Fifty-nine members of the Frisco ISD Class of 2024 were honored as National Merit Scholars by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
In the spring of this year, 32 Frisco ISD students received either National Merit $2,500 scholarships or corporate-sponsored scholarships.
This summer, 27 additional Frisco ISD students were named National Merit college-sponsored scholarship winners. These awards offer between $500 and $2,000 annually, supporting up to four years of undergraduate study at the college the student will attend this fall.
The National Merit Scholarship Program for this year commenced in October 2022 when juniors took the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) as an initial qualifier for this distinction. Frisco ISD offers the PSAT every fall to all 10th and 11th-grade students during the school day.
College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship winners include:
- Avi Aggarwal - Liberty - Computer Science at Purdue University
- Surya M. Ani - Heritage - Medicine at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Rushyanth S. Bikki - Centennial - Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Rishi Chillara - Heritage - Medicine at Texas A&M University
- Srinitya Chirravuri - Heritage - Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Alexander T. Danko - Reedy - Economics at Southern Methodist University
- Rohan V. Doshi - Frisco - Computer Science at Texas A&M University
- Arkadeep Dutta - Lebanon Trail - Computer Science at Texas A&M University
- Eshan R. Iyer - Frisco - Computer Programming at the University of Maryland
- Vikhyath Jonnalagadda - Emerson - Cardiology at Case Western Reserve University
- Akshaya S. Kalluri - Centennial - Neuroscience at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Anush Kanagala - Liberty - Computer Programming at Texas A&M University
- Anoushka Kaushik - Lebanon Trail - Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University
- Max H. Keeton - Lebanon Trail - Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Sami Khan - Wakeland - Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Aadit Krishna - Centennial - Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland
- Arjun Krishnan - Centennial - Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Jacob M. Lester - Frisco - Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University
- Akshaya S. Muthusamy - Lebanon Trail - Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Ananya Ramanan - Reedy - Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Mythili Reddibathini - Heritage - Business at Southern Methodist University
- Harshit Saini - Memorial - Software Engineering at Texas A&M University
- Emanuel Sebastian - Reedy - Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Aditya R. Singh - Panther Creek - Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Nikolos A. Tacey - Heritage - Military Service at Texas A&M University
- Olivia K. Tserng - Lebanon Trail - Computer Science at Texas A&M University
- Narein Vignesh - Independence - Computer Science at the University of Maryland
Since its inception, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation has recognized over 3.5 million students and awarded approximately 470,000 scholarships totaling over $1.8 billion. The honors conferred on exceptionally capable students are widely regarded as definitive marks of excellence.
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