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Plano ISD congratulates 60 students\u00a0named Semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.<\/p>\n
These students are enrolled at Plano East Senior High School, Plano Senior High School and Plano West Senior High School, and are among more than 16,000 Semifinalists nationwide representing less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors who entered the competition by taking the 2025 Preliminary SAT\/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.<\/p>\n
To advance in the competition, Semifinalists must complete a detailed scholarship application, demonstrate an outstanding academic record, earn an endorsement from a high school official, write an essay and submit qualifying SAT or ACT scores. More than 15,000 Semifinalists nationwide are expected to advance to Finalist standing. National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced beginning in April 2027.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Anish Bairineni, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Arshiya Bajaj, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Anika Balakrishnan, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Amanda Belo, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Terrell Bennett, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Craig Benson, Plano Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Divya Bhattacharya, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Enoch Chan, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Hanke Chen, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Henry Chen, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Paul Chu, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Marcus\u00a0Chung, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Harsheel Desai, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Grace Ding, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Anna Du, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Stephen Duncan, Plano Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Guy Feder, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Aiko Fleming, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jean Gan, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Joshua Gan, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Amit Goldman, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Skanda Gopikannan, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Faisal Hamadeh, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Saman Hiremath, Plano Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ananya Javali, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Anshveer Kang, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Nicole Kim, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sanjit Konda, Plano Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Rithik Kommineni, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Veda Kumar, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sai Lakkamaneni, Plano Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Andrew Lee, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jake Li, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jacob Liang, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Zayd Mahmud, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ishaan Nirmal, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Evan Pan-Wang, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ari Penaganti, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Rishi Porwal, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sanvi Porwal, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 William Prasetyo, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Vasundara Rajan, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ishveer Randhawa, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Vijay Shivnani, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sidharth Siva, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Soundarya Srikanth, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Eric Tang, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Neel Tipnis, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Austin Truong, Plano East Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Andria Wang, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Daniel Wang, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ricky Wang, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jack Wright, Plano Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Matthew Xie, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Erika Xu, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Leon Zeng, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cindy Zhang, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Alexander Zhao, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 Esther Zhao, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
\u2022 William Zhou, Plano West Senior High School<\/p>\n
*This list includes students who have a publication consent and release form on file with the district.<\/p>\n
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