OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation this month announced the 2022 National Merit Finalists, including many students from across the Over the Mountain area. Established in 1955, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s mission is to recognize and honor academically talented students of the United States. NMSC accomplishes its mission by conducting nationwide academic scholarship programs. High school juniors entered the 2022 competition by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Since its founding, NMSC has recognized more than 3.4 million students and provided about 451,000 scholarships worth more than $1.8 billion. Over the Mountain students named as finalists were: Alabama School of Fine Arts: Mohammed Alzoubi, Trisha Bheemanathini, Tobias Guo, James Shi. Altamont School: Audrey Williams, Alan Alderson, Jeffrey Youngson. Homewood High School: Kate Gillum. Hoover High School: Christopher Cheng, Kenneth Curlings, Shayaan Essani, Carys Gonzalez, Olurotimi Kukoyi, Sreekiran Nataraj, Adnan Porbanderwala, Samuel Temple, Sarah Xin, Jeffrey Yuan. Mountain Brook High School: Julianne Abenoja, Caroline Allen, Jelks Cabaniss, Ivy Cobbs, Cory Fan, Amy Beth Hudson, Kate Ryan, Luke Turner, Amelia Tynes. Spain Park High School: Michael Wolkow, Riley Luthin, Joseph Mudano. Vestavia Hills High School: Maria Deng, Ranee Brady, Margaret Patton, Christina Sorochinsky, Catherine Kramer, Katelynn Holt, Savan Patel, Jonathan Wilson, Ethan Wylie, John Ham, Brian Chen, Frank Qiang, John Paul Pierre.
National Merit Finalists Announced
MOUNTAIN BROOK From left, front: Amy Beth Hudson, Ivy Cobbs, Kate Ryan, Julianne Abenoja, Amelia Tynes and Caroline Allen. Back: Jelks Cabaniss, Cory Fan and Luke Turner.
VESTAVIA HILLS From left, front: Maria Deng, Ranee Brady, Margaret Patton, Christina Sorochinsky, Catherine Kramer, Katelynn Holt and Savan Patel. Back: Jonathan Wilson, Ethan Wylie, John Ham, Brian Chen, Frank Qiang and John Paul Pierre.
HOMEWOOD
ALTAMONT
Alan Alderson
Thursday, April 21, 2022 • 29
SCHOOLS
Audrey Williams
Jeffrey Youngson
Kate Gillum
HOOVER
Christopher Cheng
Kenneth Curlings
Shayaan Essani
Carys Gonzalez
Olurotimi Kukoyi
Sreekiran Nataraj
Adnan Porbanderwala
Samuel Temple
Sarah Xin
Jeffrey Yuan
SPAIN PARK
Riley Luthin
Joseph Mudano
Michael Wolkow
