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This year, 32 students from Johnson County won prestigious National Merit scholarships.
Earlier this week, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of scholars who have been awarded college-sponsored National Merit scholarships.
Students earn these award based on several factors, including grades, course level difficulty, and scores on college entrance exams or the National Merit Qualifying Test, according to a news release.
In Johnson County, 13 students from Blue Valley Schools, six students from Olathe Public Schools, four students from the Shawnee Mission School District and one student from Spring Hill Schools won the prestigious award.
An honoree and graduate of Blue Valley High, Trisha Rastogi said her school helped her a lot in reaching her academic goals, offering a wide variety of classes and opportunities to get involved.
“I’m immensely grateful for all [Blue Valley High’s] support,” Rastogi said. “I know their students in the future will continue to be inspired by them like I was.”
Rastogi won the National Merit W. Harold Otto Scholarship and plans to attend the University of Kansas to pursue medicine in the fall.
The winners were chosen from a group of 15,000 talented students.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation and its corporate sponsors fund the scholarships. Students can use them at any regionally accredited college or university across the country.
By the end of the 2025 competition, more than 6,930 students will win National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $26 million, according to a news release.
The announcement is the third this year, following the announcement of recipients of corporate-sponsored awards in April and winners of National Merit $2500 Scholarships last month, according to a news release.
An additional group of scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients to more than 3,600 in 2025.
Below is the full list of this year’s scholarship winners from Johnson County.
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Eden (Brockman) Dinneen is a freelance journalist who reports for the Post. She can be reached at edenbrockman@gmail.com.
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