Wilson is pleased to congratulate Ellie Hakanson, Kali O’Dell, Max Strater, and Jonathan Walsh, as finalists in the 2008 competition for National Merit Scholarships.

Approximately half of the 15,000 Finalists will earn the Merit Scholar title and compete for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $34 million, that will be offered next spring. Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state representational basis. About 1,100 corporate-sponsored scholarships will be provided by some 300 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specified criteria, such as children of the grantor’s employees or residents of communities where sponsor plants or offices are located. In addition, approximately 200 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 4,600 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution.

Merit Scholarship winners will be announced beginning in April. Congratulations to our Wilson student finalists, Ellie, Kali, Max, and Jonathan, and their parents!