A group of Alabama students are among the 770 honored with corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships.

The scholarships are financed by 94 corporations, company foundations and business organizations and are awarded to finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of the communities they serve or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor is encouraging. . Most of the awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $1,000 to $10,000 per year while others provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000 per year.

This is the first announcement in a series of National Merit Scholarship awards.

Here are Alabama’s recipients:

Madison McCullars – Oak Mountain High School, National Merit Southern Company Scholarship

William Sickles – Austin High School, National Merit 3M Scholarship

Emory Wagnon – Florence High School, National Merit United Services Automobile Association Scholarship

Kirthan Holcomb – Homeschool (Huntsville), National Merit Siemens Scholarship

Jenna Rutherford – Lee High School, National Merit Leidos Inc. Scholarship

Aaron Peck, Brooks High School, National Merit Boeing Scholarship

Andrew Crocker – Bob Jones High School, National Merit Leidos Inc. Scholarship

Abhishek Emani – James Clemens High School, National Merit Bentley Systems Scholarship

Neil Sethi – James Clemens High School, National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship

Zoe Widman – Bob Jones High School, National Merit Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation Scholarship

Grayson Hydinger – Mountain Brook High School, National Merit Ascension Scholarship

Jessica Ma – Vestavia Hills High School, National Merit Southern Company Scholarship

Edward Pang – Vestavia Hills High School, National Merit Hubbell Foundation Scholarship