Lakeside, Garfield, Newport lead in National Merit semifinalists

The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has announced the names of about 16,000 students nationwide who were among the top scorers on the 2007 Preliminary SAT.

As semifinalists, these students may become finalists eligible for scholarships from National Merit Scholarship, colleges and universities and corporate sponsors.

The nationwide pool of semifinalists represents less than 1 percent of U.S. high-school seniors, and includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.

The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state's percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

The private Lakeside School in Seattle had the highest number of students achieving National Merit semifinalist status, with 30 students.

Both Seattle's Garfield High and Bellevue's Newport High each had 20 semifinalists.

Seattle-area semifinalists:

Auburn Mountainview High School, Auburn: Karen S. Jolly, Elise B. Ransom.

Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge Island: Sam P. Deery-Schmitt, Evelyn L. Economy, Donna A. Horning, Roy J. Wiggins.

Ballard High School, Seattle: Joel K. Dunkelberg, Claire E. Lust, Elliot H. Ransom.

Bellevue High School, Bellevue: Evan A. Boyle, Rachel R. Fenichel, Katharyn Y. Jia, Ekaterina A. Kourbatova, Molly Mackinlay, Taylor Mesojednik, Michael A. Sherry, Max Slivka.

Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle: Katrina P. De La Cruz, Steven T. Portzer.

Bothell High School, Bothell: Rebecca S. Smith.

Cascade High School, Everett: Abigail M. Nastan.

Cedar Park Christian School, Bothell: Daniel S. Dedo, Lauren N. Loudon.

Charles A. Lindbergh High School, Renton: Brandt M. Wong.

Decatur High School, Federal Way: Ronald Hong.

Eastlake High School, Sammamish: Ashton S. Hemphill, Allen Y. Liu.

Eastside Preparatory School, Kirkland: Paul A. Strong

Edmonds-Woodway High School, Edmonds: Sally C. Chu, Ryan Poling-Skutvik, Taiyo F. Sogawa.

Forest Ridge School Of The Sacred Heart, Bellevue: Katherine E. Bent, Florence S. Lau, Alexandra K. Schofield.

Garfield High School, Seattle: Karen C. Beaty, Lucas A. Chapel, Rebecca Cohen, Christina A. Cook, Emily E. Fletcher, Dana E. Golden, Cory M. Hargus, Thomas P. Huston, Lorraine C. Keeler, Andrew S. Kennard, Samson J. Koelle, Holly M. Kvalheim, Amandine M. Lee, Genevieve M. Lenoir, Joe J. Long, Carl P. Majeau, Anna K. Miller, Walter P. Ray, Noah L. Wentzel, Jane M. Zanzig.

Holy Names Academy, Seattle: Candace J. Button, Anne E. Clark, Maureen E. Hendrix, Kathleen M. Ridgeway, Sarah L. Trieweiler, Natalie L. Weiner.

Home School, Burien: Jennifer A. Kemp.

Home School, Monroe: Joshua D. Kozemzak.

Home School, North Bend: John T. McDevitt.

Home School, Renton: Jesse L. Baggenstos, Andrew R. Bell.

Inglemoor High School, Kenmore: Kelsey O. Breseman, Shannon R. Cebron, Shelley D. Ewell, Rachael L. Jackson, Benjamin M. Krebsbach, Tianshu Li, Kendra Moore, Arion Russell, Jessica A. Wallach, Jacob P. Wipf.

Ingraham High School, Seattle: Andrew A. Lawson, Julian Picard.

Interlake High School, Bellevue: Rebecca E. Kinchen.

International Community School, Kirkland: Emily Chen, Anupam Choudhary, Alexander Esibov, Daniel Kong, Surabhi Nirkhe.

International School, Bellevue: Philip C. De Sa E Silva, Leah E. Fantle, Maia D. Szafer, Sophia E. Welti.

Issaquah High School, Issaquah: Kyle D. Corbitt, Stephen Jacobson, Peter H. Tseng, Erika Whitney.

John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, Burien: Matthew J. Dirks.

Juanita High School, Kirkland: Jacob S. Brown, Patrick A. Gilbery.

Kamiak High School, Mukilteo: Emily I. Anderberg, Timothy H. Chang, Jessica K. Holttum, Phillip Jang, Daniel M. Kitt, Lauren E. Miller, Jordan T. Standlee, David A. Swanson.

