7 National Merit Scholars From Howard County Named In 1st Round Of Scholarships

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — The first wave of National Merit Scholars for 2022 has been named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. There will be three more rounds of scholarship winners under the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program for a total of 7,500 academic champions and scholarships worth approximately $28 million.

Approximately 1,000 distinguished high school seniors have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by more than 135 corporations, company foundations and other business organizations. Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met the criteria of their scholarship sponsors.

The winners from Howard County are:

• Emily Y. Wang of Clarksville; probable career field: medicine; River Hill High School; National Merit Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Scholarship
• Emily R. Davies of Ellicott City; probable career field: computer programming; Mount Hebron High School; National Merit Leidos, Inc., Scholarship
• Brianna M. Duffy of Ellicott City; probable career field: physical therapy; Howard High School; National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship
• Manasvini Parimi of Ellicott City; probable career field: biology; Marriotts Ridge High School; National Merit General Dynamics Corporation Scholarship
• Lindsay M. White of Ellicott City; probable career field: computer science; Centennial High School; National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship
• David Zheng of Ellicott City; probable career field: electrical engineering; Mount Hebron High School; National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship
• Amy Jacqueline Hwang of West Friendship; probable career field: business management; Glenelg High School; National Merit Mary E. Beyerle Scholarship