National Merit Scholarship Finalists Named

Fourteen Staples High School seniors have been named finalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship program. As Merit Scholar finalists, all have a chance to earn one of 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards, together worth more than $35 million. Pictured (back row, l-r) Martin Menz, Preston Lust, Joshua Zhang, Benjamin Tobben, Zachary Katz, and Carter Teplica; (middle row) Andrew Moy, Angela Ji, Anisa Prasad, and Sirina Prasad; (front row) Isabel Powell, Emma McKinney, Orly Salik, and Genevieve Domenico. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo