Nineteen students from Bellevue have been named candidates in the 2015 U.S. Presidential Scholar Program. Semifinalists will be announced early April with scholars named in May.

Candidates are: Rana C. Bansal, Lakeside School; Phoebe E. Brawley, Interlake High School; Stone L. Cao, Newport High School; Renhao Hu, Newport High School; Tsukasa Ito, Interlake High School; Daniel J. Kranseler, Sammamish High School; Allen Lu, Newport High School; Cory W. Mccartan, Sammamish High School; Alexander Mckeehan, Interlake High School; Karthik P. Meiyappan, Interlake High School; William Nathman, International School; Griffin A. Paulson, Sammamish High School; Nivedita R. Potapragada, Interlake High School; Kimberly C. Ruth, home schooled; Andrew Z. Wang, Interlake High School; Brandon B. Wang, Interlake High School; Ben Yan, Newport High School; Kevin Yang, Lakeside School; and Paul Y. Yun, Interlake High School.