NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS

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. Friendswood High Julia J. Lu Stephanie A. Ngo

Clear Lake High Perry N. Alagappan Lauren E. Johnson Angelo Zhang Anne Zhou Michelle Y. Zhou

Clear Falls High

Griffin D. Glenn

Home School

Isaac Houston Goforth of League City

St. John’s School

Tiffany Z. Yue of Manvel

Pearland High

Ethan A. Arnold

Dawson High

Angela C. Feng

Achievement

Scholarship

Naomi Andu of Dawson High is 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 Scholarships

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.

Home school

Christina Belbas, BASF Corp. Scholarship

Clear Lake High

Justin M. Hill, Lockheed Martin Scholarship

Kushal T. Kadakia, Boeing Scholarship

Aida M. Lu, Lockheed Martin Scholarship

Sarah Sims, Boeing Scholarship

Clear Creek High

Jackson K. Majewski, Chevron Scholarship

Dawson High

Naomi Andu, Boeing Scholarship

Meredith L. Spradlin, Dow Chemical Co. Scholarship