Four Dripping Springs High School seniors have been selected as National Merit semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program: Johnny Dollard, Cameron Duran, Christopher Gearing and Jessica Heintz. Semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, and were the highest scoring students on the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. To become a finalist, a student must have an outstanding high school academic record, be recommended by the school principal, and submit SAT scores that confirm his/her earlier qualifying test performance. The index score in the state of Texas (which is how students qualify) was at an all-time high. Finalists will be announced in February 2020.
Johnny Dollard
Dollard has been named to the All-State Band for three consecutive years as a trumpet player. A member of the National Honor Society, he is a founding member of Dripping Springs High School’s FIRST robotics team. He plans to major in mechanical engineering but has not yet decided on a college. He is the son of Luellyn and Stanley Dollard,
Cameron Duran
Duran is the co-founder of the Society of Pain and Chronic Illness student organization. She is a producer for the Tiger Daily News (video newscasts) and is interning with ANC Sports in the area of digital media technology. She plans to study engineering or technology in college, but is undecided on a destination. She is the daughter of Erin and David Duran.
