National Merit announces next round of winners

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced that 23 recent Fulton County graduates have been named National Merit Scholars. In addition to the prestigious National Merit Scholar distinction, these 2012 seniors earned National Merit scholarships from participating colleges.

         College-sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners:

Alpharetta High School Navya R. Nadimpalli Kyle R. Seebohm Chattahoochee High School Brandon M. Danzig Allison M. Riley Johns Creek High School Angel Chen Frank A. Mu Leo T. Wang Milton High School Srinidhi Chaganty Samuel M. Hepburn

Northview High School Alexander Heldman Ethan P. Everett Yue Guo Sarah M. Lau Arvind S. Narayan Vignesh Sivashanmugam Hunter Stewart Albert E. Tanubrata Nitin Venugopal Roswell High School Benjamin J. Beker Grace J. Hsu Alexander M. Sheldon Cooper B. Surrett Muhammad T. Wasim

In April and early May, National Merit announced 21 winners that received scholarships from the organization itself and underwriting corporations. Five students also were named National Achievement Scholars, a similar academic competition for African-American high school students. A final round of college-sponsored National Merit winners will be announced July 9.

All of the students first were identified through exceptionally high scores on the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and SAT. They had a record of high academic performance and were endorsed and recommended by their school principal.