Countywide : 20 Students Receive Merit Scholarships

Twenty Orange County students are among this year’s winners of merit scholarships awarded by various colleges and universities across the country, the nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced this week.

College-sponsored merit scholarships provide $250 to $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study.

Winners in the last of three rounds of awards this year are:

Farzad Rezai, Anaheim, Servite High School, University of Oklahoma; Richard A. Zimmer, Anaheim, Mater Dei High School, Claremont McKenna College; Christopher Peterson, Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa High School, Harvey Mudd College; and Kuo-Wei Lee, Cypress, Gretchen Whitney High School, USC.

Leslie C. Ashcraft, Fountain Valley, Fountain Valley High School, USC; Richard J. Delong, Fullerton, Sunny Hills High School, Brigham Young University; Moira G. Evans, Fullerton, Troy High School, Claremont McKenna College; Elaine Y. Kim, Fullerton, Sunny Hills High School, UC San Diego.

Frank C. Jeng, Hacienda Heights, Sunny Hills High School, UCLA; Samuel Y. Chang, Huntington Beach, Edison High School, Harvey Mudd College; Kristen S. Palmer, Huntington Beach, Marina High School, Northwestern University; Amie W. Michalek, Irvine, Woodbridge High School, Boston College.

Nicole Nguyen, Irvine, University High School, USC; Sujit M. Pradhan, Irvine, University High School, USC; Tony Chan, La Mirada, Sunny Hills High School, Harvey Mudd College; and Vijay M. Goel, Laguna Hills, Laguna Hills High School, UCLA.

Eric M. Dashofy, Mission Viejo, Santa Margarita High School, UC Irvine; Lianne Bell, Santa Ana, Foothill High School, UC San Diego; Stephen S. Chang, Santa Ana, Foothill High School, UCLA; and Abigail A. Hatch, Wilmington, Brethren Christian Jr.-Sr. High School, UC Irvine.