Students on Coast named National Merit Scholar semifinalists

Thirty-three students from 16 schools on the Coast are among 163 students statewide who have been named National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists.More than 16,000 semifinalists were named nationwide.

The students were selected based on their Preliminary SAT or National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test scores.

To become a finalist, the student must submit a scholarship application that includes their academic record, school and community activities, leadership abilities, employment, honors and other awards. They also must write an essay, be endorsed by a school official and earn SAT or ACT scores to confirm their performance in the qualifying test.

Finalists will then be eligible for National Merit Scholarships and other scholarships.

Here are the students from South Mississippi who have been named semifinalists:

Bay High

• Weston J. Delcuze

St. Stanislaus

• Matthew L. Simpson

Biloxi High

• Ruth K. Barnett
• Rhys K. Newman
• Vincenzo J. Vizzini

D’Iberville High 

• Brian Lin

St. Patrick

• Jade L. Agler

Gulfport High

• Elijah Bergmann
• Ransom J. Blackmarr
• Maria E. Dukeman
• Caroline E. Grice
• Owin M. Neese
• Nicolas Ramirez
• Julian A. Rojas
• Illyrian S. Wolfstorm

West Harrison

• Landon T. Blake

Hancock High

• Justin K. Lee
• Xander S. McGarrity

Long Beach

• Luke Dulaney
• Riley McDonnell
• Vicky H. Tran

East Central

• Kameryn F. Bardwell

Ocean Springs

• Michael J. Diaz
• Griffin T. Frye
• Aaron M. Johnson
• Krish P. Patel

St. Martin

• Tracy T. Le
• Ricky T. Nguyen
• Cindy Phan

Pascagoula

• Hayden G. Grenn

Pass Christian

• Wayne M. Giles

Stone High

• Luke A. Douget
• Tyler B. Hickman