Lockport Student Wins National Merit Cash Scholarship

LOCKPORT, IL — A committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors selected a Lockport student for a National Merit cash scholarship.

Himani Kamineni, a high school senior at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, is one of 2,500 winners of $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Kamineni, who plans to study medicine in college, is one of 13 winners of the cash scholarships [announced Wednesday] among the class of 2023 at the residential school in Aurora, according to National Merit.

The scholarships are awarded to National Merit finalists found to have the "strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies," according to a release.

The cash scholarships are the second of four rounds of annual scholarship winner announcements by the Evanston-based nonprofit.

Last month, National Merit representatives announced about 840 winners of corporate sponsored-scholarships.

The nonprofit plans to release next month the names of college-sponsored National Merit scholarship winners, which comprise the majority of the approximately 7,140 graduating high school students in line for nearly $28 million scholarships this year.