Twenty-four students from four high schools in the Archdiocese of Louisville have been named semifinalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. The winners will be announced next spring. The semifinalists are:
- Sacred Heart Academy — Emily Easterling, Abigail Estes, Abigail Beck, Sarah Loheide and Mary Wentzel.
- Mercy Academy — Candace Cox.
- St. Xavier High School — Liam Crooks, Peary Farrar, Marco Antonio Garcia, James Grohmann, Jackson Keadle, James Mikulec, Thomas Ostertag, Tanner Passafiume, Noah Popham and Jackson Smith.
- Trinity High School — Braden Barnett, Jeremy Borden, Elijah Donohue, Michael Hiestand, Samuel McCalpin, Jorge Rojas-Ortega, Eric Sahli and Phillip Sandman.