Pelham Student Named National Merit Scholarship Winner

PELHAM, NY — The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced over 540 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities. A Pelham resident is among them.

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

In April, more than 1,000 recipients of the corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship were named including 11 from the Hudson Valley. May's announcement was the second group of winners to be announced. In June, 27 were named in the first round of college-based scholarships.

This year, 173 colleges and universities are sponsoring about 4,100 Merit Scholarship awards. Sponsor colleges include 95 private and 78 public institutions located in 43 states and the District of Columbia.

• Henry K. Lin of Briarcliff Manor, Hackley School, NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOLARSHIP
• Andrew G. Van Camp, Briarcliff Manor High School, NATIONAL MERIT TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Leonard Meenan-Pakin Hastings High School, NATIONAL MERIT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Joshua C. Glickman New Rochelle High School, NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Liam Ronan, Pelham Memorial High School, NATIONAL MERIT BOSTON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
• James W. Ayton, Rhinebeck Central School, NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Kreena N. Vora of Wappingers Falls, Roy C. Ketcham HIgh School, NATIONAL MERIT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP