Montgomery County Public Schools

Thirty-five Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have earned college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the latest round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Each sponsoring college or university selected scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

The winners, their sponsoring university or college, and their intended career fields are:

Montgomery Blair High School

Samuel S. Chen
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Materials Engineering

Konchok Shonu
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Undecided

Steven Su
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Liam E. Volz
Fordham University
Probable career field: Investment Banking

Hyunku C. Kim, Jr.
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Medicine

Benjamin M. Westgard
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Northwest High School

Jessica H. Hoang
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Margaret M. Slaughter
Rochester Institute of Technology
Probable career field: Film Production

Poolesville High School

Ishaan Bhardwaj
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Rohith Banda
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Engineering

Praneet Boggarapu
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Bioengineering

Jeffrey Chen
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Kylie Y. Gong
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Sydney Young Ozbun
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Nicole D. Kim
Northeastern University
Probable career field: Psychiatry

Ishaan B. Bhardvaj
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Katharina Kiryutin
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Chang Robert S. Xu
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Quince Orchard High School

Alison S. Wang
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Richard Montgomery High School

Anbo Li
Pomona College
Probable career field: Military Service

Katie C. Yang
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Education (College Professor)

Angelina E. Guhl
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Medicine

Mihil V. Sreenilayam
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Sherwood High School

Wendy D. Tu
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Engineering

Winston Churchill High School

Jason Lu
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Biology

Angela Luo
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Business

Jake D. Michaels
Emory University
Probable career field: Dentistry

Walter Johnson High School

Alexandra E. Osterhues
Tulane University
Probable career field: Neuroscience

Ainesh Chatterjee
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Yixin Lao
Boston University
Probable career field: Quantitative Analysis

Walt Whitman High School

Griffin J. Beckley
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Biology

Shelby L. Roman
Colby College
Probable career field: Computer Science

Peter P. Silvia
Purdue University
Probable career field: Aviation

Thomas S. Wootton High School

Annika S. Kulkarni
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science

Anjali S. Samavedam
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer Science