Southbury Student Among Additional National Merit Scholars

SOUTHBURY, CT — A Southbury student was announced among 900 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships. The college-sponsored awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study.

Haley R. McClure, of Southbury, earned the scholarship. She is a student at Pomperaug High School and is pursuing a career in law. She will be attending Villanova University.

National Merit Scholarship winners are the students in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, according to an overview of the program. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.

Some 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners were announced. By the conclusion of this year’s competition, about 7,500 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million.