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Nine Darien High School Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

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Nine Darien High School seniors have been named National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists with an opportunity to compete for scholarships in the spring. The DHS seniors are Blake Cellar, Sophia Cortellesi, Ria Dhull, Cole Hanson, Taylor Richards, Aram Russell, Cason Stone, Evan Tong and Olivia Yoo. Nationwide, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. has named about 16,000 semifinalists who can compete for 7,500 scholarships with a total value of $31 million. Over 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship.

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Three Darien Students Named National Merit Scholarship Winners

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Two Darien High School students and another Darien student attending Greenwich Academy have been awarded $2,500 each for college tuition, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced. These Darien students’ scholarships were just announced:

Katherine Du — Greenwich Academy student — probable career field: undecided
Mila E. Escajadillo — Darien High School — probable career field: business
William T. Russell — Darien High School — probable career field: aerospace engineering

Scholarships were announced for a total of 33 students from Connecticut. Some National Merit Scholarships are financed by outside donors, often businesses, but all of the Darien students’ scholarships were financed directly from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s own funds, as were all but two of the Connecticut awards. The Darien students are among 2,500 scholarship winners announced Tuesday by the group, which announces each year’s winners at different times. Some scholarship winners were announced on April 19, and more winners are expected to be announced on June 7 and July 17.