Twenty-five seniors from Novi High School were named National Merit Scholarship Finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

"Novi High School is elated to announce that we have 25 Wildcats who have earned National Merit status," said Novi High School Principal Nicole Carter. "I am very proud of our students' commitment to excellence in education. Their tenacious work ethic and drive to put their best foot forward inspires our entire community to be better. Our knowledgeable staff and supportive parents help our students to excel at a high level."

Novi High School finalists are listed below, in alphabetical order: 

James Chen
Scarlett Chen
Kashika Chhabra
Pracheeta Chordia
Rohan Deme
Shrey Devulapalli
Ashley Fan
Antara Gandhi
Srihari Ganesh
Jessica Jang
Mukund Jayaraju
Michelle Jecmen
Hannah Kim
Gabriel Luo
Vibha Makam
Bryan Nie
Bianca Palicha
Gauri Patel
Riley Rich
Claire Roffi
Madeline Simmon
Katherine Song
Jill Vaishnav
Linda Weng
Elizabeth Yang

About half of the finalists will be chosen for scholarship awards. Those announcements begin in April.