Locust Valley High School students named 2025 National Merit semifinalists and commended students

Locust Valley High School was well represented on the 71st Annual National Merit Scholarship Competition, with five students named semi-finalists and two earning commended student status.

Seniors Evie Bergman, Eunseo Choi, Grant Creedon, Justin Kwok and Abigail Vuong are among 16,000 semi-finalists of the over 1.3 million students who entered the scholarship program by excelling on the PSAT/NMSQT exams. These students have the opportunity to continue in the competition for 6,930 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million. Fellow seniors Evan Rafiy and Adhvaith Sreenivas were recognized as commended students for their academic promise.