19 students from Pittsburgh region earn National Merit Scholarships

Patrick Varine
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:22 p.m. | Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:22 p.m.

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Nineteen students in the Tribune-Review’s coverage area were announced among the winners of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships.

Winners were selected from more than 15,000 candidates. In June and July, an additional 4,100 college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships will be announced.

Here are the winners, their hometown mailing addresses and (high schools):

• Chloe An of Allison Park (Hampton)

• Manali Badwe of Export (Franklin Regional)

• Samuel Bisno of Pittsburgh (Barack Obama Academy of International Studies)

• Justin Waltrip of Gibsonia (Pine-Richland)

• Swathi Senthil of McDonald (South Fayette)

• Madison Rugh of Greensburg (Greensburg-Salem)

• Giridhar Viswanathan of Monroeville (Shady Side Academy)

• Justin Choo of Pittsburgh (Fox Chapel)

• Rajeev Godse of Pittsburgh (Fox Chapel)

• Sina Shaikh of Pittsburgh (Fox Chapel)

• Nicole Shigiltchoff (Winchester Thurston)

• Braden Yates of Pittsburgh (Upper St. Clair)

• Samuel Zlotnikov of Pittsburgh (Taylor Allderdice)

• Mishon Levine of Sewickley (Sewickley Academy)

• Zofia Marie Luther of Sewickley (Sewickley Academy)

• Luke Tyson of Sewickley (Sewickey Academy)

• Uma Thachapuzha of Venetia (Peters Township)

• Jiangfeng Chu of Wexford (North Allegheny)

• Esha Vaidya of Wexford (North Allegheny)