Episcopal Academy recently announced its 10 National Merit semifinalists are now among 15,000 finalists from across the country.

• Jameson Achuff of Berwyn
• Karen Christianson of Media
• Julia Fay of Malvern
• Rohan Gulati of Villanova
• Christian Humann of Haverford
• Erin McCarthy of Newtown Square
• Alexander Rice of Berwyn
• Daniel Schlaff of Bryn Mawr
• Stacey Sloate of Rosemont
• Anthony Thai of Broomall

These students will continue in the competition for 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million, according to an EA press release.

From March through mid-June, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) will announce those finalists who have been selected to receive one of three Merit Scholarship awards. They are National Merit $2,500 scholarships, corporate-sponsored merit scholarship awards, and college-sponsored merit scholarship awards.

More than half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

This press release was provided by Episcopal Academy.