Columbus North High School graduate Paige Osbourne has been named a National Merit Scholar. Osbourne plans to study finance at Indiana University, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corp.
Osbourne is among 1,200 additional merit scholars announced Monday, in addition to 2,600 previously announced winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities announced earlier this year.
Earlier rounds of local winners included Columbus North grads Evan Carr, Chaewon Lee, Matthew Liu and Jiaxuan Wang.
College-sponsored awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
This year, 155 colleges and universities are sponsoring more than 3,800 Merit Scholarship awards. Sponsor colleges include 82 private and 73 public institutions located in 42 states and the District of Columbia.
