Palatine Students Receive National Merit Scholarships

PALATINE, IL – 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 financed by dozens of corporations, company foundations and other business organizations, according to a news release. Additional National Merit 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.

The following students received National Merit Scholarships:

• Matthew A. Feinberg of Arlington Heights. Feinberg attends Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora. His probable career field is engineering and he received a National Merit Boeing Scholarship.
• Maura Rose Hogaboom of Arlington Heights. She attends St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights. Her probable career field is medicine and she received a National Merit LPL Financial Scholarship.
• Liana Koleva of Arlington Heights. She attends Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora. Her probable career field is electrical engineering and she received a National Merit Abbvie Inc. Scholarship.
• Caroline R. Lubbe of Arlington Heights. She attends John Hersey High School. Her probable career field is law and she received a National Merit Motorola Solutions Scholarship.
• Martin Michalski of Barrington. Michalski attends William Fremd High School in Palatine. His probable career field is electrical engineering and he received a National Merit Motorola Solutions Scholarship.
• Lydia Shinyoung Hahm of Hoffman Estates. Hahm is a Fremd High School student. She received a National Merit Pepsico Foundation 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 U.S. will receive $31 million worth of National Merit Scholarship awards this year.

More via the National Merit Scholarship Corporation website