Tampa Bay National Merit Scholarship Winners Named

TAMPA BAY, FL — National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced this year’s National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners.

The $2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program.

National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have

the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college
studies. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.

These scholars were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high
school counselors, who appraised a substantial amount of information submitted by both the
finalists and their high schools: academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied
and grades earned; scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay
written by the finalist; and a recommendation written by a high school official.

They include:

Krisztian V. Cseh of Hudson
Probable career field: Anthropology
Gulf High School

Jennifer R. Zartman of Land O' Lakes
Probable career field: Actuarial Science
Land O' Lakes High School

Alexander G. Dyer of Lithia
Probable career field: Medicine
Newsome High School

Nicholas A. Sherwin of Lithia
Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering
Strawberry Crest High School

Jonathan E. Barbara of Lutz

Probable career field: Finance
Steinbrenner High School

Kelsey A. Robinson of Palm Harbor
Probable career field: Applied Mathematics
East Lake High School

Maya Srinivasan of Palm Harbor

Probable career field: Investment Banking
Palm Harbor University High School

Calvin M. Finley of St. Petersburg

Probable career field: Data Science
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School

Rivers C. Lenholt of St. Petersburg
Probable career field: Law
St. Petersburg High School

Arpan Bagui of Tampa
Probable career field: Investment Banking
King High School

Spencer V. Farfante of Tampa
Probable career field: Engineering
Jesuit High School

Nicholas A. Hajjar of Tampa
Probable career field: Civil Engineering
Berkeley Preparatory School

Kayla N. Huynh of Tampa
Probable career field: Medicine
Robinson High School

Alixandra S. Rubin of Tampa
Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering
Plant High School

Shehzad S. Shah of Tampa
Probable career field: Computer Science
Wharton High School

Junhao Zhang of Tampa
Probable career field: Law
Plant High School

Alexander C. Theophilopoulos of Tarpon Springs
Probable career field: Applied Mathematics
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Amber L. Seaberg of Trinity
Probable career field: Industrial Engineering
Mitchell High School

Aidan J. Persaud of Wesley Chapel
Probable career field: Computer Engineering
Wiregrass Ranch High School