7/2//2017 --Two Parkway School District recent graduates were awarded National Merit Scholarship College scholarships.

The recipients join approximately 3,200 other college-sponsored award winners who were announced in June.

These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. The students are:

Central High

Balaji Cherupalla

Probable career field: Biochemistry

University of Missouri-Columbia

Alexander Luckerman

Probable career field: Education

Vanderbilt University