Fremont Unified 2023 National Merit Scholarship Winners

Students representing all five Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) comprehensive high schools were named 2023 National Merit Scholarship winners, with a total of 41 Merit Scholars in the Class of 2023.

“The high levels of academic achievement and success amongst FUSD students is a testament to the dedication of our students, families and staff,” said FUSD Superintendent CJ Cammack. “I send my congratulations to each scholarship recipient, and my thoughts are with the seniors across our schools who are preparing now for their next chapter – it’s an incredibly exciting and transformational time in their lives, and we are proud to see all they accomplish before and after graduation.”

April 26, 2023: Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships

Six Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) students are among the approximately 840 high school seniors named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as recipients of corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarships:

American High School
Saarth Gaonkar
Adrish Kar
Manas G. Korimilli

Mission San Jose High School
Rahul Rangaraaj
Kevin Sheng
Andrew Sun

May 10, 2023: National Merit $2500 Scholarships

Twenty FUSD students received National Merit $2500 Scholarships; they are among the 2,500 Merit Scholar designees chosen from more than 15,000 Finalists for the award by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. These Merit Scholars are the Finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.

American High School
Chaitya H. Jodhavat
Meryl Mathew
Nandana V. Venkitesh
Woyu Wang
Samvar M. Yedur
David Y. Zhu

Irvington High School
Eshaan Mistry
Suhani Shukla
Sophia Zhu

John F. Kennedy High School
Raja K. Kavasseri

Mission San Jose High School
Chris J. Ge
Alexander He
Ryan Liu
Amy Luo
Arunima Prakash
Selena Tang
Eric S. Teng
Jerry Yuan

Washington High School
Chinmay Devadhar
Shree Jay

June 7, 2023: College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners

Ten FUSD students are among the more than 3,000 high school seniors named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as recipients of college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships. These awards are financed by U.S. colleges and universities, and Scholars are selected by officials of each sponsor college from Finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

American High School
Urvi Bhuwania
Ashwin M. Hariharan
Bhuvi Kedia
Pranav R. Putta

Irvington High School
Vikram Balaji
Pranjal Bhartia

Mission San Jose High School
Pratham Ved Bhashyakarla
Archana Satish
Nathan E. Singh

Washington High School
Diana He

July 10, 2023: Additional College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners

Five FUSD students are among the approximately 750 high school seniors named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as additional recipients of college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships. These awards, which provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the sponsoring institution, are financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Scholars are selected by officials of each sponsor college from Finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.

American High School
Aditya Gupta
Zhaorong Tu

Irvington High School
Aarya P. Morgaonkar

Mission San Jose High School
Ayushi Kashyap
Bryan Xiong

2023 Merit Scholars

Of FUSD’s 41 recipients in 2023, 39 per cent (16 students) listed Computer Science as their probable career field; no other career field garnered more than two responses.

Each recipient is a Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition; seniors from each FUSD comprehensive high school were named among the approximately 16,000 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists for 2023, representing less than one percent of high school seniors nationwide. The City of Fremont garnered the 2nd-highest number of semifinalists amongst all cities in California (170 total, 169 from FUSD schools) – trailing only the City of San José.

High school juniors were screened for the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program through the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®); semifinalists are the highest-scoring entrants in each state. Semifinalists for corporate-sponsored and future Merit scholarships must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT® or ACT® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. Scholarship winners also submitted applications demonstrating their extracurricular activities, awards, and leadership positions.

A total of 47 FUSD students were named National Merit Scholars in 2022.

Visit www.nationalmerit.org for more information on the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.