Farmer was then named one of three national finalists.

The national finalists, all seniors, were selected from a field of 300 semifinalists.

Fourteen of the 40 national finalists were young women.

The club team was a national finalist in 2005.

During the first three years of the contest, this panel selected the eight national finalists.

The next year he won all the levels of the Met auditions and was one of the ten national finalists.

With controversy inevitable again, it does not appear there is anything special about the formula to determine the national finalists.

But the high-profile teams not making the field includes Syracuse, a national finalist last spring.

Find out more about the national finalists and certificate of merit nominations.

The Minutemen were national finalists in 1978 and 2006.