Two Holmdel Teens Named National Merit Scholars

HOLMDEL, NJ - Two young Holmdel residents recently earned a $2,500 corporate scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Competition, the organization announced.

The competition judges high school students based on their PSATs and awards a number of scholarships during their senior year. The organization announced its corporate scholarship winners in April; winners of the college-sponsored scholarships will be announced on June 2 and July 12.

The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.

Corporate scholarship winners hailing from Monmouth County include Winston Y. Li of High Technology High School and Sydney Yan of Biotechnology High School. Each earned a $2,500 scholarship from the organization.

Around 7,500 scholars will be named between the various scholarship programs. 2,500 scholars announced in April were chosen from a pool of 16,000 finalists.

Other Monmouth County winners include:

• Jessica N. Visone, Manalapan (Academy of Allied Health and Science)
• Anna Marzhona Zimmer, Morganville (Communications High School)

"National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the Finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies," the announcement reads. "The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state's percentage of the nation's graduating high school seniors."

With reporting by Anthony Bellano.