The District recognizes these students’ achievements, as well as the teachers, families and communities who support them.
For several years, Frisco ISD has been the proud home of the state’s largest number of National Merit Semifinalists. That streak continues, as the District recognizes 146 Semifinalists for 2026.
That number not only represents a state high, but also a record for Frisco ISD, which 10 years ago had 27 Semifinalists and 50,000 students. All 12 high schools are represented on the list.
“We are so proud to celebrate these incredible students and all they’ve accomplished as National Merit Semifinalists,” said Dr. Christy Fiori, chief academic officer. “Their success is a reflection of not only their talent and dedication, but also the teachers, families and community who support them along the way. We can’t wait to see the amazing things they will continue to achieve in the future.”
These academically talented students, whose 2024 PSAT/NMSQT scores qualified them as National Merit Semifinalists, now have the chance to be named Finalists in the spring and to earn National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million.
Over 1.3 million high school juniors across 20,000 U.S. high schools entered the program by taking the qualifying test, and less than 1% were named National Merit Semifinalists. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportionate to its number of graduating seniors.
Learn more about the PSAT being administered to all 10th and 11th grade students Oct. 1.
Likhit Allena - Emerson
Anvitha Aluri - Reedy
Nathan Amezcua - Reedy
Nitya Anam - Liberty
Niharika Anand - Reedy
Aryan Bachu - Independence
Diya Balagopal - Reedy
Ananya Balakrishnan - Heritage
Kairav Banerjee - Liberty
Rohan Bansal - Liberty
Sanjeev Baskar - Independence
Neha Bhalla - Emerson
Mahi Bhatnagar - Lebanon Trail
Vedant Bhatnagar - Independence
Ella Brookshire - Wakeland
Vibhav Burju - Independence
Ashwin Channashetti - Lebanon Trail
Prithviraj Chauhan - Lebanon Trail
Rosemary Chen - Lebanon Trail
Kydon Cheng - Reedy
Srirasya Chirravuri - Heritage
Pranaya Chugh - Frisco
Mason Classe - Liberty
Samarth Das - Heritage
Akshat Deshpande - Emerson
Saisaharsh Devireddy - Panther Creek
Dami Dolapo - Centennial
Ethan Duong - Heritage
Hongbo Fang - Centennial
William Fang - Reedy
Ridah Farooqui - Emerson
Winfield Fleming - Lebanon Trail
Kruthi Gaddam - Reedy
Harshini Ganapathy - Lebanon Trail
Shivani Ganesan - Independence
Yash Goenka - Independence
Aswin Gokul - Reedy
Johnny Gu - Centennial
Chase Huynh - Independence
Aditya Itnal - Centennial
Pranav Iyer - Independence
Rohan Jannu - Emerson
Arya Jha - Independence
Rohit Jonnalagadda - Emerson
Aryan Joshi - Heritage
Yash Joshi - Lone Star
Anthony Junan - Liberty
Chetan Kapavarapu - Reedy
Rakshith Karthik - Panther Creek
Divya Karthikeyan - Independence
Juhi Kashyap - Liberty
Vijval Katepally - Heritage
Kyle Kim - Emerson
Vikranth Kolluru - Centennial
Shailesh Kommeta - Frisco
Tarini Konanki - Heritage
Amrutha Kothakota - Independence
Ananya Krishna - Reedy
Abhinav Kulkarni - Heritage
Ananya Kulkarni - Lebanon Trail
Krish I. Kumar - Liberty
Rayan Lalani - Centennial
Olivia Lay - Frisco
Irene Lee - Reedy
Chuming Li - Centennial
David Lu - Lebanon Trail
Srineeth Maddike - Centennial
Meghna Mahendran - Centennial
Palak Maheshwari - Frisco
Sankeertana Malakapalli - Liberty
Laya Mallina - Liberty
Siddartha Reddy Manubothu - Independence
Maxton McCaulley - Independence
Achintya Mishra - Lone Star
Sriram Mupparapu - Liberty
Abhay Murthy - Liberty
Akshay Murthy - Liberty
Ekaansh Murthy - Reedy
Srinand Nair - Memorial
Akshat Nallani Chakravarthu - Independence
Dinesh Nalliah - Heritage
Yena Nam - Emerson
Subanth Nanda Kumar - Independence
Adithi Nemalikanti - Reedy
Ava Newbury - Reedy
Rohit Nittala - Independence
Aum Pahuja - Liberty
Ritesh Papisetty - Lebanon Trail
Avril Park - Centennial
Saanvi Patel - Liberty
Chinmay Patil - Liberty
Pallavi Perumalla - Frisco
Amrith Ponneth - Memorial
Ruchira Prasad - Independence
Nischal Prasanna - Centennial
Adhya Rajesh - Centennial
Vikshar Rajesh - Liberty
Raghav Ramprasad - Centennial
Emaan Rana - Lebanon Trail
Partha Ranganatha - Centennial
Suhan Rapaka - Wakeland
Reed Ratner - Memorial
Nithin Ravikumar - Memorial
Neha Rekapalli - Lone Star
Adit Roy Choudhury - Heritage
Alp Sahin - Liberty
Chirag Samantaroy - Wakeland
Sahishnu Sathish - Independence
Ishaan Satija - Reedy
Aadhitya Senthilkumar - Reedy
Sahana Sethuraman - Liberty
Aashi Shah - Liberty
Hemish Shah - Liberty
Jahnavi Sharma - Frisco
Shivansh Sharma - Lebanon Trail
Abhinav Singamaneni - Independence
Advait Singh - Liberty
Anika Singh - Lone Star
Arja Singh - Wakeland
Krish Sinha - Heritage
Mihir Sood - Lebanon Trail
Aviral Srivastava - Independence
Advith Suggala - Heritage
Harini Sundar - Heritage
Emeliya Syed - Lone Star
Siddhartha Talluri - Emerson
Aditya Thakur - Lone Star
Siddhant Thendral Arasu - Centennial
Nidhi Vaddi - Centennial
Sanvik Vangala - Frisco
Alisha Varghese - Reedy
Karthikeya Vattem - Independence
Charvi Vattikuti - Reedy
Kedar Vernekar - Lebanon Trail
Dhiya Viswanathan - Lebanon Trail
Bill Wang - Centennial
Kenneth Wang - Wakeland
Matthew Wang - Memorial
Mathias Wong - Liberty
Deluya Xie - Centennial
Aadya Yadav - Reedy
Rachael Ye - Independence
Ariane Zhang - Centennial
Linda Zhang - Reedy
Bryan Zheng - Liberty
Jeff Zhou - Lebanon Trail