​5 Named National Merit Semifinalists

Seniors J. Austin Brugger, Zane Stiles, Lucas Peilert, Justin Beiriger, and James Maier were named semifinalists in the 2014 National Merit® Scholarship Program.

The National Merit® Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®)—a test which serves as an initial screen of approximately 1.5 million entrants each year–and by meeting published program entry/participation requirements.

Of the 1.5 million juniors who took the PSAT, the semifinalists represent the top 16,000 or the 99.5 percentile.

J. Austin Brugger, Zane Stiles, Lucas Peilert, Justin Beiriger, and James Maier are also members of The David S. Baginski, FSC Scholars Program at Central Catholic.