Winners in the first three divisions of the annual National Merit Scholarship Program have been announced, recognizing 21 Fulton County seniors for their academic excellence. National Merit will announce college-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners on May 28 and July 14.

These outstanding seniors were initially identified through exceptionally high scores on the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. In addition to having a record of high academic performance, they are endorsed by their school principal and have earned high SAT scores confirming their earlier qualifying test performance.

National Merit Scholarship Winners

Seven Fulton County seniors have been named National Merit Scholars. Along with the prestigious National Merit Scholar distinction, the students earned $2,500 cash scholarships to use at the college or university of their choice.

Kirsten S. Hessler – Centennial High School

Emilio Salazar-Cardozo – Centennial High School

Scott H. Reed – Milton High School

Willa Ni – Northview High School

Sarah Ryu – Northview High School

Andrea C. Folds – Roswell High School

Alisha A. Kasam – Roswell High School

Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners

Nine Fulton County seniors were awarded corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards. These scholarships are sponsored by corporations which designate awards for finalists with career plans the sponsor wishes to encourage, for children of their employees or for residents of a community where a company has operations. These scholarships may either be renewable for four years of undergraduate study or be granted as one-time awards.

Raymond H. Chouinard – Alpharetta High School

Julia Y. Pei – Alpharetta High School

Adam Liem – Chattahoochee High School

William Tung – Chattahoochee High School

Erin M. Giglio – Milton High School

Stephen G. Boegel – Northview High School

Danlin Mao – Northview High School

Bowen Niu – Northview High School

Valeria Makeeva – Roswell High School

National Achievement Scholarship Winners

Five seniors also were named National Achievement Scholars, a similar academic competition for African-American high school students. The students either won a $2,500 cash prize or an equivalent scholarship from one of the corporations underwriting the National Merit program.

Quinlyn E. Wright – Alpharetta High School

Spencer R. Jones – Chattahoochee High School

Jasmine C. Roddey – Chattahoochee High School

Lauren N. Reed – Northview High School

Godfrey A. Ilonzo – Westlake High School