A group of Alabama students are among the 2,900 nationwide honored with college-sponsored Merit Scholarships.

The scholarships are financed by 74 private and 72 public institutions located in 42 states and the District of Columbia, according to a recent release.

Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.

These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship, the release says.

An additional group of scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2025 competition to more than 3,600.

The number of winners in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.

The honorees were selected from more than 15,000 finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Each of the finalists were judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for college success, representing less than one percent of the nation’s seniors, according to the release.

The honorees:

Charles R. Lowery

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

THOMPSON H. S., ALABASTER

Reese Colley

Probable career field: Astrophysics

Christopher Fowler

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL

Andrew Knighten Hamner

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

AUBURN H. S., AUBURN

Mary Parker Lewis

Probable career field: Music Education

AUBURN H. S., AUBURN

Weston P. Witt

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

AUBURN H. S., AUBURN

Madelyn Bailey

Probable career field: Law

OAK MOUNTAIN H. S., BIRMINGHAM

Margo Brandrup

Probable career field: Nutrition/Dietetics

HOMEWOOD H. S., HOMEWOOD

Charles T. Chewning

Probable career field: Finance

HOMEWOOD H. S., HOMEWOOD

Benjamin Stewart Dahle

Probable career field: Computer Science

OAK MOUNTAIN H. S., BIRMINGHAM

Ali H. Fathallah-Shaykh

Probable career field: Medicine

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Tyler A. Glenn

Probable career field: Law

OAK MOUNTAIN H. S., BIRMINGHAM

Logan G. Gregory

Probable career field: Mathematics

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Ibrahim Hamo

Probable career field: Medicine

INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL, INDIAN SPRINGS

Brian N. Moose

Probable career field: Communications

SHADES VALLEY H. S., BIRMINGHAM

Marco Alfredo Ortiz

Probable career field: Engineering

MOUNTAIN BROOK H. S., MOUNTAIN BROOK

Ian Robertson

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

BRIARWOOD CHRISTIAN H. S., BIRMINGHAM

Abigail Smith

Probable career field: Social Sciences Education

OAK MOUNTAIN H. S., BIRMINGHAM

Mark Houston

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

HOOVER H. S., HOOVER

Nora C. Sheffield

Probable career field: Neurosurgery

CULLMAN H. S., CULLMAN

Willa C. Smith

Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

ST. BERNARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL,

CULLMAN

Kendall R. Wydner

Probable career field: Wildlife Management

DANVILLE H. S., DANVILLE

Landrie MacArthur Jones

Probable career field: Video Game Design

HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL

Walker Charles Stejskal

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

DAPHNE H. S., DAPHNE

Dash I. Dixon

Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

AUSTIN H. S., DECATUR

Micah Williams

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

DECATUR H. S., DECATUR

Justis M. Blaylock

Probable career field: Computer Science

ENTERPRISE H. S., ENTERPRISE

Trey W. Harbin

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

HOKES BLUFF H. S., HOKES BLUFF

Alexandrina Vodi

Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

GULF SHORES H. S., GULF SHORES

Andrew L. White

Probable career field: Law

WHITESBURG CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, HUNTSVILLE

Robert Brooks Phillips

Probable career field: Law

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF CYBER TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, HUNTSVILLE

Elijah J. Andrews

Probable career field: Pharmaceutical Science

HELENA H. S., HELENA

Lindsay L. Etheridge

Probable career field: Software Engineering

HELENA H. S., HELENA

Anna R. Havercroft

Probable career field: Zoology

HELENA H. S., HELENA

Aiden Ray

Probable career field: Physics

THE ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MATH AND SCIENCE, MOBILE

Colton Cox

Probable career field: Medicine

HOMEWOOD H. S., HOMEWOOD

Samuel Ernest

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

HOMEWOOD H. S., HOMEWOOD

Oliver D. Trolard

Probable career field: Architecture

HOMEWOOD H. S., HOMEWOOD

Chandler York

Probable career field: Medicine

HOMEWOOD H. S., HOMEWOOD

Elijah Boyd

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

HOOVER H. S., HOOVER

Carmen Angelica Britt

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

SPAIN PARK H. S., HOOVER

Alexander Casiday

Probable career field: Forensics

HOOVER H. S., HOOVER

Xuyang Chen

Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

SPAIN PARK H. S., HOOVER

Julia Daigle

Probable career field: Law

SPAIN PARK H. S., HOOVER

Krish Manoj Gadhia

Probable career field: Computer Science

HOOVER H. S., HOOVER

Jonathan M. Hooks, Jr.

