Eastlake Student Nicholas Pitt Named National Merit Finalist, Making for 9 at High Schools in Sammamish

student Nicholas Pitt has been named a National Merit Finalist, the announced Tuesday.

Pitt is one of 19 district students to receive the honor. He is now qualified to win $2,500 scholarships as well as ones from companies and universities.

In February,  announced the names of students who were named as finalists. The students, according to a Skyline community email, are: Saumya Copparam, Ben Huang, Dipanwita Maulik, Praveen Puvvadi and James Richardson.

has three finalists: Ben Boyle, Matt Mahan and Michael Orehek.

The three high schools in Sammamish have a total of nine finalists. Each year, about 14,000 to 15,000 students in the country are selected as finalists in the competition run by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.