14 Rye Country Day Seniors were named Semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program based on their exceptional results from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). 

These students will have the opportunity to continue competing for the National Merit Scholarships offered in the spring. 

• Arjun Arora ’26
• James Ding ’26
• Lincoln Feng ’26
• Alexander Gurion ’26
• Helen Halvorson ’26
• Tyler Hatstadt ’26
• Claire Jiang ‘26
• Xindi Liu ’26
• Jason Ren ’26
• Steven Ren ’26
• Jane Wang ’26
• Emily Williams ’26
• Selena Zhang ’26
• Leon Zhou ’26

Additionally, 30 Rye Country Day students were named National Merit Commended Students.

Each student received a Letter of Commendation, and some students may become candidates for special scholarships. 

• Tia Agarwal ’26
• Chaaranath Badrinath ’26 
• Ray Cao ’26
• Josie Choi ’26 
• Eliana Chorost ’26 
• Nola Coady ’26
• Catherine Colao ’26
• Cason Dean ’26 
• Jack Dorin ’26 
• Nathaniel Dunlop ’26
• Andrew Eason ’26
• Maguire Estill ’26
• Mia Herz  ’26
• Charlie Iwanski ’26
• Matthew Lee ’26
• Lucius Liu ’26
• Harrison Millan ’26
• Harrison Moss ’26
• Andrew Mulderry ’26
• Devan Patel ’26
• Ryan Pauta ’26
• Skyla Perez ’26
• Xavier Perkins ’26
• Stephen Pinder ’26
• Arav Ramaswamy ’26
• Sophia Shen ’26
• Ryan Shurgin ’26
• Zoe Sterling-Dixon ’26
• Milin Torgalkar ’26
• Vreeland Tuncer ’26