GSB Honors One National Merit Semifinalist and Seven National Merit Commended Students 

GSB Honors One National Merit Semifinalist and Seven National Merit Commended Students 

Gill St. Bernard’s was proud to honor eight seniors recognized in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. 

Upper School Director Dr. Joel Coleman P ’22  announced the recipients in Upper School Assembly and they included: 

National Merit Semifinalist 

Nathan Jiang 

National Merit Commended Students 

Josephine Adebambo 

Akshara Datla  

Sanjay De Silva  

Jacqueline Herrera-Perez  

Katherine Horton  

Alexander Nibauer  

Harry Pambianchi 

As a Semifinalist, Jiang has the opportunity to continue in the competition and to qualify for a National Merit Scholarship.  

Held annually, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation identifies the top performers among all students taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). This past October, over 1.3 million students took the qualifying test. Commended Students are those who placed among the top 50,000 of students who took the qualifying test, and Semifinalists placed among the top 17,000 students. 

Congratulations to our Commended students and to our Semifinalist. We wish you continued academic success in the future! 

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