Canton High Grad Named National Merit Scholar

CANTON, CT — The National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced earlier this month more than 3,000 winners of National Merit Scholarships, including one Canton recipient.

Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.

One recipient is Canton High School 2023 graduate Jonah R. Hurley of Collinsville, who will be attending Penn State University at University Park, Pa., in the fall and study meteorology.

These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

An additional group of Scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2023 competition to more than 3,800.

For more information on the National Merit Scholarship program, which is based in Evanston, Ill., click on this link.