Wayne High School Student Awarded National Merit Scholarship

WAYNE, N.J. — Komal A. Nerurkar will probably work in the computer science field after graduating from college. She just got some financial assistance to help her realize that dream.

Nerurkar, a senior at Wayne Valley High School, is the recipient of the National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship. The United Parcel Service Foundation established the scholarship in honor of the company’s founder. Awardees are children of UPS employees.

Nerurkar is one of only a few hundred students nationwide to receive a corporate-sponsored merit scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Nerurkar is a member of Girls Who Code and the Future Business Leaders of America Phi Beta Lambda chapter.

She was the foil captain on the school’s fencing team and executive board member on the school’s National Honor Society chapter.

Corporations provide scholarship to finalists who are children of their employees, residents of the communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue careers within a specific field.

Most of the awards are renewable stipends between $500 and $10,000 that are awarded every years of undergraduate study. Others provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000.

Students qualify for the National Merit Scholarship program by taking the Preliminary SAT.

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