Two local students named National Merit Semifinalists

Two local students named National Merit Semifinalists

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the list of semifinalists for the 2026 scholarship program, and two local seniors were on it: Hayes Parsa from Darlington School and Kamran Bawa from Rome High School.

MCHS student is National Merit semifinalist

Duc Bui A Morgan City High student has been named a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist.

Education: 17 local students named 2026 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

Out of the more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program, 17 are local students. The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science has 16 semifinalists: Andrew Meng, Noel McMichael, Sam Cole, Jasmaan Banipal, William Rymer, Colin Chung, Anthony Nguyen, Jacob Heisler, Poppy Bowling, Rebecca Sun, Grant Zhang, Jesse Shelton, Isabel Beckman, Christian Butler, Jane Kasselman and Raymond Yang. Mary Nicholas from…