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.

Kinkaid School

Nina Kalluri Eric R. Yu

School of the Woods

Allison M. Keys

St. John’s School

Rebecca L. Chen Benjamin E. Bieser Akshay Jaggi Andrew B. Jing Luke T. Kramer Tiffany Z. Yue Tiffany Z. Yue of Manvel

DeBakey High School for Health Professions

Xiaoyi Dou Zachary A. Kortum Poornima L. Tamma Bellaire High Marina T. Finley Teresa A. Lee of west Houston

Carnegie Vanguard High

Brett J. Gu

High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Claudia Isabel Heymach

St. Thomas Episcopal School

Kyle M. Lin

Memorial High

Yuyan C. Mai

Duchesne Academy

Amy A. Nguyen

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.

Bellaire High

Sophia D. Cen , MetLife Foundation Scholarship

Carnegie Vanguard High

Henry H. Hoang, Lockheed Martin Scholarship

Kinkaid School

John M. Pederson, Chevron Scholarship

St. John’s School

Visiliy Pobedinski of West Houston, Solvay Scholarship

Home school

Christina Belbas, BASF Corp. Scholarship Clear Lake High Justin M. Hill, Lockheed Martin Scholarship