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High schoolers named National Merit winners
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The nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced more than 3,000 winners of 2023 National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Scholarships range from $500-$2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
An additional group of scholars, to be announced in July, will bring the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients to more than 3,800 in 2023.
Earning scholarships were Nicholas J. Achee of Covington, St. Paul’s School, who plans to study chemistry(National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship); Samuel A. Gold of Covington, St. Paul’s School, journalism (National Merit University of Florida Scholarship); Sean M. Roberts Jr. of Covington, St. Paul’s School, engineering (National Merit Louisiana Tech University Scholarship); Sophia Margo Greene of Hahnville, Mount Carmel Academy, medicine (National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship); Jonathan Breaux of Mandeville, Archbishop Hannan High School, actuarial science (National Merit Louisiana State University Scholarship); Keegan E. Burrell of Mandeville, St. Paul’s School, computer science (National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship); John A. Keller of Mandeville, St. Paul’s School, medicine (National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship); Luke M. Alvendia of Metairie, Brother Martin High School, surgical medicine (National Merit Louisiana State University Scholarship); Evan L. Carter of Metairie, Brother Martin High School, medicine (National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship); Dylan A. Falcon of Metairie, Jesuit High School, biomedical engineering (National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship); Isabelle C. Moore of Metairie, Academy of the Sacred Heart, biology (National Merit Louisiana State University Scholarship); Andrew P. Davis of New Orleans, Jesuit High School, undecided field of study (National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship); Madison My-Le Nguyen of New Orleans, Mount Carmel Academy, psychology (National Merit Louisiana State University Scholarship); James M. Nolan of New Orleans, Jesuit High School, military service field (National Merit Vanderbilt University Scholarship); Christina M. Rareshide of New Orleans, St. Mary’s Dominican, marketing (National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship); Wade S. Rogers of New Orleans, Jesuit High School, urban/city planning (National Merit Fordham University Scholarship); Abigail R. Toups of New Orleans, Mount Carmel Academy, surgical medicine (National Merit University of Mississippi Scholarship); Leah Chatelain of Ponchatoula, Archbishop Hannan High School, biology (National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship); Mary Salvaggio of River Ridge, Archbishop Chapelle High School, chemical engineering (National Merit Tulane University Scholarship).
National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners supported by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s own funds winners announced May 10 were Peter G. Verges of Mandeville, St. Paul’s School, aerospace engineering; Patrick J. Dowd of Metairie, Jesuit High School, medicine; Kyle D. Jackson of Metairie, Jesuit High School, computer science; and Diego A. Swonger of Metairie, Archbishop Rummel, biomedical engineering.