2nd Round Of National Merit Scholarships: Austin Area Winners

Austin TX

12 May, 2021

12:42 PM

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AUSTIN, TX — Thirty-three students from the Austin area 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 16 students from the Austin Metro. More on that story: Austin Area Students Are National Merit Scholarship Winners 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 Austin area winners of the $2,500 scholarships: Zachary J. Abraham of Austin (Westlake H.S.)Archita Amudhan of Austin (McNeil H.S.)Arya Mohan Anantula of Austin (Vandegrift H.S.)Gabrielle T. Bliss of Austin (St. Michael's Catholic Academy)Raunakk S. Chandhoke of Austin (Westlake H.S.)Felix Y. Chen of Austin (Westlake H.S.)Lyssa N. Frank of Austin (McNeil H.S.)Prachi A. Ingle of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Rohan V. Kartha of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Vivian Yu Lang of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Jasper Wugy Lee of Austin (Vandegrift H.S.)Hannah X. Liu of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Yuanlin Liu of Austin (St. Stephen's Episcopal School)Carson T. Murtuza-Lanier of Austin (St. Stephen's Episcopal School)Anavi S. Nayak of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Anish Pandya of Austin (Vandegrift H.S.)Devan Patel of Austin (Vandegrift H.S.)Julia J. Quilici of Austin (Headwaters School)Aashi Rastogi of Austin (McNeil H.S.)Manoj R. Singireddy of Austin (Lake Travis H.S.)James H. Stephens III of Austin (St. Stephen's Episcopal School)Aylin E. Tanriverdi of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Orion W. Tian of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Adora S. Wu of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Erin Zhiqing Xu of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Lillian Yeazell of Austin (Liberal Arts & Science Academy H.S.) Erin W. Zhang of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Alyssa Y. Zhu of Austin (Westwood H.S.)Mainur H. Khan of Cedar Park (Round Rock H.S.)Catherine J. Miri of Cedar Park (St. Dominic Savio Catholic H.S.)Luke A. Taylor of Cedar Park (Cedar Park H.S.)Connor P. Gonzalez of Round Rock (Round Rock Early College H.S.)Conner S. Mullen of Round Rock (Round Rock H.S.) 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."