National Merit recognizes 59 SUSD students

Twenty-four Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) students have qualified as National Merit Semifinalists, another 33 students received letters of commendation, and two students received the National Hispanic Recognition Scholar.

According to the National Merit Scholarship Program, about 16,000 students, or approximately one-third of the 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT®, qualify as semifinalists. This year, 24 students from SUSD high schools qualified.

Arcadia High School
Lucy Caldwell, Alissa Irei, Christina Mesiti and Michael Ziman

Chaparral High School
Sayrge Braccio, William Crook, Julia Fincher, Michael McGuire, Sara Ober, Kevin Shiau, Colin Turner and William Young

Desert Mountain High School
Norbert Binkiewicz, Stephen Bowie, Patrick Foley, Daniel Kimbel, Madeline LaRue, Bridget Moty, Jonathan Nation, Patrick Sauncy and Tara Sheoran

Saguaro High School
Joyce Young and Joanne Craig

Another 33 students from SUSD received letters of commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise.

Arcadia High School
Eric Alonas, Daniel Bishop, John Estes, Cody Heslep, Craig Miller, Seth Rollins, Kelsey Shaner and Brian Thomas

Chaparral High School
Alexander Barnes, Bob Barry, Patrick Cizek, Charlene Kaye, Andrea Korte, Danielle Orsino, Jennifer Plitt, Elizabeth Redd, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Teresa Teodori and David Uffens

Coronado High School
Christopher Diehm and Justin Hounshell

Desert Mountain High School
Sam Asaki, Christina Brosman, Lindsay Friefield, James Harper, Nova Konsynski, Kelly Olson, Morgan Sim and Andrew Zimmerman

Saguaro High School
Alexandra Sullivan, Aaron Royer and Sarah Williamson

Additionally, Lauren Arnieri, Desert Mountain High School, and Seth Rollins, Arcadia High School, received the National Hispanic Recognition Scholar.

Please note: additional students qualified but their parents requested that their names not be released.

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