HUNTERSVILLE — Christ the King High School student Alexander Koenigsberger has been named a National Merit Semifinalist in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. This indicates that Koenigsberger scored in the top 16,000 students out of 1.6 million PSAT test-takers.
He is the school’s first National Merit Semifinalist in its five-year history. Koenigsberger will continue in the competition and will be notified later in the school year if he is a finalist. Finalists are chosen based on academic achievement, extracurricular involvement and leadership.
Christ the King students Victor Anastacio, Kirsten Fernando, Alexandra Huet-Hudson, Alec Karam and Gregory Taylor Seeling have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. These awards indicate that these students scored in the top 50,000 out of 1.6 million test-takers.
— Laura E. Henry