Announcing 2026 National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Students

Bloomfield Hills Schools is proud to congratulate six grade 12 students from Bloomfield Hills High School and two grade 12 students from the International Academy who received Semifinalist status from the National Merit Scholarship Program. In addition, nine BHHS students received commendations from the organization.

In each annual National Merit Scholarship Program, about 50,000 academically talented high school students are honored, but only about 16,000 of them are named Semifinalists. The 2025 PSAT/NMSQT served as an initial screen of over 1.2 million entrants to the National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists are the highest scorers in each of the 50 states and represent less than one percent of each state’s high school seniors. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for 6,700 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $24 million that will be offered next Spring.

Bloomfield Hills High School:

Meghan Harper

Ayan Sehgal

Jared She

Jack Sloan

Evan Welch

Isha Ummadi

International Academy students who live within BHS boundaries:

Stevie Ryke 

Dheeyanksha Vishnu Sunderram

About 34,000 students of the PSAT/NMSQT high scorers are designated Commended Students. NMSC recognizes their outstanding ability and potential for academic success in college. Commended Students will not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships. Some may be candidates for special scholarships offered by corporate sponsors.

Bloomfield Hills High School:

Brock Atto

Ellie BenEzra

Rohan Chopra

Leeland Dunstone

Jordyn Goldstein

Leah Goldstein

Wyatt Groves

Grant Moyer 

Mikael Sparkes

International Academy students who live within BHS boundaries:

Josh Buia

Aarav Jain

Leeanne Kabbani

Pradyun Kalagara

Zara Kanjwal

Kobin Kothari

Avani Nandalur

Monil Patel

Milan ThaiTang

Azia Vohra

Congratulations to all of these high achieving students!