ORHS has 11 seniors named National Merit semifinalists

Eleven seniors from the Class of 2014 at Oak Ridge High School have been named National Merit semifinalists.

Semifinalists are students who score in the top 1 percent in their state on the PSAT, or preliminary SAT test. The students took the test as juniors to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, or NMSQT, a press release said.

The students are pictured at left.

In the front row, from left to right, are:

• Aram Bejnood, the son of Morvarid and Saeed Bejnood. College major: physics. College: undecided.
• Emily Cheng, the daughter of Mei-Ling and Meng-Dawn Cheng. College major: chemical engineering. College: undecided.
• Stephanie Andress, the daughter of Keith and Linda Andess. College major: undecided. College: undecided.
• Gaibo Zhang, the son of Zheng Gai and Henry Zhang. College major: computer science. College: undecided.

In the back row, from left to right, are:

• Josiah Chan, the son of Gilbert and Winnie Chan. College major: engineering. College: undecided.
• Larry Shen, the son of Lei Cao and Jian Shen. College major: undecided. College: undecided.
• Jaspreet Singh, the son of Surinder Paul Singh and Peetinder Sandhu Singh. College major: mechanical engineering. College: undecided.
• Simon Crow, the son of Lowell Crow and Gloria Felter. College major: undecided. College: undecided.
• William Mason, the son of Thomas Mason and Jennifer MacGillivray. College major: undecided. College: undecided.
• Liam Schramm, the son of Bill and Stella Schramm. College major: physics or computer science. College: undecided.

Not shown is David O’Neil, the son of John and Meganne O’Neil. College major: chemistry. College: Virginia Polytechnic Institute.