The National Merit Program announced that 12 Shawnee Mission School District students are National Merit Finalists.
These students took the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which serves as an initial screen for 1.6 million program entrants each year.
The following students earned finalist distinction and will have an opportunity to advance in the competition for National Merit Scholarship awards. These scholarships, worth about $31 million, will be offered this spring.
Shawnee Mission East
Grant Colvin
Ian Gould
Emma Kampschroeder
Gabby Leinbach
Maxwell Rogler
Wyatt Wimmer
Andrew Wurst
Shawnee Mission North
Audrey Diggs
Shawnee Mission Northwest
Catherine Becker
Adam White
Shawnee Mission South
Nikolas Trofimoff
Shawnee Mission West
Sophie Coltvet