11 LI Students Win College-Sponsored Merit Scholarships: NMSC

LONG ISLAND, NY — Eleven students at high schools across Long Island have earned a college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship. They are among 2,900 high school seniors around the United States to earn the honor.

Today’s announcement is the third National Merit Scholar release in 2024 by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. NMSC named recipients of corporate-sponsored awards on April 24 and winners of National Merit® $2500 Scholarships on May 8.

Additional recipients of college-sponsored awards will be announced on July 15.

By the conclusion of this year’s competition, more than 6,870 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth about $26 million.

These students are winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

From Long Island:

• Hayley B. Morris of Dix Hills, Half Hollow Hills High School West. NATIONAL MERIT ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP
• Arnav Singh of Dix Hills. Half Hollow Hills High School East. NATIONAL MERIT PURDUE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Andrew Cheng, East Meadow High School. NATIONAL MERIT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Dana Y. Li, Great Neck South High School. NATIONAL MERIT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP
• Adrian Benedikt T. Dayao of Holtsville. Sachem High School East, Farmingdale. NATIONAL MERIT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Brenton H. Lee of Jericho. Syosset High School. NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
• Kevin Paik, Jericho High School. NATIONAL MERIT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Junwei J. Tang, Jericho High School. NATIONAL MERIT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Daniella Dell'Aquila, Manhasset High School. NATIONAL MERIT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
• Gregory L. Cohen of Middle Island. Longwood High School. NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP
• Benjamin P. Hogan of New Hyde Park. Herricks High School. NATIONAL MERIT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

An additional group of Scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2024 competition to more than 3,600.

This year, 149 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards
through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 77
private and 72 public institutions located in 42 states and the District of Columbia.