Nineteen students in the Tribune-Review’s coverage area were announced among the winners of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships.
Winners were selected from more than 15,000 candidates. In June and July, an additional 4,100 college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships will be announced.
Here are the winners, their hometown mailing addresses and (high schools):
• Chloe An of Allison Park (Hampton)
• Manali Badwe of Export (Franklin Regional)
• Samuel Bisno of Pittsburgh (Barack Obama Academy of International Studies)
• Justin Waltrip of Gibsonia (Pine-Richland)
• Swathi Senthil of McDonald (South Fayette)
• Madison Rugh of Greensburg (Greensburg-Salem)
• Giridhar Viswanathan of Monroeville (Shady Side Academy)
• Justin Choo of Pittsburgh (Fox Chapel)
• Rajeev Godse of Pittsburgh (Fox Chapel)
• Sina Shaikh of Pittsburgh (Fox Chapel)
• Nicole Shigiltchoff (Winchester Thurston)
• Braden Yates of Pittsburgh (Upper St. Clair)
• Samuel Zlotnikov of Pittsburgh (Taylor Allderdice)
• Mishon Levine of Sewickley (Sewickley Academy)
• Zofia Marie Luther of Sewickley (Sewickley Academy)
• Luke Tyson of Sewickley (Sewickey Academy)
• Uma Thachapuzha of Venetia (Peters Township)
• Jiangfeng Chu of Wexford (North Allegheny)
• Esha Vaidya of Wexford (North Allegheny)
