Weston, Redding Students Named National Scholarship Semifinalists

WESTON/REDDING, CT — The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has named students from Weston and Redding National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists.

Owen Tanzer, Carolyn Zech and Kayla Zhang from Weston High School were named to the list. From Joel Barlow High School in Redding, Andrew Z. Yu was cited.

The students join a group representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors.

The scholarship organization announced the names Wednesday in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Semifinalists have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.

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Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 420 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC's goals of honoring the nation's scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

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