Probable career field: Orthopedics

HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL

David Thomas Johnson

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

SPAIN PARK H. S., HOOVER

Taylor Lynch

Probable career field: Law

HOOVER H. S., HOOVER

Jacob Patton

Probable career field: Computer Science

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, BIRMINGHAM

Lauren Rauworth

Probable career field: Medicine

HOOVER H. S., HOOVER

Srihansi Sagi

Probable career field: Software Engineering

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS,

BIRMINGHAM

Tatum Gardner Stacey

Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

HOOVER H. S., HOOVER

Rebecca Stafford

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

SPAIN PARK H. S., HOOVER

Isaac Wood

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

HOOVER H. S., HOOVER

William A. Blankenship

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

WHITESBURG CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, HUNTSVILLE

Lydia Buechler

Probable career field: Physics

VIRGIL I. GRISSOM H. S., HUNTSVILLE

Nicholas Cox

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

VIRGIL I. GRISSOM H. S., HUNTSVILLE

Genevieve Leigh Detwiler

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

ST. JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC H. S., HUNTSVILLE

Silas C. Hahs

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

HUNTSVILLE H. S., HUNTSVILLE

Avin Coburn Handley

Probable career field: Computer Programming

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF CYBER TECHNOLOGY

AND ENGINEERING, HUNTSVILLE

Park Strickland

Probable career field: Finance

RANDOLPH SCHOOL, HUNTSVILLE

Emily H. Tran

Probable career field: Optometry

VIRGIL I. GRISSOM H. S., HUNTSVILLE

Katelyn Rose Valtos

Probable career field: Surgical Medicine

RANDOLPH SCHOOL, HUNTSVILLE

Braden L. Harris

Probable career field: Ministry

MORTIMER JORDAN H. S., KIMBERLY

Nirban S. Bajaj

Probable career field: Medicine

JAMES CLEMENS H. S., MADISON

Andrew Bendickson

Probable career field: Computer Science

JAMES CLEMENS H. S., MADISON

Ethan Brewer

Probable career field: Computer Programming

JAMES CLEMENS H. S., MADISON

Isaac Caldwell

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

JAMES CLEMENS H. S., MADISON

Shlok Chatterjee

Probable career field: Computer Engineering

BOB JONES H. S., MADISON

Evan Coker

Probable career field: Neurology

BOB JONES H. S., MADISON

Yooyeon Hwang

Probable career field: Law

JAMES CLEMENS H. S., MADISON

Christopher Lobo

Probable career field: Medicine

JAMES CLEMENS H. S., MADISON

Judith Adeline Miller

Probable career field: Law

BOB JONES H. S., MADISON

Mary O’Neal Miller

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

BOB JONES H. S., MADISON

Julia Schwartz

Probable career field: Business Management

THE ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MATH AND

SCIENCE, MOBILE

Tevin Sheehy

Probable career field: Applied Mathematics

BOB JONES H. S., MADISON

Jacob W. Silvia

Probable career field: Music Composition

HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL

Manasa Vadapalli

Probable career field: Medicine

JAMES CLEMENS H. S., MADISON

Sally May Wang

Probable career field: Academia

BOB JONES H. S., MADISON

Cohen M. Yates

Probable career field: Biomedicine

BOB JONES H. S., MADISON

Anne M. Bridges

Probable career field: Architecture

UMS- WRIGHT PREPARATORY SCHOOL, MOBILE

Igor DeBoi

Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

W. P. DAVIDSON H. S., MOBILE

Matthew Q. Ngo

Probable career field: Psychiatry

W. P. DAVIDSON H. S., MOBILE

Elizabeth Grace McCrory

Probable career field: Industrial Design

LOVELESS ACADEMIC MAGNET PROGRAM H. S., MONTGOMERY

John Morris

Probable career field: Law

TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL, MONTGOMERY

Peter M. Riello

Probable career field: Linguistics

MONTGOMERY CATHOLIC PREPARATORY SCHOOL, MONTGOMERY

Caleb Pritchett MUSCLE SHOALS 35661

Probable career field: Insurance

MUSCLE SHOALS H. S., MUSCLE SHOALS

Davis Wood

Probable career field: Materials Engineering

MUSCLE SHOALS H. S., MUSCLE SHOALS

Calvin H. Kim

Probable career field: Finance

HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL

Annabelle G. Lipscomb

Probable career field: Neurology

PIKE ROAD H. S., PIKE ROAD

Leila Kay Seelhorst

Probable career field: Family and Consumer Sciences Education

BAYSIDE ACADEMY, DAPHNE

Katherine Bibb

Probable career field: Education

PRATTVILLE H. S., PRATTVILLE

Saylor Taite Boles

Probable career field: Medicine

PRATTVILLE H. S., PRATTVILLE

Joshua E. Laney

Probable career field: Computer Engineering

SCOTTSBORO H. S., SCOTTSBORO

James Roberts McFadden

Probable career field: Chemical Engineering

SPANISH FORT H. S., SPANISH FORT

Henry Williams

Probable career field: Engineering

SPANISH FORT H. S., SPANISH FORT

Josie O. Harvey

Probable career field: Pharmacy

RANDOLPH SCHOOL, HUNTSVILLE

Ayla Bachert

Probable career field: Business Administration

HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL

Lillianne Ray Campbell

Probable career field: Actuarial Science

HEWITT- TRUSSVILLE H. S., TRUSSVILLE

Alice Song

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

NORTHRIDGE H. S., TUSCALOOSA

Justin Yoon

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

NORTHRIDGE H. S., TUSCALOOSA

Barbara Faith York

Probable career field: Engineering

NORTHRIDGE H. S., TUSCALOOSA

Zoya Aleezada

Probable career field: Veterinary Medicine

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, BIRMINGHAM

Parker C. Liu

Probable career field: Neuroscience

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

John H. Pickett

Probable career field: Journalism

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Noah Christopher Smith

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

SPAIN PARK H. S., HOOVER

Aanchal Behara

Probable career field: Neurobiology

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, BIRMINGHAM

Jack C. Cobb

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Kendall M. Feild

Probable career field: Pharmaceutical Science

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Chase Austin Kaiser

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Ethan A. Melenevsky

Probable career field: Law

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Radyn Moradkhani

Probable career field: Medicine

INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL, INDIAN SPRINGS

Ishaan Singh

Probable career field: Medicine

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Nicholas Paul Snow

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

VESTAVIA HILLS H. S., VESTAVIA HILLS

Chase H. Gohn

Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

JEFFERSON COUNTY INTERNATIONAL

BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM