8 Palos Verdes Students Win National Merit Scholarships

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — Eight Palos Verdes students were chosen to receive 2020 college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships. The recipients are:

• Hyun Yee Chung, Chadwick School: Medicine, University of Chicago
• Morgan Farrier, Palos Verdes High School: Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California
• Phoebe Lai, Palos Verdes High School: Screenwriting/Directing, University of Southern California
• Ryan Alimento, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School: Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California
• Charley Kim, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School: Public Health, University of Southern California
• Sanjay Kumar, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School: Business Administration, University of Southern California
• Valmik Ranparia, Chadwick School: Biotechnology, University of Southern California
• Samantha Steman, Palos Verdes High School: Anthropology, University of Minnesota

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced on Tuesday the names of over 3,300 winners of scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Each award will provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

More scholarship winners will be announced next month, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2020 competition to about 4,100.

The 92 private and 75 public colleges and universities are spread out over 43 states and the District of Columbia.

This is the third round of scholarship winners announced this year. Corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards and National Merit $2500 Scholarships were awarded in the spring. When the final scholarship is announced, about 7,600 high school seniors will have received over $30 million.

Patch Staffer Bea Karnes contributed to this report.

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