Semifinalist in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program

Blythewood High School—Stephen E. Gregg

Brookland Cayce High School—Kaitlyn N. Pennington

Chapin High School—Robert B. Barnes, Jessica M. Chapman, Spencer L. Jones

Dreher High School—Nicholas B. Adkins, Artem Aleshin, Philip A. Cross, Noah R. Fram, Robert A. Hanlin, Laura E. Hubbard, Dillon T. Ingram, Caitlin P. Orr, Kaileen Yeh

A.C. Flora High School—Kelly A. Flora, David M. Hicks, Ella Soltz, Ian M. Taylor, Julia S. Theus

Hammond School—Thomas T. Hydrick

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School— Sara S. Hunter, Sarah C. Plowden, Rachel H. Wolf Home Schooled—Elise J. Porter

Irmo High School—John T. Helms, Rett M. Jackson, Vivek Malhotra, David A. Prim

Ben Lippen School—Rachel P. Despres

Cardinal Newman High School— Johnie O. Hodge

Richland Northeast High School— Chen Ding, William S. Dye, Julia F. Jacobs

Ridge View High School—Emily E. Bowerman, Nadine Luedicke

Spring Valley High School—Shivani B. Agarwai, Rachel N. Arling, Trevor W. Auman, Amanda C. Drake, Payne M. Montgomery, Justin Murphy, Christopher M. Pasco, David H. Richman, Taylor C. Wells