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Updated: September 11, 2025 @ 5:59 pm
OWASSO, Okla. — Owasso Public Schools has announced that five Owasso High School seniors have been named National Merit Scholar semifinalists.
Ty Elias, Sean Gunter, Mallory Sepulveda, Addison Welborn and Austin Yowell were named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as being among the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The five are competing for some 6,930 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered in Spring 2026.
“We are incredibly proud of Ty, Sean, Mallory, Addison and Austin for being named National Merit Semifinalists,” OPS Superintendent Dr. Margaret Coates said. “This honor reflects their hard work, dedication, and academic excellence, as well as the support of their families and teachers. They exemplify what it means to ‘Be Your Best,’ and we are excited to celebrate this remarkable achievement with them.”
High school juniors entered the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants.
Semifinalists include the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from the group of finalists, which will be announced in February 2026.
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