24 Seniors Recognized in National Merit Competition
Congratulations to the 24 Hawken seniors who received recognition in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Hawken’s 14 semifinalists from both the Gates Mills campus and the Mastery School of Hawken (MSH) are seniors Matthew Chang, Andrew Farrell, Isabella Hsieh, John Joyce, Elizabeth Lee, Chloe Leng, Delicia Liao, Devesh Mohapatra, Luke Nelson, Aiden Tian, Daniel Xu, Ava Bauschatz (MSH), James Ryman (MSH), and Gabriel Swai (MSH). Semifinalists will be notified of their advancement to the finalist level in February of 2025.
Ten additional seniors were named commended scholars in the National Merit Scholarship Program: Sarah Cai, Jack Cencula, London Elersich, Sarah Liu, Dilan Nadkarni, William O’Neill, Maia Tritt, Teddy Zheng, Jonathan Bala (MSH), and Zoltan Onutz (MSH).
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. The semifinalists represent an elite group that makes up less than one percent of high school seniors nationally and includes the highest scoring Preliminary SAT test takers in each state.
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Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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