National Merit Scholars From Colorado Announced

COLORADO — The next group of 2021 National Merit Scholarship winners include 66 high school students from Colorado.

The National Merit winners from Colorado are among the more than 3,100 announced nationally this year to receive between $500 and $2,000 scholarships from colleges and universities across the country, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. said in a news release Wednesday.

National Merit Scholarship winners from Colorado in 2021 include:

• Aiden Jaskolka-Brown, Ralston Valley High School, Arvada: National Merit University of South Florida Scholarship
• Nathaniel A. Pott, Arvada West High School: National Merit University of Texas at Dallas Scholarship
• Camille L. Redford, Arvada West High School: National Merit University of Texas at Dallas Scholarship
• Jeremy P. Pogue, Cherokee Trail High School, Aurora: National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship
• Sherya Suri, Grandview High School, Aurora: National Merit Purdue University Scholarship
• Sadie E. Keller, Homeschool, Berthoud: National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship
• John Corey Balaguer, Fairview High School, Boulder: National Merit Northeastern University Scholarship
• Samuel R. Berets, Fairview High School, Boulder: National Merit Bowdoin College Scholarship
• Quinn P. Hirschland, Fairview High School, Boulder: National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship
• Alyssa M. Lee, Boulder High School: National Merit Florida State University Scholarship
• Sophia J. Murray, Fairview High School, Boulder: National Merit Boston University Scholarship
• Luke D. Silverman, Fairview High School, National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship
• Jonas M. Zeutzius, Boulder High School, National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship
• Jenna C. Plute, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette: National Merit Texas A&M University Scholarship
• Arjun Avinash, Rock Canyon High School, Littleton: National Merit Northeastern University Scholarship
• Sydney B. Naibauer, Rock Canyon High School, Littleton: National Merit Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Arianna M. Sanchez, Rock Canyon High School, Littleton: National Merit University of St. Thomas Scholarship
• Finn L. Garrigan, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village: National Merit University of Southern California
• Adam M. Parish, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village: National Merit University of Southern California
• William T. Seifert, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village: National Merit Southern Methodist University Scholarship
• Nathaniel P. Brim, The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs: National Merit University of Texas at Dallas Scholarship
• William H. Davis, Discovery Canyon Campus High School, Colorado Springs: National Merit Clemson University Scholarship
• Kate E. Nelson, Air Academy High School, U.S.A. F. Academy: National Merit Arizona State University Scholarship
• Rishi Yarlagadda, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs: National Merit University of Central Florida Scholarship
• Gavin H. Engelstad, George Washington High School, Denver: National Merit Macalester College Scholarship
• Avery E. Pitstick, Kent Denver School, Englewood: National Merit Purdue University Scholarship
• Denzel G. Farmer, Durango High School, Durango: National Merit Carleton College Scholarship
• Adam M. Hallstrom, Homeschool, Elizabeth: National Merit Texas Tech University Scholarship
• Mitchell C. Hughes, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village: National Merit Southern Methodist University Scholarship
• Anjali G. Kurse, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village: National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship
• Emory G. Woodruff, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village: National Merit Southern Methodist University Scholarship
• Paris Marie Kiehl, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette: National Merit Colorado State University Scholarship
• Sophie Marie Kiehl, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette: National Merit Colorado State University Scholarship
• Tyler R. Stowell, Prospect Ridge Academy High School, Broomfield: National Merit Brigham Young University Scholarship
• Aiden M. Phoebe, Evergreen High School, Evergreen: National Merit - The University of Arizona Scholarship
• Forrest E. Freeman, Ridgeview Classical Schools, Fort Collins: National Merit American University Scholarship
• Gabriel C. Hoyer, Liberty Common High School, Fort Collins: National Merit Arizona State University Scholarship
• Grace W. McCormick, Liberty Common High School, National Merit Texas A&M University Scholarship
• Sunny K. Taylor, Liberty Common High School, Fort Collins: National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship
• Maxwell Uphoff, Rocky Mountain High School, Fort Collins: National Merit University of Minnesota Scholarship
• Gwen C. Wilusz, Liberty Common High School, Fort Collins: National Merit Colorado State University Scholarship
• Jonas H. Kahila, Ralston Valley High School, Arvada: National Merit Montana State University-Bozeman
• Parker J. Stanfield, Grand Junction High School: National Merit University of Florida Scholarship
• Eliza A. Hill, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village: National Merit Vanderbilt University Scholarship
• Nicole L. Hill, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village: National Merit Vanderbilt University Scholarship
• Elizabeth A. Brunn, Thunder Ridge High School, Highlands Ranch: National Merit University of Southern California
• Alec Y. Jang, Thunder Ridge High School, Highlands Ranch: National Merit Lehigh University Scholarship
• Joseph Clark Parsons, STEM School, Highlands Ranch: National Merit Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Ethan S. Frank, Denver School of the Arts: National Merit Michigan State University Scholarship
• Jai D. Tiemann, Stargate Charter School, Thornton: National Merit Texas Tech University Scholarship
• Emma J. Miller, Lakewood High School, Lakewood: National Merit Colorado State University Scholarship
• Lukas C. Blake, Palmer Ridge High School, Monument: National Merit Embry-Riddle Scholarship
• Lindsey G. Heyd, Thunder Ridge High School, Highlands Ranch: National Merit Texas Tech University Scholarship
• Emma N. Slack, STEM School, Highlands Ranch: National Merit Colorado State University Scholarship
• Ella I. Widmann, D'Evelyn High School, Denver: National Merit Grinnell College Scholarship
• Holden Maxfield, Monarch High School, Louisville: National Merit Colorado College Scholarship
• Thomas K. Warkins, Monarch High School, Louisville: National Merit American University Scholarship
• Ethan J. Voth, The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs: National Merit University of Central Florida Scholarship
• Andrew S. Carter, Legend High School, Parker: National Merit University of Florida Scholarship
• Dylan J. Pidcock, Coal Ridge High School, New Castle: National Merit Colorado State University Scholarship
• Tyler R. Hadeen, Monarch High School, Louisville, National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship
• Delaney G. Osborn, Jefferson Academy, Westminster: National Merit University of New Mexico Scholarship
• Joshua G. Palmer, Horizon High School, Thornton: National Merit Colorado State University Scholarship
• Ehna H. Choi, Stargate Charter School, Thornton: National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship
• Elena K. Frankel, Legacy High School, Broomfield: National Merit Brandeis University Scholarship
• Maximilian M. Pollard, Lakewood High School, Lakewood: National Merit University of Texas at Dallas Scholarship

The National Merit winners announced this week will have their scholarships funded by the colleges and universities that they will attend. One hundred and sixty colleges and universities — including 85 private and 75 public schools — took part in the merit scholarship program in 2021.

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An additional group of college-sponsored National Merit scholars will be announced in July, the scholarship corporation said. This group is part of the approximately 7,500 National Merit scholarship winners who will be selected by the end of 2021. National Merit scholarships via corporate-sponsored awards and the corporation’s own $2,500 scholarships were announced earlier in the spring.

More than 1.5 million juniors nationally entered the 2021 National Merit scholarship program when they took the 2019 preliminary SAT/National Merit scholarship qualifying test, the corporation said. About 17,000 semifinalists, fewer than 1 percent of the country’s high school seniors, were announced last fall.

Semifinalists had to write an essay and detail their extracurricular activities, awards and leadership positions to become a finalist. About half of the 16,000 finalists will be merit scholars by the end of the year, the corporation said.