The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program on September 11, 2024. That announcement included five seniors from Putnam County Schools.

Named were: Cole Whittington, Buffalo High School; Stephanie Fischer, Hurricane High School; Katherine Williams, Hurricane High School; Aarshi Lamichhane, Hurricane High School; and Mason Daily, Winfield High School.

These five Putnam high school seniors will continue in the competition for some 6,870…