Towson Student Wins National Merit Scholarship

TOWSON, MD — A Towson High School senior was named a winner Wednesday of the college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships for 2022.

Jacob Fey, who lives in Towson and wants to pursue a career in finance, received a scholarship sponsored by the University of Maryland, officials said.

Fey was among two students from Baltimore County Public Schools who were selected in the latest round of scholarships nationwide from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

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

High school seniors were entered into the National Merit Scholarship competition when they took the 2020 PSAT as juniors. Over 16,000 semifinalists were named in the fall based on each state's proportion of graduating seniors in the U.S.

Semifinalists were the highest-scoring students, representing less than 1 percent of high school seniors.

This is the third announcement of National Merit Scholars in 2022.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation named recipients of corporate-sponsored Scholarships on April 27 and National Merit $2,500 Scholarships on May 11 and will announce more winners of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards on July 11.

By the conclusion of this year's competition, about 7,500 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $28 million.

Patch editors Annie Sandol and Emily Leayman contributed to this report.