Congratulations to the 73 Fort Bend ISD students who were named National Merit Finalists for the 2022-23 school year! Each year, more than a million high school students across the country enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Of those, 50,000 students are considered for recognition in the Program, earning the status of Commended Student or Semifinalist. From that number, a select group of approximately 15,000 are named Finalists. These students are then eligible to receive Merit Scholarships based on their abilities, skill and accomplishments.The Fort Bend ISD students named Finalists for the 2022-23 school year include: Austin High School
Ananya Gokul
Jingyi Qu
Colin TanClements High School
Adhwita Anand
Alex Bao
Aman Bawa
Amy Chang
Justin Chang
Shriman Chittoor
Joshua Cote
Carlos Cruz
Jessye Fan
Yifei Fang
Sammi Guse
Stacy Hay
Niyati Jain
Kyren Khairah
Akaash Kolluri
William Liaw
Anna Lin
Andrew Lu
Thomas Palakapilly
Anisha Parsan
Diego Rico
Hanyang Sha
Ivan Sonesra
Ziana Sundrani
John Tian
Angela Wang
Rich Wang
Kirthi Yadavalli
Alex Zhang
David Zhang
Evan Zhang
Alice Zhong
Runyan ZhouDulles High School
Adarsh Agrawal
Paula Alexander
Rohan Arulkumar
Anaya Bawiskar
Michelle Chen
Caitlyn Cheng
Jasmine Chou
Sahil Chowdhury
Siddarth Das
Tony Dong
Manav Gandhi
Ved Ganesh
Sushani Goswahmi
Akshay Gupta
Emily Huo
Tejas Kalpathi
Ashley Kurian
Lauren Light
Justin Lin
Kyler Mitra
Neil Nimmagadda
Raina Patel
Sophia Phu
Anuj Shah
Rushil Shah
Adarsh Thomas
Bhargav Vaidya
Noah Yu
Katherine Yue
Michael ZhuElkins High School
Vishaka Bhora
Kreena Kamal
Arjun Singh
Alison ZengKempner High School
Kent LeRidge Point High School
Ian CochranTravis High School
Jackson BonninThe National Merit Scholarship Program is a nation-wide academic recognition and scholarship competition established in 1955. Visit www.nationalmerit.org to learn more.