Spring-Ford Senior Named National Merit Scholarship Winner

SPRING-FORD, PA — The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced winners of its corporate-sponsored scholarships, and one is a Spring-Ford student.

About 840 high school seniors have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards.

Among them is Spring-Ford senior Samyan S. Nakkella, who received the National Merit Pfizer Inc. Scholarship.

She is expected to pursue a career in computer science.

Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the Finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met the criteria of their scholarship sponsors.

Corporate sponsors provide National Merit Scholarships for Finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.

Most of these awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $1,000 to $10,000 per year.

Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000.

Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university of their choice.