9 Elmbrook Students Earn National Merit Scholarships

BROOKFIELD, WI — A total of nine students from the Elmbrook School District were named as 2020 National Merit Scholars by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They were among more than 3,300 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 2020 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. An additional group of Scholars will be announced
in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2020 competition to about 4,100.

This year, 167 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 92 private and 75 public institutions located in 43 states and the District of Columbia.

Here are this year's honorees from the Elmbrook School District

Brookfield East High School

Nicholas G. Blando
Probable career field: Anthropology
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOLARSHIP

Nicholas R. Elwing
Probable career field: Biomedicine
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP

Dustin Laufenberg
Probable career field: Industrial Design
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOLARSHIP

Weihang Li
Probable career field: Medicine
NATIONAL MERIT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

Madhavi L. Mani
Probable career field: Computer Science
NATIONAL MERIT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

Aidan J. Smith
Probable career field: Environmental Policy
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP

Brookfield Central High School

Tylan J. Farrokhnia
Probable career field: Electrical Engineering
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP

Cameron A. Kohlmann
Probable career field: Law
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP

Shweta Panda
Probable career field: Business
NATIONAL MERIT INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON SCHOLARSHIP