Fort Bend County students earn recognition for achievements

The following local students were named 2015 National Merit Scholars. They are among 2,500 winners nationwide selected from a pool of 15,000 finalists. Each receives a $2,500 award. Dulles High Siddarth Neal Guha Grace B. Han Saiesh Kalva Saket Sadani Clements High Steven Y. Jiang Angeline Rao Anish V. Rao Achievement Scholarship

St. Agnes Academy student Ashley D. Mercadel and Elkins High student Temitope Oluwatosin Olabinjo, both of Sugar Land, are among about 800 outstanding black American high school seniors to receive Achievement Scholarship awards through the National Achievement Scholarship Program. Recipients receive a $2,500 scholarship. Corporate Scholarship

The following local students are among more than 1,000 distinguished high school seniors who have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 200 corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations. Dulles High

Aalap D. Diwanji, PWC Charitable Foundation Scholarship Carl B. Marth, CBS Corp Scholarship Rishiprotim Nag, Jerry R. Junkins Memorial Scholarship

Sushain Kumar Cherivirala, New York Life Family Scholarship Don Q. Dao, BASF Corp. Scholarship. Michelle J. Huang, Fluor Scholarship Clements High

Chung Hon Michael Cheng, Macy’s Scholarship Pranay Nakirekanti, Nextera Energy Scholarship David Hansheng Nie, Emerson Electric Co. Scholarship

Arjun M. Talpallikar, Chevron Scholarship Aadity K. Venkateswaran, Chevron Scholarship Austin High

Yuthika Gundamaraju, Merit Occidental Petroleum Corp. Scholarship Kempner High

Anupriya Gupta , Dow Chemical Co. Scholarship