Vestavia Hills High School has earned statewide distinction with 24 students named National Merit semifinalists — the highest total from any Alabama school this year and the school’s largest showing since 2006.

The 71st annual National Merit list, released this fall, includes about 16,000 students nationwide who represent the top 1% of U.S. high school seniors.

VHHS honorees are Mina Hu, Lucy Manary, Lily Xie, Judy Yamani, Mariam Malik, Vivian Shi, Ayden Yother, Evelyn Kutny, Zara McKelvey, Tina Lou, Tina Gao, Syed Andrabi, Lance Wilkerson, Vaughan Milliman, John Wimberly, Ryaan Singh, Aditya Sheelavant, Eric Wang, Daniel McMurray, Jaymin Bae, Cooper Prier, Jack Hugunine, Pratul Danasekar and Jeffrey Zhao.

This is the third time in the past decade that VHHS has produced more than 20 sem

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