Eighteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students from 10 high schools have been awarded National Merit $2,500 Scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. 
 
The students are among 50 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 2020 MCPS $2,500 scholarship recipients, their schools and probable career fields are: 

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Reed H. Barmada
Probable career field: Physics

Montgomery Blair High School
Marie Brodsky
Probable career field: Mathematics

Lintaro P. Donovan
Probable career field: Military Service

Amanda S. Liu
Probable career field: Biotechnology

Emmy T. Song
Probable career field: Applied Mathematics

Winston Churchill High School

Sophia Y. Fang
Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

Clarksburg High School

Zoe A. Tishaev
Probable career field: Public Policy (Education Reform)

Richard Montgomery High School

Katie L. Kolodner
Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

Laura J. Yao
Probable career field: Computer Science

Northwest High School

Kamila K. Melikova
Probable career field: Economics

Poolesville High School

Sadhana S. Lolla
Probable career field: Computer Science

Sherwood High School

Eve E. Crompton
Probable career field: Medicine

Walt Whitman High School

Hannah R. Donner
Probable career field: Biology

Samantha M. Leventis
Probable career field: Linguistics

Max W. London
Probable career field: Political Science

Emily O. Mayo
Probable career field: History

Emma N. Salafsky
Probable career field: Undecided

Thomas S. Wootton High School
Michelle Shen
Probable career field: Engineering