Lake Co. students named Merit Scholars

A new crop of academically gifted National Merit Scholarship semifinalists has been chosen from the high school senior class of 2009.

The chosen students can now vie to become finalists and qualify for thousands of dollars in financial awards for college. Area semifinalists and their schools are:

Antioch: Mignon Rademan, Blythe B. Roberson

Grant: Alexander N. Maskevich

Grayslake Central: Lisa M. Kolf, Anika J. Williams

Grayslake North: Maura R. Cremin

Warren Township: Blaine L. Brount, Kristin L. Lewis, Lauren E. Nowak, Heather J. Olson, Joshua D. Poucher, Sara Thomas

Lakes Community: Rebecca J. Helgeson, Michael J. Scott

Lake Zurich: Shannon E. Hughes, Donald J. Placek

Libertyville: Jeffrey S. Goldman, Ben N. Grozier, Allison E. Kanak, Sarah D. Oswald, Andrew R. Silvis

Stevenson: Rachel J. An, Tyler A. Bartlow, Ben E. Beutel, Lin Bo, Laurence Brouillette, Zachary B. Epstein, Kexin A. Fang, Timothy M. Han, Scott A. Hong, Nikita Ikon, Alexei Iouchkov, Namrata Kodali, Keli Liu, Matthew K. Nichols, Zhihong Oiu, Veronika Pashkina, Michelle Ran, Jonathan S. Safron, Leah A. Schmelkin, Choong-Hwa Shin, Henry B. Wood, Donald L. Yang, Fangzhou Yu, Alexandra L. Zarecky, Tony S. Zhang

Carmel: Kathleen M. Hull, Alexa M. Orticelli, Elizabeth C. Scheer, Kevin M. Stone

Mundelein: Christopher H. Johnson

Vernon Hills: Moira R. Byrne, Michael A. Kulvaranon, Binet C. Lee, Monica S. Lee, Zachary J. Nakashian, Bhagyalaxmi H. Shastry, Gordon D. Skeoch