22 More Orange County Students Win National Merit Scholarships

Orange County students received 22 of the 131 National Merit Scholarships awarded in California in the third and final round of announcements for 1987.

Two students at Foothill High School in north Tustin were among the final group of National Merit Scholar winners, bringing the high school’s total for 1987 to nine, more than any other school in the county.

The Illinois-based National Merit Scholarship Corp. annually names the winners of the prestigious scholarships in three rounds of public announcements.

The winners this year were selected from 13,500 finalists. Foothill High had 20 finalists in the competition this year--also more than any other school in Orange County.

The third-round National Merit Scholarship winners from Orange County are:

Martin R. Rosenblatt and Evan G. Smith, Foothill High, Tustin Unified School District.

David R. Paculdo and Marlo R. Paculdo, San Clemente High, Capistrano Unified School District.

Vivek Bala, Canyon High in Anaheim, Orange Unified School District.

Imran H. Husain, Costa Mesa High, Newport-Mesa Unified School District.

Marco A. Fiorentino and Brenda J. Imboden, El Toro High, Saddleback Valley Unified School District.

Jon J. Rucinski, La Quinta High in Westminster, Garden Grove Unified School District.

Daniel G. Robertson, Sunny Hills High in Fullerton, Fullerton Joint Union High School District.

Lee N. Roderick, Edison High in Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach Union High School District.

David J. Frakt and Kathleen A. Juergens, University High, Irvine Unified School District.

Eric J. Pinderski, Dana Hills High in Dana Point, Capistrano Unified School District.

Michael J. Arakawa, Patrick J. Meyers and Rebecca J. Wahlquist, Capistrano Valley High in Mission Viejo, Capistrano Unified School District.

Timothy J. Mallory, Trabuco Hills High in Mission Viejo, Saddleback Valley Unified School District.

Aron S. Spencer, Mission Viejo High, Saddleback Valley Unified School District.

Kenneth A. Kochi, El Modena High in Orange, Orange Unified School District.

Diem T. Trinh, Orange High, Orange Unified School District.

Gregory M. Wright, Santa Ana High, Santa Ana Unified School District.