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Seven Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists

More than 16,000 semifinalist will compete for $34 million in scholarships.

Seven seniors from Norcross-area high schools have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program.

They are: Ryan Ward, ; Emory Brown, Andriy Kyrychenko and Jack Weyen, ; and Nathan Grice, Elizabeth Lockett and Takim Williams, Wesleyan School.

They are among the 16,000 students nationwide in the running for more than 8,000 National Merit Scholarships, totaling more than $34 million.

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The group will be whittled down to finalists in February. Scholarship winners will be announced in April.


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