Three Neenah High School seniors were honored as semifinalists for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program. The students were among the more than 1.3 million students nationwide who entered the 2025 competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Carl Hein, Zachary Liebeskind and Harmon Posegate were among a total of 16,000 semifinalists named nationwide, representing less than one percent of high school seniors. The two Neenah students are each vying for one of 6,870 National Merit Scholarships, which total about $26 million. Final scholarship awards will be announced next spring.

Hein participates in cross country, tennis and National Honor Society. Liebeskind is in Vintage show choir, Touch of Class orchestra, tennis, LAUNCH and National Honor Society. Posegate is a member of cross country, track and field, Vintage show choir and VEX Robotics.