National Merit Scholarship Winners
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) released the winners in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The Greenville County Schools winners include:
- Tyler Duprel - Riverside High - National Merit BASF Corporation Scholarship
- Katherine Guth - Wade Hampton High - National Merit $2,500 Scholarship Underwritten by 1969 Merit Scholar Mark L. Friedman
- William Schumacher - Greenville Sr. High Academy - National Merit $2,500 Scholarship
- Sashwath Sivaraman - Riverside High - National Merit $2,500 Scholarship
- Prathiksha Raguram - J.L. Mann High Academy - National Merit $2,500 Scholarship
- Rishika Talati - J.L. Mann High Academy - National Merit $2,500 Scholarship
Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the Finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of their scholarship sponsors. Corporate sponsors provide National Merit Scholarships for Finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.
The majority of scholarships offered each year are underwritten by approximately 300 independent corporate and college sponsors that share NMSC’s goals of honoring scholastically talented youth and encouraging academic excellence at all levels of education.
To be considered for a National Merit Scholarship, Semifinalists had to fulfill requirements to advance to Finalist standing. Each Semifinalist was asked to complete a detailed scholarship application, which included writing an essay and providing information about extracurricular activities, awards, and leadership positions. Semifinalists also had to have an outstanding academic record, and be endorsed and recommended by a high school official. From the Semifinalist group, some 15,000 met Finalist requirements.
NMSC will name winners of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards on June 3 and July 13. By the conclusion of this year’s competition, about 6,700 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $24 million.
