carolyn Deutsch, Commended
Travis Donnelly, Commended
Elizabeth George, Commended
Nithyapriya Ramalingam, Commended
Vincent Salpietro, Commended
Benjamin Whiting, Commended
2007
Kelsey Ballance, Commended
Natalie Bobek, Commended
Luke Ceurvorst, Commended
Adam Gigliotti, Commended
Kelsey Jones, Commended
Laura Keeley, Commended
Nagisa Kodama, Commended
Laura Langford, Commended
Ashwin Shinde, Commended
Nicholas Sirera, Commended
2006
Amanda M. Gentzel, Finalist
Alice Yu, Finalist
Katherine Behr, Commended
Erin Donnelly, Commended
Kevin Mohler, Commended
Brian Rudowski, Commended
Alyse Weaver, Commended
Alex Whiting, Commended
2005
Kevin F. Allgaier, Scholar
Gregory A. Blandino, Finalist
Erin M. Kapp, Scholar
2004
Meagan H. Chan, Finalist
Patrick J. Irvin, Scholar
2003
Emily J. Karrs, Scholar
Rachel L. Orler, Scholar
John Berry, Commended
Josh Lippert, Commended
Gina Londino, Commended
Anna Craig, Commended
Kalyn Kappelman, Commended
Justin Tackett, Commended
2002
Bethany V. Roxby, Semifinalist
Brieann Artz, Commended
Michelle Myers, Commended
2001
Branden Van Oss, Scholar
1998
Benjamin R. Campbell, Finalist
Tao P. Neuendorffer, Scholar
David M. Tarr, Finalist
1997
Cynthia L. Hammond, Finalist
1996
Sandra L. Graver, Finalist
1995
Todd M. Emmett, Scholar
Roland M. Reagan, Finalist
1994
Adam D. Jenner, Scholar
Richland High School
1990
Benjamin G. Sarver, Scholar
Chris Shefler, Semifinalist
1989
Holly L. Brenza, Finalist
David R. Greenwood, Schoolar
Sean R. Holihan, Finalist
1985
Sylvanie Wallington, Scholar
1984
Jeffrey A. Cieslak, Scholar
Kirsten M. Ohearn, Finalist
1982
John V. Marsh, Finalist
1981
Richard J. Anderson, Finalist
1980
Edward C. Anderson, Finalist
Theodore S. Frick, Scholar
1979
Thomas A. Godfrey, Finalist
Janet R. Robertson, Scholar
1977
Glenn H. Chambers, Scholar
Brian K. Eddy, Finalst
1976
Mark S. Erikson, Scholar
1975
John C. Calhoun, Finalist
Neil D. Hesketh, Finalist
Erica M. Hill, Scholar
Chris F. Kemerer, Finalist
1974
Linda M. Carr, Finalist
David R. Gallup, Finalist
Richard L. Mann, Finalist
1973
Jennifer K. Lee, Finalist
Tara Lynn Steck, Semifinalist
Geral W. Weaver, Finalist
1971
Don W. Andrews, Scholar
Lynn E. Davidson, Finalist
1970
Russell P. Fleming, Finalist
Kenneth A. Kloes, Finalist
1969
Sally D. Griffen, Scholar
Mollie Weinert, Finalist
1968
Roger E. Latham, Finalist
Harry D. Maddock, Finalist
1967
Francis L. Miller, Finalist
1965
Robert L. Giel, Finalist
Janet B. Hnatuk, Finalist
1964
Jack G. Murray, Scholar
1963
Barbara K. Judd, Finalist
Gerry A. Soderquist, Finalist
1961
Steven A. Carlson, Finalist
Gregory K. Ingram, Finalist
F.H. Kirkpatrick, Jr., Finalist
Charles T. Royer, Finalist
1959
Robert Lyke, Finalist