2 Montrose-La Crescenta Students Win College-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships

LA CRESCENTA, CA — Two students from Montrose-La Crescenta were among the more than 3,200 winners of National Merit Scholarships sponsored by U.S. colleges and universities announced this week. They are among the 32 winners from Los Angeles County.

Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

Crescenta Valley High senior John K. Woo plans to study industrial engineering at the University of Southern California.

Montrose resident Jason Park, who also attended Crescenta Valley high, plans on studying biochemistry at Occidental College.

An additional group of Scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2017 competition to approximately 4,000.

This year, 182 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 103 private and 79 public institutions located in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

College-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners announced Wednesday are a part of the distinguished group of about 7,500 high school seniors who will receive National Merit Scholarships for college undergraduate study worth over $32 million. The winners of corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards and National Merit $2500 Scholarships were announced earlier this spring.

Here are this year's winners from Los Angeles County:

1. Wendy W. Lee ARCADIA 91007
   Probable career field: Accounting ARCADIA H. S., ARCADIA
   NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
2. Yue Liang ARCADIA 91006
   Probable career field: Applied Mathematics ARCADIA H. S., ARCADIA
   NATIONAL MERIT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
3. Brianna M. Sun ARCADIA 91006
   Probable career field: Law (Intellectual Property) ARCADIA H. S., ARCADIA
   NATIONAL MERIT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
4. William X. Wang ARCADIA 91006
   Probable career field: Business Administration ARCADIA H. S., ARCADIA
   NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
5. Darren Yau CERRITOS 90703
   Probable career field: Computer Science WHITNEY H. S., CERRITOS
   NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SCHOLARSHIP
6. Jaewon M. Yang ENCINO 91436
   Probable career field: Computer Science CLEVELAND H. S., RESEDA
   NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
7. John K. Woo LA CRESCENTA 91214
   Probable career field: Industrial Engineering CRESCENTA VALLEY H. S., LA CRESCENTA
   NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
8. Xavier A. Jackson LOMITA 90717
   Probable career field: Mathematics SAN PEDRO H. S., SAN PEDRO NATIONAL MERIT
   UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
9. Jacob E. Liker LOS ANGELES 90024
   Probable career field: Broadcast Journalism HARVARD- WESTLAKE SCHOOL, STUDIO CITY
   NATIONAL MERIT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
10. Naiche Whyte-Aguayo LOS ANGELES 90042
    Probable career field: Engineering EAGLE ROCK H. S., LOS ANGELES
    NATIONAL MERIT HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
11. Matthew A. Kennedy MANHATTAN BEACH 90266
    Probable career field: Computer Engineering MIRA COSTA H. S., MANHATTAN BEACH
    NATIONAL MERIT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
12. Jason Park MONTROSE 91020
    Probable career field: Biochemistry CRESCENTA VALLEY H. S., LA CRESCENTA
    NATIONAL MERIT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
13. Rajvi D. Patel NORTHRIDGE 91326
    Probable career field: Medicine SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL, CHATSWORTH
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
14. Luca V. Mendoza PACIFIC PALISADES 90272
    Probable career field: Music CROSSROADS SCHOOL, SANTA MONICA
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
15. Nico A. Grande PALOS VERDES ES 90274
    Probable career field: Medicine CHADWICK SCHOOL, PALOS VERDES PENINSULA
    NATIONAL MERIT PURDUE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
16. Vikash Mody PALOS VERDES ESTATES 90274
    Probable career field: Computer Science CHADWICK SCHOOL, PALOS VERDES PENINSULA
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
17. David S. Nagoshi PALOS VERDES ESTATES 90275
    Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering PALOS VERDES PENINSULA H. S., ROLLING HILLS ESTATES
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
18. Jerry Wu SAN GABRIEL 91775
    Probable career field: Medicine SAN MARINO H. S., SAN MARINO
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
19. Rebecca J. Chen SAN MARINO 91108
    Probable career field: Undecided SAN MARINO H. S., SAN MARINO
    NATIONAL MERIT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
20. Kenneth A. Lin SAN MARINO 91108
    Probable career field: Business Management SAN MARINO H. S., SAN MARINO
    NATIONAL MERIT BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
21. Carolyn M. Shyong SAN MARINO 91108
    Probable career field: Academia FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL, LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
22. Grigory A. Manyak SHERMAN OAKS 91403
    Probable career field: Biology OAK PARK H. S., OAK PARK NATIONAL MERIT
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
23. Talia A. Ratnavale SHERMAN OAKS 91423
    Probable career field: Chemistry HARVARD- WESTLAKE SCHOOL, STUDIO CITY
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
24. Joseph M. Myers SOUTH PASADENA 91030
    Probable career field: Investment Banking LOYOLA H. S., LOS ANGELES
    NATIONAL MERIT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
25. Tony Ma TARZANA 91356
    Probable career field: Linguistics HARVARD- WESTLAKE SCHOOL, STUDIO CITY
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
26. Maxwell D. Newman TARZANA 91356
    Probable career field: Computer Science CHAMINADE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL, WEST HILLS
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
27. Matthew D. La Rue TORRANCE 90503
    Probable career field: Finance WEST H. S., TORRANCE
    NATIONAL MERIT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
28. Euvin D. Lee TORRANCE 90505
    Probable career field: Business SOUTH H. S., TORRANCE
    NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
29. Justin J. Ciccone VENICE 90291
    Probable career field: Undecided HARVARD- WESTLAKE SCHOOL, STUDIO CITY
    NATIONAL MERIT TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
30. Phoebe Chang WALNUT 91789
    Probable career field: Environmental Science TROY H. S., FULLERTON
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
31. Benjamin Lin WEST COVINA 91790
    Probable career field: Biology EDGEWOOD H. S., WEST COVINA
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SCHOLARSHIP
32. Brendan M. Brzycki WHITTIER 90605
    Probable career field: Mathematics TROY H. S., FULLERTON
    NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP

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