National Merit Scholar From Whitefish Bay Announced

WHITEFISH BAY, WI — The next group of 2021 National Merit Scholarship winners includes a high school student from Whitefish Bay.

The National Merit winner from Whitefish Bay is among the more than 7,500 announced nationally this year to receive between $500 and $2,000 scholarships from colleges and universities across the country, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. said in a news release Monday.

The latest National Merit Scholarship winner from Whitefish Bay 2021 is:

• Sean N. Moore, Dominican High School, University of Chicago, Economics

The National Merit winners announced this week will have their scholarships funded by the colleges and universities that they will attend. One hundred and sixty colleges and universities — including 85 private and 75 public schools — took part in the merit scholarship program in 2021.

An additional group of college-sponsored National Merit scholars was released in June, the scholarship corporation said. This group is part of the approximately 7,500 National Merit scholarship winners who will be selected by the end of 2021. National Merit scholarships via corporate-sponsored awards and the corporation's own $2,500 scholarships were announced earlier in the spring.