Twenty-Six Students Receive $2,500 National Merit Scholarships
MCPS Bulletin
Posted On May 11, 2022
Twenty-six MCPS students from 14 high schools have been awarded National Merit $2,500 scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
The students are among 52 high school seniors in Maryland to be selected in the latest group of National Merit Scholarship Program recipients. The scholars were selected from a pool of more than 15,000 students, and will receive a one-time award of $2,500 for post-secondary education.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) was established in 1955 to honor scholastically talented youth and encourage academic excellence at all levels of education. The scholarships are privately funded by NMSC, and are underwritten by more than 400 independent corporate and college sponsors.
The 2022 MCPS $2,500 scholarship recipients, their schools and probable career fields are:
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Joey G. Giordano
Probable career field: Materials Engineering
Grace Cavanagh Wilkins
Probable career field: Economics
Montgomery Blair High School
Natanel W. Ha
Probable career field: Environmental Science
Jihwan Kim
Probable career field: Academia
Hawon Lee
Probable career field: Engineering
Jeffrey W. Tong
Probable career field: Computer Programming
James Hubert Blake High School
Graham M. Ferguson
Probable career field: Genetics
Winston Churchill High School
William Zhu
Probable career field: Computer Science
Clarksburg High School
Sarah R. Thomas
Probable career field: Academia
Gaithersburg High School
Ishaan S. Antani
Probable career field: Medicine
Walter Johnson High School
Andrew P. Berube
Probable career field: Business
Sophia E. Meytin
Probable career field: Science/Research
Northwest High School
Flora Ye
Probable career field: Psychiatry
Poolesville High School
Kaviya Kandaswamy
Probable career field: Undecided
Christine M. Kim
Probable career field: Law
Benjamin E. Nachod
Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering
Richard Montgomery High School
Victoria C. Koretsky
Probable career field: Chemical Engineering
Jonathan M. Nalikka
Probable career field: Computer Science
Hana R. O’Looney-Goto
Probable career field: Politics
Visesh Srinivas Uppoor
Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering
Sherwood High School
Emma C. Bair
Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering (Robotics)
Wheaton High School
Lily Ciel L. Behnam
Probable career field: Veterinary Medicine
Walt Whitman High School
Joseph A. Aron
Probable career field: Surgical Medicine
Iman Ilias
Probable career field: Diplomatic Service
Felix J. Leonhardt
Probable career field: International Relations
Thomas S. Wootton High School
Jasmine X. Gong
Probable career field: Psychology
