National Merit Scholars From Washington Announced

Seattle WA

02 June, 2021

4:09 PM

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WASHINGTON — The next group of 2021 National Merit Scholarship winners includes more than 30 high school students from Washington. The National Merit winners from the Evergreen State are among the more than 3,100 announced nationally this year to receive between $500 and $2,000 scholarships from colleges and universities across the country, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. said in a news release Wednesday. National Merit Scholarship winners from Washington in 2021 include: Elijah W. ClarkSchool: Cam Academy, BattlegroundProbable career field: Software engineeringCollege: Washington State UniversitySofia G. AlbrechtSchool: Interlake High School, BellevueProbable career field: EducationCollege: St. Olaf CollegeXiaorong A. Guo School: Interlake High School, BellevueProbable career field: PsychologyCollege: Tufts UniversityEvan C. LandauSchool: Bear Creek School, RedmondProbable career field: EngineeringCollege: Purdue UniversityRichard Z. YangSchool: Newport High School, BellevueProbable career field: EconomicsCollege: University of ChicagoEmma Anne BerrethSchool: Sehome High School, BellinghamProbable career field: Mechanical engineeringCollege: Washington State UniversityKevin WangSchool: Camas High School, CamasProbable career field: Computer scienceCollege: University of Texas at DallasAlexander M. TanimotoSchool: Interlake High School, BellevueProbable career field: Computer scienceCollege: University of MarylandReed M. FowlerSchool: Everett High SchoolProbable career field: BiologyCollege: University of AlabamaConnor W. WilliamsSchool: Issaquah High SchoolProbable career field: PoliticsCollege: Colorado CollegeAndrey PiterkinSchool: International Community School, KirklandProbable career field: Computer scienceCollege: Northeastern UniversityKyler J. CastroSchool: Medical Lake High SchoolProbable career field: Aerospace engineeringCollege: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityJacob GrosofSchool: Mercer Island High SchoolProbable career field: Public policyCollege: Brandeis UniversityWilliam J. SpencerSchool: Mercer Island High SchoolProbable career field: Computer scienceCollege: University of Chicago Abhinav DiddeeSchool: Nikola Tesla STEM, RedmondProbable career field: Electrical engineeringCollege: Northeastern UniversityElliot A. SmithSchool: Woodinville High SchoolProbable career field: Environmental engineeringCollege: University of Southern CaliforniaSamuel J. BattisSchool: Liberty High SchoolProbable career field: UndecidedCollege: University of FloridaKai Leigh McClellandSchool: Newport High School, RentonProbable career field: Science/researchCollege: Merit Trinity UniversityJohnnie L. NorsworthySchool: Richland High SchoolProbable career field: AviationCollege: Oklahoma State UniversityDominick R. D'EmilioSchool: Columbia River High School, VancouverProbable career field: EngineeringCollege: University of ArizonaBenjamin I. RichterSchool: Skyview High School, VancouverProbable career field: AccountingCollege: Florida State UniversityEleanor R. HarrisSchool: Eastlake High School, SammamishProbable career field: MedicineCollege: Western Reserve UniversityClaudia K. HarnettSchool: Lakeside School, SeattleProbable career field: BusinessCollege: University of ChicagoAnna V. KendallSchool: Seattle AcademyProbable career field: NeurosurgeryCollege: Tufts UniversityMatthew J. LordSchool: Garfield High School, SeattleProbable career field: Game designCollege: Northeastern UniversityEthan Macey-CushmanSchool: Ingraham High School, SeattleProbable career field: EconomicsCollege: Tulane UniversityMollie K. McGibbonSchool: Ingraham High School, SeattleProbable career field: Public healthCollege: Willamette UniversityKatrina A. WangenSchool: Curtis High School, University PlaceProbable career field: Civil engineeringCollege: University of Central FloridaJenna T. Chinn School: Columbia River High School, VancouverProbable career field: Computer scienceCollege: Santa Clara UniversityJasmine WuSchool: Union High School, CamasProbable career field: MedicineCollege: University of Southern CaliforniaSamuel J. WaySchool: HomeschooledProbable career field: BiochemistryCollege: University of Idaho The National Merit winners announced this week will have their scholarships funded by the colleges and universities that they will attend. One hundred and sixty colleges and universities — including 85 private and 75 public schools — took part in the merit scholarship program in 2021. An additional group of college-sponsored National Merit scholars will be announced in July, the scholarship corporation said. This group is part of the approximately 7,500 National Merit scholarship winners who will be selected by the end of 2021. National Merit scholarships via corporate-sponsored awards and the corporation's own $2,500 scholarships were announced earlier in the spring. More than 1.5 million juniors nationally entered the 2021 National Merit scholarship program when they took the 2019 preliminary SAT/National Merit scholarship qualifying test, the corporation said. About 17,000 semifinalists, fewer than 1 percent of the country's high school seniors, were announced last fall. Semifinalists had to write an essay and detail their extracurricular activities, awards and leadership positions to become a finalist. About half of the 16,000 finalists will be merit scholars by the end of the year, the corporation said.