Southwest Annouces National Merit Semifinalists for 2017

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named the Semifinalists in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Southwest is pleased to announce and congratulate:

William F. Fitch

Royce Hill

Mitchell J. Hockenberry

John C. Lazur

Henry C. Meeker

Simon S, Rothman

Emma W. Spurgat

Claire E. Weil

The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, which represents less thatn 1% of the U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.  The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportinal to the state's percentage of national total of graduating seniors.

Finalists will be named in February.