Fifteen Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) graduates from the class of 2013 have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).
Recipients of college-sponsored scholarships from the NMSC, and their probable career fields are:
Christie Goddard of Langley High School (computer science), National Merit Virginia Tech Scholarship.
Praveena Mylvaganam of Langley High School (biology), National Merit University of Maryland Scholarship.
Faith Tetlow of Madison High School (undecided), National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship.
Joshua Higbee of McLean High School (economics), National Merit Brigham Young University Scholarship.
Nicholas Kemp of Marshall High School (music), National Merit Northwestern University Scholarship.
Anagha Srikanth of Robinson Secondary School (journalism), National Merit American University Scholarship.
Kirsten Cardinal of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (chemical engineering), National Merit Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholarship.
David Gao of TJHSST (economics), National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship.
Genevieve Gural of TJHSST (aerospace engineering), National Merit Virginia Tech Scholarship.
Thomas Hay of TJHSST (computer science), National Merit Northeastern University Scholarship.
Karina Hemmendinger of TJHSST (polymer-plastics engineering), National Merit Case Western Reserve University Scholarship.
Amanda Nelson of TJHSST (neurosurgery), National Merit Denison University Scholarship.
Vaughn Varma of TJHSST (mechanical engineering-robotics), National Merit Rochester Institute of Technology Scholarship.
Christian Burruss of Woodson High School (engineering), National Merit Virginia Tech Scholarship.
Minyeop Lee of Woodson High School (biochemistry), National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship.
College-sponsored Merit Scholarships provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. Nationwide, approximately 7,800 students have won Merit Scholarship awards in 2013.