Buffalo Grove Students Receive National Merit Scholarships

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced its first round of 2019 scholarship winners Wednesday. Several local students were among 1,000 high school seniors to be picked for corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards, which are finances by dozens of corporations, company foundations and other business organizations, according to a news release. Two additional rounds of scholarship winners will be announced in coming months.

The prizes for the corporate-sponsored winners range from annual stipends between $500 and $10,000 per year while some awards are single payment payouts that range from $2,500 to $5,000, according to the news release.

The winners were selected from a group of finalists and met criteria provided by their scholarship sponsors. Such criteria could include whether the students are children of an employee at the company, are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.

• Emilia-Maria Bondarenko of Buffalo Grove. She is a Buffalo Grove High School student and her probable career field is medicine. She received a National Merit FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. Scholarship.
• Joshua Ezrol of Buffalo Grove. Ezrol attends Adlai Stevenson High School and his probably career field is law. He received a National Merit CDK Global, LLC Scholarships.
• Vaibhav Gupta of Buffalo Grove. Gupta attends Stevenson High School with a probable career field in computer science. Gupta received a National Merit Walgreen Co. Scholarship.
• Shreya Karpoor of Buffalo Grove. Karpoor attends Stevenson High School with a probable career field in biomedical engineering. Karpoor received a National Merit Motorola Solutions Scholarship.
• Madeleine H. Kim of Buffalo Grove. Kim attends Stevenson High School, and she has a probable career field in speech/language pathology. She received a National Merit Acension Scholarship.
• Mary Polupan of Buffalo Grove. She attends Stevenson High School and her probable career field is law. She received a National Merit Computer Aid Scholarship.
• Joao Victor S. Rodrigues of Buffalo Grove. Rodrigues is a Stevenson student with a probable career field in quantitative analysis. Rodrigues received a National Merit Siemens Scholarship.
• Ananya Shah of Buffalo Grove. Shah is a Stevenson student with a probable career field in public policy. Shah received a National Merit Marsh & McClennan Companies Scholarship.
• Tanmayee Vegesna of Buffalo Grove. Vegesna is a Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy student with a probable career field in medicine. Vegesna received a National Merit Walgreens Co. Scholarship.
• Shreya M. Viswanathan of Buffalo Grove. Shreya attends Stevenson and has a probable career field in biomedical engineering. Shreya received a National Merit AbbVie Inc. Scholarship.
• Jennifer X. Xiong of Buffalo Grove. Xiong attends Stevenson and has a probable career field in biomedical engineering. She received a National Merit Abbvie Inc. Scholarship.
• Josephine Zhang of Buffalo Grove. She attends Stevenson and has a probable career field in environmental policy. She received a National Merit Walgreen Co. Scholarship.
• Spencer L. Robieson of Hawthorn Woods. He attends Stevenson High School with a probable career field in electrical engineering. He received a National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship.
• Anjana D. Ganapathy of Lincolnshire. Ganapathy attends Stevenson with a probable career field in architecture. Anjana received a National Merit Walgreen Co. Scholarship.
• Daniel K. Wang of Lincolnshire. Wang attends Stevenson High School with a probable career field in engineering. Wang received a National Merit AbbVie Inc. Scholarship.
• Sanjana Jain of Long Grove. Jain attends Stevenson and has a probable career field in business. Jain received the National Merit Commvault Scholarship.
• Jessica C. Keane of Long Grove. Keane atends Stevenson and has a probable career field in chemical engineering. Keane received the National Merit The PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc., Scholarship.
• Miranda Liu of Long Grove. Liu is a Stevenson student and is planning to pursue a career field in academia. Liu received the National Merit Pfizer Inc. Scholarship.
• Claire Wu Huang of Vernon Hills. She attends Stevenson and is planning to pursue a career field in finance. She received a National Merit Ametek Scholarship.
• Varun Malladi of Vernon Hills. Malladi is a Stevenson student and is planning to pursue a career field in mathematics. She received a National Merit AbbVie Inc. Scholarship. V
• Tony X. Tan of Vernon Hills. Tan is a Stevenson student and plans to pursue a career field in computer science. Tan received a National Merit AbbVie Scholarship.

The National Merit Scholarship Foundation will announce $2,500 award winners on May 8 and winners of its college-sponsored awards on June 5 and July 15. In total, 7,600 students from across the state will receive $31 million worth of National Merit Scholarship awards this year.