Local News in Brief : Countywide : 12 High School Seniors Win Merit Scholarships

Twelve Orange County high school students are among the 146 California winners of National Merit Scholarships in the third and final round of 1988 award announcements released Wednesday.

Earlier this year, the Illinois-based National Merit Scholarship Corp. had named winners of the first two rounds of selection for the coveted scholarships. Winners in the final round will each receive between $1,000 and $8,000 during the four years they attend a college or university, organization officials said. Third-round scholarships are donated by colleges and universities across the nation.

The Orange County winners named Wednesday include two each from schools in Garden Grove Unified School District and Fullerton Joint Union High School District. No other public school districts in the county had multiple winners in the final round of scholarship announcements.

The winners are:

Eric J. Miyadi of Westminster, La Quinta High in Westminster; Deborah P. Heuerman of Fountain Valley, Los Amigos High in Fountain Valley; Todd S. Aagaard of Fullerton, Sonora High in La Habra, and Matthew D. Fletcher of Fullerton, Sunny Hills High in Fullerton.

Dean M. Gray of Anaheim, Katella High in Anaheim; Susan A. Beveridge of Costa Mesa, Newport Harbor High in Newport Beach; Kenneth Coleman of El Toro, El Toro High; Lorette L. Stone of Fountain Valley, Fountain Valley High; Michael E. Wolffe of Orange, Villa Park High, and Anne M. Tanaka of Santa Ana, Foothill High in Santa Ana.

Winners from parochial schools are Jennifer L. Costello of Brea, Rosary High School in Fullerton, and Maura K. McDonald of Fountain Valley, Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana.