Glenview Student Named 2023 National Merit Scholarship Winner

GLENVIEW, IL — A Glenview student is part of a group of 7,200 high school seniors recently announced as National Merit scholarship winners. The scholarships are financed by U.S. colleges and universities.

Benjamin Freidinger, of Glenview, was selected as a winner of $2,500. The Glenbrook South student is pursuing a probable career field of medicine.

Winners are picked based on results from the preliminary SAT, roles in school and extracurricular activities, a recommendation from a school official and a student essay, according to a news release from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, based in Evanston.

The cash scholarships are the second of four rounds of annual scholarship winner announcements. Last month, National Merit representatives announced about 840 winners of corporate sponsored-scholarships.