2 Students From Ellicott City Named National Merit Scholar Recipients

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — The last group of National Merit Scholar recipients for 2023 to be announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation includes three Howard County students.

Approximately 750 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities are included in this round. These Merit Scholar designees join more than 3,000 other college-sponsored award recipients who were announced in June.

College-sponsored awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of
undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. This year, 153 colleges and universities are sponsoring more than 3,800 Merit Scholarship awards. Sponsor colleges include 81 private and 72 public institutions located in 42 states and the District of Columbia.

This final group of winners brings the number of 2023 National Merit Scholars to more
than 7,140. These distinguished high school graduates will receive scholarships for undergraduate
study worth a total of nearly $28 million. In addition to college-sponsored awards, two other
types of National Merit Scholarships were offered — 2,500 National Merit $2500 Scholarships, for
which all finalists competed, and about 840 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for
finalists who met criteria specified by their grantor organizations.

• Matthew J. Seliger of Columbia; probable career field - neurobiology; Howard High School; National Merit Tufts University Scholarship
• Aadarsh Govada of Ellicott City; probable career field - computer science; Centennial High School; National Merit University of Maryland Scholarship
• Joanne Y. Lee of Ellicott City; probable career field - computer science; Marriotts Ridge High School; National Merit University of Maryland Scholarship