The 2013 National Merit Scholarship has 28 Parkway School District semifinalists, seven of which are from Parkway West High School.

Parkway West recipients include:

• Elizabeth L. Carroll
• Andrew George
• Kevin F. Koboldt
• Jaron X. Ma
• Ann Ni
• Andrew Smith
• Joanne O. Yu

The top scoring entrants from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) are considered, as well as qualifications surrounding academics, SAT scores and recommendations. The Parkway release said about 8,300 National Merit scholarships totalling $3.2 million will be awarded next spring, while roughly 1.5 million high school juniors enter the competition upon taking the PSAT/NMSQT.

The release added about 90 percent of semifinalists will proceed to final rounds of consideration, and about half of finalists will receive a scholarship award.

Finalists from other Parkway high schools:

Parkway Central:

• Jonathan H. Brand
• Henry D. Chen
• Tommy H. Du
• Victor Ge
• Tracy Y. Tang
• Louis S. Wang
• Hannah J. Wiedner
• Joy L. Yang
• Rebecca M. Zhang

Parkway North:

• Miranda L. Siler

Parkway South:

• Leela A. Chapman
• Ruixue Cheng
• Alicia N. Coronado
• Katherine Y. Li
• Joyce C. Lin
• Edward J. Lu
• Thomas A. Meisel
• Christina L. Sittser
• Asha R. Thanki
• Mindy Xu
• Satya Payan K. Yalla 

See which Rockwood students are semifinalists.