The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced 15,000 finalists who will compete in the final round for a scholarship this spring, and 14 of them are from Carroll Senior High School.
The National Merit Scholarship program awards scholarships to 7,500 winners every spring. According to MySouthlakeNews.com, over 1.5 million students entered from 21,000 high schools in the 2021 program and are among some of the highest-scoring students from each state.
“Carroll Senior High School is so proud of these outstanding students,” CSHS principal Shawn Duhon says in MySouthlakeNews.com. “They have put in the hard work and it’s great to see those efforts recognized on a national level. It’s a great day for these Dragons and their families.”
Finalists include Alexander Beres, Vivek Chari, Stephen Chuang, Carter Doby, William Grubbs, Luke Hallenbeck, David Lau, Preston Lock, Adam Lopez, Joseph Sweeney, Darya Tadlaoui, Jessica Yang, Peter Zaluckyj and Isabella Zhou. All of these students will move on to the next round and have a chance to win a National Merit Scholarship this spring.
To learn more about the National Merit Scholarship program, visit NationalMerit.org.