BY The Cincinnati Enquirer
Forty Cincinnati-area students were among some 2,400 honored across the United States in the latest round of National Merit Scholarship awards.
They were chosen for academic achievements and other accomplishments. The college-sponsored awards provide between $250 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution providing the funding.
Listed by high school, local scholarship winners are:
Ohio
Badin: Lori R. Arlinghaus
Cincinnati Christian: Jennifer M. Butler
Elder: Mike P. Salem
Fairfield: Stephanie G. Oh
Hamilton: William H. Baird
Lakota West: Joanna M. Baughman, Jennifer M. Meyer
La Salle: Michael T. Dietrich
Lebanon: Brian J. Bartizek, Jacqueline R. Muller
Little Miami: Katy L. Wall
Mariemont: Ben L. Schartman
McAuley: Jennifer L. Dapper
McNicholas: Genevieve M. Miller, Gregory H. Snyder
New Richmond: Krista L. Wiseman
Oak Hills: Elizabeth S. Elder, Brian P. Fay, Elizabeth A. Myre St. Ursula Academy: Jennifer L. Claydon, Cara E. Spaccarelli, Kristin L. Woeste
St. Xavier: Scott P. Gardner, Jason C. Lin, Christopher W. Rauen, Nicholas J. Vitucci, Richard L. Wash
Summit Country Day: Ann M. O'Reilly
Sycamore: Kathryn E. Stanbery
Talawanda: Matthew S. Gates
Ursuline Academy: Amanda L. Cannon
Walnut Hills: Rachel R. Hilvert, M. Ryan LaRosa
Winton Woods: John W. Stankiewicz
Wyoming: Ben H. Weaver
Kentucky
Bellevue: Leonard C. Kiefer
Campbell County: Jessica L. Powell
Lloyd: Leif N. Huhn
Ryle: Douglas M. Weber
Indiana
Oldenburg Academy: Katherine L. Widolff