16 WI Students Win Corporate Sponsored National Merit Scholarships

WISCONSIN — Sixteen students from across Wisconsin on Wednesday were named winners in the National Merit Scholarship Corporations' first round of awards for 2023.

The students are among around 840 high school seniors across the country who won the corporate-sponsored round of scholarships, according to a news release from the NMSC. Around 107 different companies and business organizations funded the scholarships.

The winners were picked out of a pool of students who advanced to the NMSC finalist level. The corporate sponsors give out awards to finalists who are children of there employees, residents of their company community, or who plan to pursue majors that the company wants to encourage, the NMSC release said.

Winners can expect to use their awards for up to four years of undergraduate study alongside annual stipends. Others may see a single payment of up to $5,000, the NMSC said. Winners can use their awards toward any regionally accredited U.S. college.

The next rounds of merit scholarship winners this year are set to be named between early May and June.

Here are the corporate-sponsored winners from Wisconsin:

• Taylor L. Bergner of Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School, Liberty Mutual Scholarship.
• Nura R. Hassan of Brookfield Central High School, Ascension Scholarship.
• Shloke A. Jani of Hudson High School, Molex Scholarship.
• Saskatoon R. Damm, Medford Area High Schol, Mead Witter Foundation Inc. Scholarship.
• Evelyn C. Case, Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Ascension Scholarship.
• Anna M. Imsande, Menomonie High School, 3M Scholarship.
• Nicholas K. Hu, University School of Milwaukee, Rockwell Automation Scholarship.
• Chris Yixiao Yang, Middleton High School, New York Life Family Scholarship.
• Leah K. Johnson, Brookfield Academy, Ascension Scholarship.
• Joanna J Gebeau, Stevens Point Area High School, Mead Witter Foundation Inc. Scholarship.
• Alexander Phillippi, Stevens Point Area High School, Sentry Insurance Foundation Associate Dependent Scholarship.
• Katherine Hemsworth, Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Ascension Scholarship.
• Madelyn Jean Nauman, of West Bend East High School, Dollar Tree/Family Dollar Scholarship.
• Maxwell P. Dassow, D.C. Everest High School, Mead Witter Foundation Inc Scholarship.
• Maya E. Gordon, Whitefish Bay High School, Rockwell Automation Scholarship.
• Mae E. Jones, Whitefish Bay High School, Sensient Technologies Corporation Scholarship.