2 Waterford Students Awarded Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholarship

Thirteen Connecticut students were awarded corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards, announced Wednesday among a group of 1,000 distinguished high school seniors, according to an announcement from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation[NMSC]. The students were awarded a corporate-sponsored scholarship financed by about 200 corporations, company foundations and other business organizations.

According to the NMSC, the students are among the first group of winners in the 62nd annual national merit scholarship program. Most of the awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends ranging from $500 to $10,00 per year. (To receive free news alerts from your hometown in Connecticut click here.)

The students were selected from the group of students who advanced to the Finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition. The corporate sponsors provide scholarships to finalists who are children of their employees, residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.

There were 13 students from Connecticut who were awarded scholarships. The complete list can be found below.

• Bipasha N. Phadnis of Brookfield: Brookfield High School
• Emily Y. Ji of Fairfield: Fairfield Ludlowe High School
• Xiaoran Tan of Niantic: East Lyme High School
• William Chen of Old Greenwich: Greenwich High School
• Joshua R. Chang of Old Saybrook: Old Saybrook High School
• Kayla R. Mathiowetz of Quaker Hill: Waterford High School
• Akash Kaza of Simsbury: Simsbury High School
• Lila S. Rosenzweig of Simsbury: Simsbury High School
• Linus Koepfer of Wallingford: Mark T. Sheehan High School
• Nathaniel B. Rowe of Waterford: Waterford High School
• Yusuf H. Malik of West Hartford: Hall High School
• Andrew B. Rosenthal-Baxter of West Hartford: Hall High School
• Jonathan C. Aiyathurai of West Simsbury: Simsbury High School

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