75 Hawai'i seniors named National Merit semifinalists

Advertiser Staff

In Hawai'i, 75 high school seniors qualified as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists this year.

They are among 16,000 nationwide who can compete for 8,000 National Merit Scholarship awards worth $30 million.

The semifinalists are among students who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in the fall of their junior year. They are the state's highest scorers and represent the top 1 percent of the state's seniors.

Finalists will be named in the spring.

At Punahou School, 28 seniors qualified as semifinalists. Iolani School has 21 semifinalists.

Here is the complete list.

• Campbell High: Cary Kawamoto
• Hawai'i Baptist Academy: Laura Quek and Cameron Taketa
• Hawai'i Preparatory Academy: Emma Anders and Michel Schwartz
• Iolani: Akio Adams, Rachel Bradshaw, David Choy, Janelle Fukumoto, Yuan Gao, Kristy Hirata, Alison Hlivak, William Lee, Adam Maruyama, Mari Oshiro, Ravi Patel, Jennifer Saito, Joshua Sato, Charlene Shovic, Stephanie Speirs, Chad Tao, Alison Tomisato, Christina Wallen, Matthew Williams, Megan Worthley and Anne Yeung
• Kalaheo High: Sarah Evans
• Kalani High: Noah Sakimura
• Kamehameha Schools: Anderson Dun, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Sarah Kaopuiki and Sean Nagamatsu
• Kaua'i High: Charise Guzman
• La Pietra School for Girls: Jesse Wood
• Leilehua High: Erin Jones
• Maui High: Matthew Jachowski
• Mid-Pacific Institute: Jordan Arakawa
• Mililani High: Kathleen Clevenger
• Moanalua High: Jennifer Light and David Shaha
• Punahou: Stacy Aldinger, Yunja Chen, Jennifer Chin, Adam Edwards, David Goodbody, April Hail, Cori Hanagami, Tom Hata, Katherine Johnson, Gradon Kam, Kelly Kanayama, Justin Kao, Kelly Karns, Shelby Kunishima, Leonie Leduc, Pippa MacDonald, Maya Maskarinec, Marife Molina, Kyle Morgan, Cutter Rolles, Kristen Saruwatari, Oren Schauble, Forrest Schwartz, Currun Singh, Kevin Takasaki, Aaron Tamura-Sato, Matthew Tanaka and Anne Tasaki
• Roosevelt High: Shannon Chow and Jenny Migita
• Seabury Hall: Jon Choate, Laurel Sakai and Samuel Ulin
• St. Francis High School: Valerie Kunimoto
• Waiakea High: Blake Kurisu