Only a few months after Frisco ISD celebrated a state-high number of National Merit Semifinalists, the District marked another milestone: 144 Finalists.

Semifinalists are named Finalists each year based on their academics and other requirements — representing less than 1% of eligible high school students.

Finalists now continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered this spring.

The PSAT is the annual qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program. Each fall, Frisco ISD administers the PSAT to students in 10th and 11th grade, not only qualifying them for National Merit recognition, but also helping them identify academic areas of strength and growth, and prepare for college entrance exams like the SAT. Learn more about testing offered through Frisco ISD.

FISD’s National Merit Finalists are an academically ambitious group that are also leaders in fine arts and athletic opportunities at their schools, as well as career and technical education courses.

Congratulations to the following students named National Merit Finalists!

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

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

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