Sep 20, 2015 1 min read

Connor Schwartz and Varun Sharma, seniors at Peters Township High School, have been named semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. They are among 16,000 students nationwide to earn the honor, and will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $32 million.

In addition, 17 students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of the exams. They are Samuel Barnes, Rylen Faloni, Matthew Gummersbach, Julie Hilden, Sebastian Hymson, Daniel Krajovic, Nicholas Larimer, Kyle Marshall, Alessia Mihok, Maria Oldenburg, Mary Kate Pritz, Nicholas Roberts, Meredith Rohn, Varun Sharma, Isabelle Stasenko, Benjamin Steratore and Delaney Wehn.