Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Twelve seniors in Fayette County Public Schools are among this year’s more than 2,800 initial winners of National Merit scholarships financed by colleges and universities. Another group of recipients will be announced July 12.

Each sponsor college selects their award winners from among finalists in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their school. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study.

Congratulations to these award recipients from FCPS.

From Bryan Station High School:

• Clair Schaub, undecided, American University

From Henry Clay High School:

• Kristin Andres, medicine, University of Kentucky
• John Cowgill, journalism, Northwestern University
• Amelia Hansen, medicine, University of Chicago
• Mattie Toma, undecided, University of Chicago
• Daniel Webb, engineering, University of Rochester

From Lafayette High School:

• Hannah Johnson, law, Transylvania University

From Paul Laurence Dunbar High School:

• Aimee Goffinet, nursing, University of Kentucky
• Dhiyanan Jayamohan, mechanical engineering, University of Louisville
• Elizabeth Osbourne, architecture, University of Kentucky
• Arlene Wang, economics, University of Chicago

From Tates Creek High School:

• Kishore Bose, pharmacy, University of Kentucky

Winners of corporate-sponsored awards and National Merit $2,500 scholarships were announced earlier this spring. In the end, some 8,400 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth more than $36 million.

For more information, visit www.nationalmerit.org/.