St. Johns County students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

THE RECORD

St. Johns County students are among the 16,000 students nationwide who have qualified as semifinalists for the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. Officials recognized high school seniors who scored the highest on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and met the program's requirements.

Semifinalists are now eligible to compete for one of about 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $35 million, according to a press release from the Florida Department of Education.

"I am very proud of our students for being nominated as National Merit semifinalists. I am especially appreciative of Florida's teachers who have prepared them for postsecondary success," said Commissioner Pam Stewart.

Here are the semifinalists from St. Johns County:

Allen D. Nease High School

Justin Andrilenas

Brandon Canaday

Eric Goodman

Megan Hinkle

Jessica Koros

Lucas Sanders

Daniel Schwartz

Alexander Short

Turner Street

Erin Wadhams

Lauren Wisniewski

Ponte Vedra High School

Elizabeth Bugbey

Brett Greene

Lily Norenberg

Rina Samant

Sonia Samant

Michael Seethaler

Emmanuel Stamatogiannakis

Pedro Menendez High School

Jenna Abell

St. Joseph Academy

Audrey McKinney

Bartram Trail High School

Christopher Battista

Creekside High School

Ashlee Jamerson

Connor McLevey

For more information about the program, go to nationalmerit.org.