The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced the names of the semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. Twelve Blake seniors have earned semifinalist designation. These academically talented high school seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring. 

Congratulations to Blake's semifinalists:

Dominic Bollettieri 
J.P. Corona 
Shireen Dalton 
Shayan Farhan 
Mattie Jones
Karin Lund 
Aanya Pandey 
Ainsley Pflaum 
Eddie Shen 
Samantha Singh 
Boone Tutterow
Henry Webb

Blake also congratulates 16 members of its senior class who have been commended by the National Merit Scholarship Program in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Although commended students do not continue in the competition for National Merit scholarships, some of these students do become candidates for special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.

Blake’s commended students are:

Xavier Best
Kai Capistrant 
Agustin Catoggio 
Ella Cho 
Tess Dayhoff 
Christian Hovard 
Ruhi Kurdikar 
Lauren Lee
Catherine Lin
Tony Liu
Chizoro Nwokocha 
Vivien Pihlstrom 
Carson Rosenbaum 
Sam Tomczik 
Aidan Zhang
Alex Zhang