The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced that the following students are among the 2012 recipients of National Merit Scholarships valued at $2,500:
Jan B. Ketterson of Bloomington, Jefferson High School in Bloomington. Probable career field: biology.
Preethi N. Pallegar of Bloomington, International School of Minnesota in Eden Prairie. Probable career field: health care/medicine.
Stephen Edward Raab of Bloomington, Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield. Probable career field: chemical engineering.
Brian D. Kubisiak of Chanhassen, Holy Family Catholic High School of Victoria. Probable career field: electrical engineering.
Aaron J. Schmitz of Chanhassen, home-schooled. Probable career field: mechanical engineering.
Daniel Wang of Chanhassen, Minnetonka High School. Probable career field: biomedical engineering.
Allen J. Fang of Eden Prairie, Edina High School. Probable career field: medicine.
Mengxi Yang of Eden Prairie, Eden Prairie High School. Probable career field: medicine.
Maria V. Filsinger of Excelsior, Minnetonka High School. Probable career field: bioengineering.
Jeremy R. Nelson of Excelsior, Minnetonka High School. Probable career field: international relations.
David John Cook of Independence, Orono High School in Long Lake. Probable career field: medicine.
Duligur H. Ibeling of Maple Grove, Wayzata High School in Plymouth. Probable career field: science/research.
Sophia M. Charan of Minneapolis, Edina High School. Probable career field: chemical engineering.
John L. McGinn of Minneapolis, Benilde-St. Margaret's School in St. Louis Park. Probable career field: medicine.
Abigail K. Norling-Ruggles of Minneapolis, South High School in Minneapolis. Probable career field: engineering.
Ariel M. O'Neill of Minnetonka, Blake School-Northrop Campus in Minneapolis. Probable career field: physics/mathematics.
Daniel J. Lundberg of Orono, Benilde-St. Margaret's School in St. Louis Park. Probable career field: medicine.
Connie Q. Dong of Plymouth, Wayzata High School in Plymouth. Probable career field: chemical engineering.
Sahiba Singh of Plymouth, Wayzata High School in Plymouth. Probable career field: academia.
Ekaterina A. Botchkareva of St. Louis Park, Edina High School. Probable career field: international relations.
Paimon Y. Pakzad of Wayzata, Blake School-Northrop Campus in Minneapolis. Probable career field: medicine.
Alexander Van Dyke of Wayzata, Minnetonka High School. Probable career field: foreign service.
Maren E. Loe of Apple Valley, Apple Valley High School. Probable career field: biomedical engineering.
William S. Thomas of Eagan, Eagan High School. Probable career field: business and law.
Avery F. Garon of Mendota Heights, Simley High School in Inver Grove Heights. Probable career field: astrophysics and research.
Muriel M. Carpenter of Northfield, Northfield High School. Probable career field: the Foreign Service.
Jeffrey D. Qiu of Shakopee, Shakopee High School. Probable career field: computer science.
Charles D. Leighton of West St. Paul, Trinity School at River Ridge in Eagan. Probable career field: medicine.
Katherine M. Bodor of Blaine, Spring Lake Park High School. Probable career field: engineering.
John T. Ponto of Blaine, Spring Lake Park High School. Probable career field: finance.
Jeremy J. Miller of Blaine, Blaine High School. Probable career field: biomedical engineering.
Bridget J. Kranz of St. Paul, Highland Park High School. Probable career field: international relations.
Do-Hyoung Park of St. Paul, Central High School. Probable career field: chemistry.
Samuel H. Kim of Shoreview, Mounds View High School in Arden Hills. Probable career field: neuroscience/computer science.
Keshav K. Mangalick of Shoreview, Mounds View High School in Arden Hills. Probable career field: medicine.
Justin R. Buhl of Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake Area High School. Probable career field: biomedical engineering.
Andrew S. Carlson of Moorhead, Moorhead High School. Probable career field: economics.
Maija K. Lindaas of Moorhead, Moorhead High School. Probable career field: undecided.
Kevin Y. Viratyosin of Morris, Morris Area High School. Probable career field: computer science/software engineering.
Philip Biedenbender of New Ulm, Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School in New Ulm. Probable career field: music.
Joel P. Torgeson of Pine Island, Pine Island High School. Probable career field: anthropology.
Abigail W. Driscoll of Rochester, Schaeffer Academy in Rochester. Probable career field: psychiatry.
Michael H. Ishitani of Rochester, Mayo High School. Probable career field: international relations.
Amy E. McMeeking of Rochester, John Marshall High School. Probable career field: international non-profit management.
Gulnar Z. Mirza of Rochester, Mayo High School. Probable career field: electrical engineering.
Thomas W. Nath of Rochester, home-schooled. Probable career field: law.
Frank J. Peng of Rochester, Century High School. Probable career field: actuarial science.
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