2nd Round Of National Merit Scholarships: 96 Ohio Students Win

OHIO —Ninety-six students from Ohio are winners of the second round of the National Merit Scholarship, which awards $2500 to recipients.

The first round of corporate-sponsored scholarships were announced April 21 and included 37 students from Ohio.

For each state, the number of winners is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors. The program says the winners are the finalists “judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies.”

More than 1.5 million students applied for the highly competitive scholarship and the program says that around 7,500 students will go on to win scholarships in 2021 that total $30 million. Winners of the college-sponsored scholarship will be announced in June and July.

Here are the Ohio winners of the $2,500 scholarships:

• Julia Lynn Schwartz, Alliance High School
• Cole Charles Emerine, Avon High School
• Amy W. Chen, Beachwood High School
• Vivien A. Marmerstein, Western Reserve Academy
• Peter J. Soprunov, Beachwood High School
• Brooke J. Cowan, Bexley High School
• Thomas Patton Giles, Lincoln High School
• Joshua Tu, Columbus Academy
• Andrew J. Yang, Seven Hills School
• Anthony J. Mahoney, Maumee Valley Country Day School
• Kelci N. McNeal, Bridgeport High School
• Mason B. McKibben, Colonel Crawford High School
• Gabriella A. Howard, Canal Winchester High School
• Jeffrey X. Zhang, Centerville High School
• Emily Grace Collins, Chagrin Falls High School
• Jeffery T. Fletcher, Chardon High School
• Abigail S. Fisk, Chillicothe High School
• Noah N. Dinerman, Sycamore High School
• William Thomas Ford, Indian Hill High School
• William L. Henkel, Turpin High School
• Anna M. MacLennan, Anderson High School
• Aidan R. Moncelle, Homeschool
• Norah C. Pack, Sycamore High School
• Nicolantonio Prentosito, Winton Woods High School
• Rishi Verma, Sycamore High School
• Annie W. Xia, Walnut Hills High School
• Andrew Ying, Walnut Hills High School
• Benjamin H. Underwood, Upper Arlington High School
• Jenny X. Fan, Revere High School
• Gavin P. Carr, Walsh Jesuit High School
• Ashrit Challa, Centerville High School
• Sylvia E. Long, Worthington Kilbourne High School
• Maanasa Nandigam, Dublin Jerome High School
• Nikhil Srivastava, Dublin Jerome High School
• Carter A. Pedela, Olentangy Orange High School
• Alex H. Schroeder, Istem Geauga Early College High School
• Gavin M. George, Homeschool
• Rahul V. Ayanampudi, Hilliard Darby High School
• Caitlyn S. Bockbrader, Hilliard Bradley High School
• Zoe E. Simmons, Crestwood High School
• Caroline A. Borrillo, Springfield High School
• Jessica Ha Chang, Hathaway Brown High School
• Jacob C. Weiner, Hudson High School
• Anastasia V. Seckers, Lakewood High School
• Kaili Tu, Olentangy Orange High School
• Joanna K. Halfhill, Lexington High School
• Joshua D. Uterstaedt, St. Xavier High School
• Brooke F. Woods, Bishop Fenwick High School
• Alexander Y. Ye, William Mason High School
• Meg W. Yuan, Seven Hills School
• Sophia M. Costantino, McDonald High School
• Katelyn G. Hamm, Medina High School
• Aditya Akula, New Albany High School
• Aagam Dalal, New Albany High School
• Jonas A. Muhlenkamp, Hoover High School
• Nagappranav Nagajothi, Jackson High School
• Nathan G. Hazlett, Copley High School
• John J. Bauer, Oakwood High School
• William E. Groger, The Miami Valley School
• Ben J. Horstman, Ottoville High School
• Nischal Chennuru, Columbus Academy
• Samuel Z. Deng, Olentangy Liberty High School
• Spencer W. Green, St. Charles Preparatory School
• Ryann A. Joseph, Olentangy Liberty High School
• Amy K. Dokiburra, Twinsburg High School
• Abhay K. Adury, Revere High School
• Jillian L. St. John, Rittman High School
• Maxine N. Gilligan, Hathaway Brown School
• Madeline R. Price, Shaker Heights High School
• Kaisal P. Shah, Hathaway Brown School
• Isaac S. Van Orman, Shaker Heights High School
• Brigette C. Fuentes, Hathaway Brown School
• Alan Y. Han, Solon High School
• Rebecca E. Liebson, Solon High School
• Matthew W. Cornelius, Strongsville High School
• Vardaan T. Shah, Strongsville High School
• Jonathan Cooper, Mariemont High School
• Ishan S. Khare, Ottawa Hills High School
• Victor Gu, Upper Arlington School
• Benjamin T. Meese, Champion High School
• Catherine H. Adams, Westerville North High School
• Emma E. Funderburg, Westerville Central High School
• Simon Warren Squires, Metro Early College
• Laura E. Wolfe, Westerville Central High School
• Rahul Jain, Westlake High School
• John B. Jennings, St. Ignatius High School
• Kenneth Li, St. Ignatius High School
• Shruthi Ravichandran, Hathaway Brown High School
• Macy J. Sinreich, Westlake High School
• Maia G. Lin, Thomas Worthington High School
• Victor L. Nash, Thomas Worthington High School
• Seth A. Kahn, Wyoming High School
• Isaac B. Towne, Wyoming High School
• Stefanie Zidarescu, Wyoming High School
• Vivek M. Prasad, Beavercreek High School
• Anna J. Yang, Beavercreek High School

A total of 16,000 students were selected as finalists for the scholarships and the final winners are candidates “judged to have the strongest combination of academic skills and achievements, extracurricular accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies.”