Aurora, IL, February 13, 2020 – All 35 of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) students who were semifinalists in The National Merit® Scholarship Program have been named Finalists in the 2020 competition. IMSA finalists represent 23 different communities throughout Illinois.
IMSA’s Finalists in the 2020 National Merit® Scholarship Program
First Name |
Last Name |
Hometown |
| Peter | Baffoe | Schaumburg |
| Frances E. | Balto | Chicago |
| Zoe M. | Berthold | Park Ridge |
| Nishant | Bhamidipati | Bloomington |
| Jay H. | Dong | Dunlap |
| Andrew | Du | Naperville |
| Nikita | Elkin | Lake Bluff |
| Ajay K. | Jayaraman | Dunlap |
| Max T. | Knutson | Hawthorn Woods |
| Torin | Kovach | Moline |
| Elizaveta M. | Kuzmina | Elgin |
| Matthew | Lee | North Aurora |
| Jacob H. | Levine | Riverside |
| Mingyang | Li | Naperville |
| Richard | Ma | Lake Bluff |
| Michael J. | McKelvie | Sycamore |
| Jodie | Meng | Naperville |
| Sabrina P. | Meng | Rockford |
| Krishnachandra | Nair | Aurora |
| Ishan | Nikam | Aurora |
| WonJun | Park | Northbrook |
| Sophia J. | Pribus | Riverwoods |
| Aaron J. | Rodrigues | Aurora |
| Moksh H. | Shah | Aurora |
| Nathan A. | Shwatal | West Chicago |
| Arohi | Singh | Lombard |
| Yatri N. | Sutaria | Bloomington |
| Roshan A. | Thekiniath | Naperville |
| Rohan | Upadhyay | Wheaton |
| Tejo N. | Velagapudi | Bolingbrook |
| Sydney G. | Wang | Lake Bluff |
| Kara J. | Warcup | Geneva |
| Nicole E. | Wolff | Riverside |
| Brandon A. | Young-Eleazar | Lombard |
| Grace G. | Yue | Des Plaines |
