National Merit Semifinalists Named

Congratulations to the nine Potomac seniors who have qualified as semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program! Jack Wigmore, Tea Picconatto, Grace Lee, Michelle Ahn, Yabby Maelaf, and Arya Bansal (front row, l to r) and Olee Banerjee, Patrick Wolff, and Benjamin Joel (back row, l to r) are among just 16,000 high school seniors nationwide to receive this recognition. Semifinalists can continue in the competition for approximately 7,250 National Merit Scholarships, worth nearly $28 million in total, that will be awarded next spring.