Nine Darien High School seniors have been named National Merit Semifinalists, school officials announced.
Each of the students will be candidates to receive a scholarship from the National Merit Scholarships program.
These are the students:

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- Paul Hager
- Forrest Lazzara
- Caroline Lui
- Daniel Pfrommer
- Samuel Scott
- Julia Tong
- Justin Van de Graaf
- Christopher Vernal
- Zhihao Wang
They join about 16,000 students nationwide who have been recognized as national merit semi-finalists.
“We are so proud of this exceptional group of students and wish them well as the process moves forward.” said DHS Principal Ellen Dunn.