19 Pittsburgh Area Seniors Win National Merit Scholarships

PITTSBURGH, PA - Nineteen graduating southwestern Pennsylvania high school seniors are among more than 3,200 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities across the country.

The awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. This year, 182 higher education institutions are underwriting the program.

Here’s who received the scholarships, where they will attend college and their probable career choices:

• Canon-McMillan High School

Andrew Balog, Texas A&M University, chemical engineering

• Central Catholic High School

Andrew Klabnick, American University, journalism

• Fox Chapel Area High School

David Han, Kenyon College, environmental policy

• Hampton High School

Emily McCutchen, University of Oklahoma, meteorology
Carmen Schepner, Vanderbilt University, chemical engineering

• Moon Area High School

Kyle Buzza, Purdue University, mechanical engineering
Sean Kennedy, Michigan State University, physics

• Mt. Lebanon High School

Maxwell Huber, Northeastern University, law
Harrison Ulery, Indiana University at Bloomington, education

• North Allegheny High School

Mark Hartigan, Purdue University, aerospace engineering
Chance Yasukichi Kaneshiro, University of Texas at Dallas, mechanical engineering
Isabelle Ramey, Butler University, dance
Anushka Shah, Penn State, biology

• Peters Township High School

Anthony Biscardo, Merit Case Western Reserve University, finance

• Plum High School

Nicholas Klonowski, University of Pittsburgh, physics

• Seneca Valley High School

Danielle Metz, Michigan State University, veterinary medicine

• South Fayette High School

Grace Eckroate, University of Southern California, academia
Yuchen Liu, Northwestern University, undecided

• Thomas Jefferson High School

Mark Schailes, West Virginia University, aerospace engineering