Thirty-Two students at the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack were recently named as semifinalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship program for 2023.

The following students were among over 16,000 Semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

1. Catherine Chen, Oradell
2. Aaryaa Chiney, Rutherford
3. Esther Cho, New Milford
4. Rachel Disler, Glen Rock
5. Gavin Dyan, Upper Saddle River
6. Bartlomiej Fecko, Leonia
7. Jacob  Golden, Oradell
8. Ho-Joon Han, Little Ferry
9. Jack Hirsh, Ridgewood
10. Zerlina Huang, Ridgewood
11. Sanghoon Jung, Fort Lee
12. Parth Kabaria, Dumont
13. Christina Kaddouh, River Vale
14. Remington Kim, Paramus
15. Jonathan Klein-MacDonald, Oakland
16. Geena Kye, Ridgewood
17. Cadee Lee, Cresskill
18. David Liansi, Mahwah
19. Amishi Mittal, Ridgewood
20. Mustafo Mustafokulov, Montvale
21. Kaylee Nam, Harrington Park
22. Maria-Christina Nicolaides, Dumont
23. Aakash Parmar, Fair Lawn
24. Spencer Schrager, Park Ridge
25. Divyash Shah, Tenafly
26. Jaiden Shin, Cresskill
27. Riley Sobel, Ramsey
28. Ai Takubo, River Vale
29. Michelle Tan, Paramus
30. Meghana Veldhuis, Oradell
31. Maia Walzer, Tenafly
32. Katherine Zhou, Wyckoff

These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition.

National Merit Scholarship winners of 2023 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join nearly 368,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.