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Meet Loyola’s Five National Merit Semifinalists

In early September, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation named five Loyola Academy students National Merit semifinalists. Celebrating 70 years, the National Merit Scholarship Program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. Congratulations to John Ehlert, Martin Raphael Gonzalez, Gustav Koh, Seiichi Villacarlos, and Ethan Santiago.

The nationwide pool of semifinalists represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors and includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. High school juniors entered the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be awarded in the spring.

The Loyola community congratulates the following five seniors from the Class of 2025:

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  • John Ehlert

    Grade school: St. Francis Xavier
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  • Martin Raphael Gonzalez

    Grade school: St. Norbert
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  • Gustav Koh

    Grade school: North Shore Country Day
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  • Ethan Santiago

    Grade school: St. Francis Xavier
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  • Seiichi Villacarlos

    Grade school: Nichols Middle School
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