6/5/2019 -- Eight Parkway students were selected as National Merit college-sponsored scholarship winners.
College-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners are a part of the distinguished group of about 7,600 high school seniors who will receive National Merit Scholarships for college undergraduate study worth over $31 million. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. The Parkway students are:
Central High
Justin Hudgins
Probable career field: Computer Science
University of Chicago
South High
Ishrar Zaman
Probable career field: Computer Science
Arizona State University
Amy Zhang
Probable career field: Mathematics
University of Minnesota
West High
Lydia Jaskowiak
Probable career field: Botany
Rhodes College
Deirdre Jost
Probable career field: Undecided
Miami University
Mitchell Norman
Probable career field: Medicine
University of Missouri - Columbia
Natalie Shpringman
Probable career field: Medicine
University of Oklahoma
Zane Yates
Probable career field: Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
An additional group of scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2019 competition to about 4,100.
