Twenty-six MCPS students from 14 high schools have been awarded National Merit $2,500 scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

The students are among 52 high school seniors in Maryland to be selected in the latest group of National Merit Scholarship Program recipients. The scholars were selected from a pool of more than 15,000 students, and will receive a one-time award of $2,500 for post-secondary education.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) was established in 1955 to honor scholastically talented youth and encourage academic excellence at all levels of education. The scholarships are privately funded by NMSC, and are underwritten by more than 400 independent corporate and college sponsors.

The 2022 MCPS $2,500 scholarship recipients, their schools and probable career fields are:

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

Joey G. Giordano
Probable career field: Materials Engineering

Grace Cavanagh Wilkins
Probable career field: Economics

Montgomery Blair High School

Natanel W. Ha
Probable career field: Environmental Science

Jihwan Kim
Probable career field: Academia

Hawon Lee
Probable career field: Engineering

Jeffrey W. Tong
Probable career field: Computer Programming

James Hubert Blake High School

Graham M. Ferguson
Probable career field: Genetics

Winston Churchill High School

William Zhu
Probable career field: Computer Science

Clarksburg High School

Sarah R. Thomas
Probable career field: Academia

Gaithersburg High School

Ishaan S. Antani
Probable career field: Medicine

Walter Johnson High School

Andrew P. Berube
Probable career field: Business

Sophia E. Meytin
Probable career field: Science/Research

Northwest High School

Flora Ye
Probable career field: Psychiatry

Poolesville High School

Kaviya Kandaswamy
Probable career field: Undecided

Christine M. Kim
Probable career field: Law

Benjamin E. Nachod
Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering

Richard Montgomery High School

Victoria C. Koretsky
Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

Jonathan M. Nalikka
Probable career field: Computer Science

Hana R. O'Looney-Goto
Probable career field: Politics

Visesh Srinivas Uppoor
Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

Sherwood High School

Emma C. Bair
Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering (Robotics)

Wheaton High School

Lily Ciel L. Behnam
Probable career field: Veterinary Medicine

Walt Whitman High School

Joseph A. Aron
Probable career field: Surgical Medicine

Iman Ilias
Probable career field: Diplomatic Service

Felix J. Leonhardt
Probable career field: International Relations

Thomas S. Wootton High School

Jasmine X. Gong
Probable career field: Psychology