Hudson Valley Students Win College-Sponsored Merit Scholarships

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the third wave of 2018 Merit Scholarship winners. Wednesday, about 3,500 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities were named, 15 of them from the Hudson Valley.

Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

This year, 178 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 100 private and 78 public institutions located in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

An additional group of Scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2018 competition to about 4,000.

The college-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners announced today are a part of the group of about 7,500 high school seniors who will receive National Merit Scholarships for college undergraduate study worth over $31 million. Earlier this spring, NMSC announced winners of corporate-sponsored awards and National Merit $2500 scholarships.

Here are the college-sponsored winners in this round:

• Benjamin R. Sherman, Ardsley High School: NATIONAL MERIT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP
• Madison E. Hennessy, Briarcliff High School: NATIONAL MERIT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Maeve A. Brennan, Sleepy Hollow High School: NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Matthew S. Templeton, Horace Greeley High School: NATIONAL MERIT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Alexander W. Chuang, Somers High School: NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
• Peter E. Simpson, Mamaroneck High School: NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
• Alexander T. Wenstrup, Hackley School: NATIONAL MERIT FRANKLIN W. OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP
• Alyssa M. Rider, Newburgh Free Academy: NATIONAL MERIT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Carly R. Griffin-Fiorella, Hackley School: NATIONAL MERIT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Jason D. Sheppard, Rye Country Day School: NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
• Madison L. Guski, Red Hook Central High School: NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• George C. Odlum, Red Hook Central High School: NATIONAL MERIT BOWDOIN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
• Ryan K. Jacobowitz, Scarsdale High School: NATIONAL MERIT PURDUE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Tobias J. Park of Warwick: NATIONAL MERIT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP
• Sarah Min Ahn, Ursuline School: NATIONAL MERIT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP

SEE:

• Hudson Valley Students Win Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarships
  
• Hudson Valley Students Named National Merit Scholars
  

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