MSHS Students Earn National Merit Scholarship Recognition

Snoqualmie Valley School District is proud to celebrate an outstanding group of Mount Si High School seniors who earned recognition in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Thirteen students were named Commended Students for placing among the top 3 percent of scorers nationwide on the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT):

Commended Students

Nathan Briles	Soren Carpenter	Edmond Hefti	Drew C. Freudenberger
Cathal Mettler	Ryan Price	Boyan Ren	Cavan Snider
Karenna Wheaton	Forest Wilson	Peter Winder	Annie Xu
Jazlyn Yeoh

In addition, two Mount Si seniors — Alyse Anson and Luke Dale — have been named National Merit Semifinalists, placing them among the top one percent of U.S. graduating seniors. More than 16,000 Semifinalists were recognized nationwide this fall based on their exceptional PSAT/NMSQT performance. Alyse and Luke now have the opportunity to advance to the Finalist stage by demonstrating continued academic excellence, leadership, and community involvement.

Alyse and Luke also joined their fellow honorees for a recent recognition at Mount Si, celebrating this shared achievement and the hard work that made it possible.

Congratulations to all of these Wildcats for their remarkable academic accomplishments and commitment to excellence!

Learn more about the National Merit Scholarship Program at www.nationalmerit.org