PHOTO BY DANNY SNYDEREach year the National Merit Scholarship Corporation recognizesstudents who score exceptionally well on the PSAT/NationalMerit Scholarship Qualifying exam. The exam is administerednationwide in October of each year to any junior who chose totake the exam. Michael Ross Lawson, Michelle Lindsey, VeronicaLoss and Patricia Wheaton are National Merit ScholarshipFinalists for 2008. They join an elite group of students through-out the country whose PSAT scores range in the 98-99 percentileon this exam. Ross, Michelle, Veronica and Patricia have alsobeen awarded a scholarship with this award.

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NATIONAL MERITSCHOLARSHIP

1987 – Christopher Edwards

1987 – Laura Little

1988 – Jennifer Ashton

1988 – Nancy Koay

1988 – Mark Lee

1989 – Harold Barner

1989 – Tony Shan

1990 – James Burnell

1990 – John J. Cole

1990 – Ryan Falkenstein

1990 – Michael Viglianco

1991 – Timothy Conley

1991 – Sucharita Mulpuru

1992 – Marshall Enos

1992 – Matthew Harman

1992 – Sara Kelly

1992 – Michelle Viglianco

1993 – Eric Chipps

1993 – Kate Gewehr

1993 – Sean Levine

1993 – Steven Parks

1994 – Virginia Elbon

1994 – Darren Mauro

1994 – Ferdad Roidad

1994 – Jesse Satterfield

1995 – Teresa Fisher

1995 – Sara Fitch

1996 – Thomas Miller

1997 – Derek Courtney

1998 – Erik Quackenbush

1998 – David Schwartz

1998 – Andrew Thompson

1998 – Peter Thompson

1999 – Ryan Schiffbauer

1999 – Sadie White

2000 – Meriel DeLong

2000 – Cara Lewis

2000 – Christina O’Neal

2000 – Tracy Serge

2000 – Annette Welty

2002 – Meredith Cavalier

2002 – Jennifer Koay

2003 – Kevin McNeil

2003 – Rose Simis

2005 – Steven Menez

2005 – Nathaniel Newman

2006 – Renee LaRue

2007 – Nathan DePriest

2007 – Alexander Janes

2007 – James Pettus

2008 – Michael Ross Lawson

2008 – Michelle Lindsey

2008 – Veronica Loss

2008 – Patricia Wheaton

20 Years of National Merit Semi-Finalists

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