CCSD graduates receive National Merit Scholarships

The Clark County School District is proud to announce that 20 students of the Class of 2024 have been selected as National Merit Scholarship Winners. 

12 students were selected by the learning institutions they plan to attend from among the Finalists of the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students will receive between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years.

In order to qualify, each student had to write an essay, have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and earn qualifying SAT or ACT scores. 

Congratulations to the students listed below:

Jonathan J. Hwang – Coronado High School

Megan Johanson – Foothill High School

Unnatee Kumar – Ed W. Clark High School

Maya N. Muha – Liberty High School 

Katherine A. Chau – Ed W. Clark High School

Steven Dai – Ed W. Clark High School

Vanita Q. Indrakumar – Ed W. Clark High School

German Morales Pegueros – Palo Verde High School

Rania M. Rodrigues – West Career and Technical Academy

Brandon Trinh – Ed W. Clark High School

Nikolaos Tsiouris – Palo Verde High School

Niki Yang – Ed W. Clark High School

Additionally, the following 8 students were awarded a National Merit $2,500 Scholarship. These students were selected from a pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. They were selected based on the difficulty level of subjects studied and grades, PSAT/NMSQT scores, contributions and leadership in school and community activities, a written essay and a recommendation written by a high school official. 

Aashrith Chejerla – Advanced Technologies Academy 

Amy Liu – Green Valley High School 

Alfred Binu – Advanced Technologies Academy 

Parth P. Joshi – Ed W. Clark High School 

Aaron Keith-Akins – College of Southern Nevada High School West 

Jolie Z. Li –  Ed W. Clark High School 

Ethan D. Nguyen – Advanced Technologies Academy

Annika C. Pullen – Palo Verde High School