Twenty-three students at Issaquah and Sammamish schools have been named semifinalists in the 60th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. They are:

Issaquah High School

Aylor, Robert C.

Esko, Wesley A.

Fetsch, Natalie F.

Holmes, Gabriela

Lu, Shiwei

Moore, Elizabeth A.

Qin, Ryan K.

Rudolph, Joshua C.

Eastlake High School

Bawa, Akanksha

Goutham, Ashwathy

See, Gabriel

Shan, Cheng

Eastside Catholic School

Dada, Tinuola F.

Fernando, Amali M.

Skyline High School

Cao, Michael

DeJonge, Melanie R.

Feng, Emily Y.

Lin, Kelly

Lin, Thomas Z.

Mandyam, Aishwarya R.

Mandyam, Karishma R.

Shih, Brian H.

Shyamkumar, Nikhil