Kentlake High School, Kent: Joseph C. Kern.

Kentridge High School, Kent: Carly L. Schnoebelen.

Lake Washington High School, Kirkland: Carl F. Walsh.

Lakeside School, Seattle: Nicole R. Assumpcao, Alberta R. Bleck, Katherine P. Blumstein, Malcolm J. Chan, Laura Coffin, Michael W. Cvitkovic, Steven M. Diamond, Peter Dykstra, Andrew S. Finch-Craver, Timothy R. Firman, Mark Fischer, Maya A. Gainer, Joseph W. Grant, Mark R. Jahnke, Peter C. Kimmey, Micah A. Larus-Stone, Samantha J. Lee, Ryan O. Marassi, Haney M. Maxwell, Marion E. McCaw, Miles Z. Moen, Hannah I. Page-Salisbury, Vidya Rajan, Brian T. Reiser, Alissa A. Resnick, Leland L. Stratton, Kaveh Waddell, Caroline H. Wade, Morgan Weiler, Madeline Y. Wong.

Meadowdale High School, Lynnwood: Samantha L. Hartford.

Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island: Michael W. Chien, Matthew H. Jensen, Harrison Lucas Etoh Owens, Colin R. Ramsay, Zachary P. Rowe, Derek J. Schulte, Murad T. Ulityonok, Matthew J. Vincent, Anna T. Vogel, Rebecca A. Yoda, Michele S. Zemplenyi, Inar P. Zhang.

Mount Si High School, Snoqualmie: Kyle K. Clark, Frances L. Gill.

Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace: Ruth Reeber.

Nathan Hale High School, Seattle: Isabel J. Harbaugh.

Newport High School, Bellevue: Aiko Amano, Ruby F. Brallier, Rahul F. Brito, Zhuolun Cheng, Andrew Coover, Adlai J. Felser, Justin B. Green, Christopher M. Hastings, Kristin L. Ivarson, Rachel L. Jiang, Farrah Khan, Amy S. Li, Jordan R. Lowe, Anurag V. Mengle, Ezra J. Parter, Meera K. Shenoy, Jinhua Xu, Tony Y. Yan, Ruofan Yu, Danning Zhao.

Redmond High School, Redmond: Rishi Goutam, Collin S. Meredith, Tasha A. Nagamine, Elizabeth C. Nelson, Walter D. Nicholas, Tejas S. Ranade, Kevin V. Shaw, Ashoat Tevosyan.

Roosevelt High School, Seattle: Elliott R. Amkraut, Grace J. Hartinger, Erik K. Kariya, Matthew A. Nichols, Daniel P. Roberts.

Sammamish High School, Bellevue: Nick A. Rogstad.

Sealth High School, Seattle: Maxwell B. Forbes.

Seattle Academy, Seattle: Andrew N. Kaplan, Rosemary O. McClure, Clayton A. Paschke, Sarah R. Robinson, Jake A. Rubin.

Seattle Christian Schools, SeaTac: Jessica N. Yamashita.

Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle: Katherine D. Crawford, Tyler A. Nosenzo.

Shorecrest High School, Shoreline: Travis A. Baseler, Anna S. Bowen.

Shorewood High School, Shoreline: Wilfred Chan, Frazier L. Mork, Claire G. Nieman, Virginia J. Wang.

Skyline High School, Sammamish: Garrett J. Black, Daryl R. Hansen.

The Bear Creek School, Redmond: David A. Ersek, Timothy C. Hughes.

The Northwest School, Seattle: Morgan Michel-Schottman.

The Overlake School, Redmond: Sophie I. Arlow, Scott D. Franklin, Adam J. Greenberg, Victor B. Lowney.

Thomas Jefferson High School, Auburn: Esther Y. Kim, Rosemary M. Mallonee.

Transition School For Early Entrance Program, Seattle: Jack B. Coughlin, Samuel B. Hopkins, Zheng Li.

University Preparatory Academy, Seattle: Benjamin T. Leveque.

Woodinville High School, Woodinville: Mary E. Hubert.

Information in this article, originally published September 11, 2008, was corrected September 22, 2008. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that John F. Kennedy High School is located in Seattle.