JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. – Johnson County high schools are well represented in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program as 14 local seniors have been named semifinalists.
The next step for the local students is to advance to become a finalist. All finalists will then compete to be a recipient of one of almost 7000 National Merit scholarships.
To become finalists, the semifinalists must submit a detailed scholarship application, It includes information about the student’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, leadership abilities, employment, and honors received. They must also have an outstanding academic record in high school, be recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
The Johnson County semifinalists are:
- Luke Bromley (Franklin Community High School)
- Alexander Fan (Center Grove High School)
- Blake Hanshaw (Center Grove High School)
- Daniel Liu (Center Grove High School)
- Anubhav Majumdar (Center Grove High School)
- Adeline Moore (Center Grove High School)
- Arav Nair (Center Grove High School)
- Gourav Pany (Center Grove High School)
- Hunter Petkovich (Center Grove High School)
- Quinn Smith (Center Grove High School)
- Jordan Steinkamp (Center Grove High School)
- Rupesh Vats (Center Grove High School)
- Ty Wilson (Home School)
- Annabelle White (Whiteland Community High School)
The 2025 National Merit Scholarship finalists will be announced in February.
