9 Elmbrook Students Earn National Merit Scholarships

Brookfield WI

03 June, 2020

4:23 PM

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BROOKFIELD, WI — A total of nine students from the Elmbrook School District were named as 2020 National Merit Scholars by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They were among more than 3,300 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2020 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. An additional group of Scholars will be announcedin July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2020 competition to about 4,100. This year, 167 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 92 private and 75 public institutions located in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Here are this year's honorees from the Elmbrook School District Brookfield East High School Nicholas G. Blando Probable career field: AnthropologyNATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOLARSHIPNicholas R. Elwing Probable career field: BiomedicineNATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP Dustin Laufenberg Probable career field: Industrial DesignNATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOLARSHIPWeihang Li Probable career field: MedicineNATIONAL MERIT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP Madhavi L. ManiProbable career field: Computer ScienceNATIONAL MERIT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP Aidan J. Smith Probable career field: Environmental PolicyNATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP Brookfield Central High School Tylan J. Farrokhnia Probable career field: Electrical EngineeringNATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP Cameron A. Kohlmann Probable career field: LawNATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP Shweta PandaProbable career field: BusinessNATIONAL MERIT INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON SCHOLARSHIP