Several Alabama students have been honored with National Merit $2,500 scholarships.

The honorees were selected from more than 15,000 finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Each of the finalists were judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for college success with the number of winners in each state proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.

Honorees were:

Shen Kaicheng, Auburn High School

Corinna Sutterer, Auburn High School

John Jones, Homewood High School

Wesley Sudarshan, Altamont School

Boaz Dernlan, Bayshore Christian School

Tyler Foster, Mars Hill Bible School

Katie Giles, Glencoe High School

Lily Giffin, Homewood High School

Jari Chen, Hoover High School

Lauren Geisler, Hoover High School

Eshika Kudaravalli, Hoover High School

Zachary Lin, Spain Park High School

Mayu Nakano, Indian Springs School

Yukiro Nakano, Indian Springs School

Midhun Sadanand, Hoover High School

Daniel Zhao, Alabama School of Fine Arts

Ella Duus, New Century Technology High School

Benjamin Underwood, Brooks High School

Neha Chopade, Bob Jones High School

Puja Chopade, Bob Jones High School

YutiDas, James Clemens High School

Pranav Somu, James Clemens High School

Joshua Wang, James Clemens High School

Bailey Baxter, W.P. Davidson High School

Kathleen Doyle, Loveless Academic Magnet High School

Kathleen Druhan, Loveless Academic Magnet High School

Selina Sun, St. James School

Vaughn Frost, Mountain Brook High School

Caley Recod, Mountain Brook High School

Elizabeth Sierzego, Huntsville High School

Jack Trew, Pike Road High School

Inman Hebert, Prattville High School

Jonathan Hamner, Northridge High School

Susan Baskar Raj, Vestavia Hills High School

Nathan Wallace, Mary Montgomery High School