Thursday, September 19, 2002
2003 National Merit Semifinalists
OHIO
Anderson: Will Cole, Patrick McCamley, Leah Zoller
Archbishop McNicholas: Joseph Beumer, Daniel Brown, Michelle Cheek, Josh Kellerman, Eric Miazga
Bethel-Tate: Sarah Howison, Allison Wash
Bishop Fenwick: Derek Benz, John Thomas
Cincinnati Country Day: Ian McLean, Robert Whitten
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy: Christopher DeVore
Colerain: Rachel Bensman
Fairfield: Deepak Bal, Rabina Kochar, Mark Potter
Finneytown: Allen Boxer
Home school: Jeff Binder, Cincinnati; Kathryn Lakomy, Liberty Township; Zachary Graham, Loveland, Joel Dobney, Wilmington
Indian Hill: Alexandra Schoeny, Benjamin Shank
Kings: Bradley Maurer
Lakota East: Claire Sweigart, Catherine Vermeersch
Lakota West: Steven Gilday, Rukku Singla
La Salle: David Ball
Lebanon: Kenneth Martin
Little Miami: Emily Hamburg
Loveland: Emily Ascolese, Hilary Schmidt
Madeira: Sarah Gillen, Erin Morgan, Michael Stentz
Mariemont: Justin Hendricks, Daniel Maggard, Karen Olson, Josh Recca
McAuley: Nicole Edwards
Milford: Martha Lawry, Jason Waeber
Moeller: Kuangyan Huang, Thomas Lippman, Anthony Magner, Anthony Rudd
Mother of Mercy: Ingrid Bauer
Mount Notre Dame: Karen Biscopink
Oak Hills: Steven Barrie
Princeton: Katie Bailey, Anne Coale, Mathew Thornburg
Purcell Marian: Paul Burks
Regional Institute Torah of Secular Studies: Sarah Schechter
Roger Bacon: Chris Shooner
School of Creative and Performing Arts: Jill Van Epps
Seven Hills School: Tim Balskus, Brit Cowan, David Ferrell, Rachel Goldman, Laura Gutowski, Ian Hayes, Holley Horrell, Evan Joiner, Kristian Lappalainen, Gabriel Pagani, Megan Rockwell, Neeraj Singh, Alexander Sittenfeld, Benjamin Tepperberg
St. Ursula Academy: Bridget Cornett, Grace Cretcher, Laura Hart, Catherine Hedgebeth, Kathryn MacCormick, Elizabeth O'Connor, Nicole Ratterman
St. Xavier: Jesse Batsche, Jeffrey Blum, John Corker, Kevin Ellerbrock, Scott Foran, Christopher Franz, James Gehring, Kyle Gorman, Stephen Gronauer, Adam Hampel, Paul Jennings, Edward Kamen, Michael Kleimeyer, Aaron Kolb, Joseph Lennon, Andrew Meng, Francis Millea, Steven Mollmann, Daniel Muenzer, Mark Neyer, Kevin Overmann, Thomas Parker, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nathan Rudy, John Rutherford, Michael Schamer, Christopher Shoemaker, James Stephens, Richard Thayer, Michael Vangeloff, Paul Whitlatch, David Wicks
Springboro: Abby Blair, Julie Foster
Stephen Badin: Christopher Ahn, William O'Hara
Summit Country Day: Anthony Fischer, Steven Haag, John Landrigan, Margaret Niehaus-Sauter, John Steinman
Sycamore: Daniel Ash, Karthik Balasubramanian, James Beard, Shauna Bracher, Kimberly Chang, Daniel Cheng, Christine Chernausek, Elizabeth Chirlin, Mark Daniel, Laura Domas, Emily Goldman, Andrew Jacobs, Sarah Kadetz, Jenna Kamrass, Jennifer Kao, Eric Kightley, Christine Lin, Christine McMahon, Rebecca Newland, Benjamin Scheier, Nilani Thiyagarajah, Anastasia Tolos, Anna Wu, Rebecca Young, Jonathan Zakem
Turpin: Anthony Boutelle, Ryan Connair, Brette Garner, Shannon Gierl, Robby Hamilton, Samuel James, Lauren Shipp, Gregory anLear
Ursuline Academy: Rachel Clapp, Lauren Croall, Katherine Evans, Stephanie Frank, Wendy Goodwin, Shannon Hughes, Leslie Irvine, Anneliese Spaeth
Walnut Hills: Robert Alsfelder, Nicholas Cheng, Dennis Fiser, Annika Goldman, Elizabeth Goldsmith, Jennifer Hoguet, Erin Ingram, Brendan Kereiakes, Peter Muller, Alexander Nager, Oluwarotimi Okunade, Kevin Rebrovich, Erin Teske
William Mason: Kelly Goldston, Harry Kight, Chris Kim, Stephen Renzi
Wyoming: David Cobey, Jeremy Hollander, Erin Salter, David Schaengold, Daniel Schrider, Laura Wallace, Caitlin Wetzel
KENTUCKY
Campbell County: Annemarie McCartney, Brittany Montgomery
Covington Catholic: Evan Buckley, Andrew Feldman, Kyle Marks, Lee Metzger, Mike Wolff
Covington Latin: Jake Tippey
Highlands: Joseph Stephens
Holmes: Caroline Creaghead, Brian Dew, Ryan Fischer, Luke Palisin
Home school: Daniel Williams, Verona
Larry Ryle: Sarah Johnson, Megan Miller
Newport Central Catholic: Ann Blank
Notre Dame Academy: Laura Bragg, Sarah Marcus
St. Henry District: Jacqueline Diersen, Cassie Shipp
INDIANA
Home school: Sara Fuchs, Lawrenceburg; Barbara Hazelwood, Aurora
Lawrenceburg: Ashley Eiler
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