St. Michael Senior Earns College-Sponsored National Merit Scholarship

ST. MICHAEL, MN — A St. Michael-Albertville High School senior is set to receive a college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship after being named among the winners Wednesday.

More than 150 higher education institutions are sponsoring annual awards of $500 to $2,000 for more than 2,600 students for up to four years of undergraduate studies at the sponsoring institution.

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STMA senior Sarah DeMatteis earned a scholarship sponsored by Iowa State University, where she plans to study aerospace engineering, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which runs the program.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation plans to name about 1,400 additional winners in July.

By the time those winners are announced, about 7,500 high school seniors will have won about $28 million in National Merit Scholarships in 2022, the organization said.

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