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.