78 Hawaii seniors
named semifinalists
in 2002 National Merit
Scholarship program

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Star-Bulletin staff

The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has announced that 78 Hawaii high school seniors are semifinalists in its 2002 scholarship program.

These students received the highest scores statewide on the 2000 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and represent less than 1 percent of the state's seniors.

About 90 percent of the semifinalists nationwide are expected to advance to the finalist level.

Qualifications include outstanding high school academic records, endorsement and recommendation by their high school principals, SAT scores confirming their earlier qualifying test performances, and completion of detailed scholarship applications.

Next spring, the finalists will compete for some 8,000 Merit Scholarship awards with 16,000 seniors across the nation.

HILO

Hilo High School
Shannon J. Iyo

Waiakea High School
Mark L. Hammes
Kori A. Haymore
Jennifer L. Mishina

HONOLULU

Hawaii Baptist Academy
Marcia A. Ciccone

Home School
Sandra Ahn

Iolani School
Aaron T. Aoyama
Pamela S. Carlton
Sarah M. Damerville
Robin R. Dawson
Dana K. Fassler
Brandon H. Fukuda
Sean M. Garcia
Bryan Y. Ho
Meghan H. Hong
Ivy H. Hsu
Eric R. Ideta
Jessica A. Kato
Blake K. Kawamoto
Krista K. Kiyosaki
Casey A. Kunimura
Christopher J. Leong
Justin Y. Murakami
Jasmine A. Nakagawa
Ricky D. Nguyen
Nathaniel T. Noda
Christopher I. Tuthill
Xin Yin
David T. Yoshida
Kristal B. Young
Nathaniel H. Young

Kaiser High School
Eva J. Constantaras
Vallent Lee

Kalani High School
William S. Howes

Kamehameha Secondary Schools
Jesse K. Barros
Kira Y. Lee
Michelle K. Lyman
Adrian K. Martin
Jordan-Ryan J. Medeiros
Russell K. Soon

McKinley High School
Aaron J. Hamer

Moanalua High School
Raymond Liu
Christopher A. Mikesell

Punahou School
Erin C. Arakawa
James A. Dee
Kelli Ann Domae
David T. Dowsett
Shawn N. Drost
Diana C. Hahn
Benjamin B. Hughes
Jessica A. Hui
Matthew W. Ishida
Christian M. Junge
Jason T. Kerwin
Jonathan K. Leland
Jennifer M. Maehara
Catherine L. Matthews
Remy Minami
Brent K. Nakamura
Matthew Y. Oda
Lauren B. Paer
Heyjin C. Park
Angela F. Rastegar
Christopher K. Steverson
Kara S. Tabor-Furmark
Wayne C. Tanaka
Chelsea K. Tanimura
Nyssa E. Thompson
Michael G. White
Susan L. Williams

Roosevelt High School
Rachel J. Choy

University Laboratory School
Valerie Y. Sakimura

KAHULUI

Maui High School
Christopher S. Ling

KAILUA-KONA

Kealakehe High School
Leilani K. Lee Loy

KAMUELA

Hawaii Preparatory Academy
Jonathan C. Hutchinson

MAKAWAO

Seabury Hall
Blanche A. Case

PEARL CITY

Pearl City High School
Jill S. Kobashigawa

WAILUKU

Henry P. Baldwin High School
Justin A. Delima