Los Alamitos Student Named National Merit Scholar

A Los Alamitos High School student was one of 19 Orange County high school students named National Merit Scholars today.

The students honored in the national program are eligible for a variety of scholarships. Some will be given scholarships that are renewable for up to four years of college and offered stipends of $500-$10,000 annually. Some scholarships are one-time awards of $2,500-$5,000.  

The Orange County winners are:

• Michelle Leon of Los Alamitos High School
• Robert D. Wiens of Canyon High School in Anaheim
• Jessica Y. Lim of Oxford Academy in Cypress
• Kelsey A. Chun of Irvine High School
• Jason Core of University High School
• Catherine Z. Dong of Northwood High School in Irvine
• Jason Fang of Irvine High School
• Geoffrey Keh Gao of Northwood High School in Irvine
• Vivek Krishnan of Northwood High School in Irvine
• Alexander Lin of University High School in Irvine
• Rafee O. Masud of Irvine High School
• Sean Minh Duc Nguyen of Northwood High School in Irvine
• Eric Shiah of Northwood High School in Irvine
• Susan L. Xing of University High School in Irvine
• Timothy Y. Zhou of Northwood High School in Irvine
• Christopher J. Ibrahim of El Modena High School in Orange
• Ryan Cao Vinh Phan of Troy High School in Fullerton
• Alan J. Hebert of Valencia High School in Placenti
• Elizabeth Knarr of Valencia High School in Placentia.

-City News Service