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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Seventeen FCPS Students Win College-Sponsored Scholarships from NMSC Seventeen Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) graduates from the class of 2012 have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Recipients of college-sponsored scholarships from the NMSC, with their probable career fields in parentheses, are: · Meron Belayneh of Edison High School (mathematics), National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship.
· David Kim of Lake Braddock Secondary School (undecided), National Merit Vanderbilt University Scholarship.
· Dylan Kriz of Langley High School (international business), National Merit University of South Carolina Scholarship.
· Nathaniel Banks of Robinson Secondary School (music), National Merit Vanderbilt University Scholarship.
· Matthew Ferrell of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (computer science), National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship.
· Erika Fitzpatrick of TJHSST (undecided), National Merit Carleton College Scholarship.
· Mingming Hu of TJHSST (computer science), National Merit Georgia Institute of Technology Scholarship.
· Jerry Li of TJHSST (engineering), National Merit Washington University in St. Louis Scholarship.
· Aimi Nguyen of TJHSST (dentistry), National Merit University of Texas at Dallas Scholarship.
· Rithvik Prasannappa of TJHSST (medicine), National Merit Washington University in St. Louis Scholarship.
· Kelsey Rainey of TJHSST (engineering), National Merit Auburn University Scholarship.
· Peter Reischer of TJHSST (psychiatry), National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship.
· Benjamin Torczon of TJHSST (business), National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship.
· Zachary Williams of TJHSST (business/law), National Merit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Scholarship.
· Kerry Zhang of TJHSST (economics), National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship.
· Rebecca Holley of Westfield High School (Music/Education), National Merit University of Rochester Scholarship.
· Ian Van Pelt of Westfield High School (biology), National Merit Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Scholarship.
College-sponsored Merit Scholarships provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. Nationwide, approximately 8,100 students have won Merit Scholarship awards in 2012.
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Note: For more information, contact the FCPS Department of Communications and Community Outreach at 571-423-1200.
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