Roswell Area Students Named National Achievement Semifinalists

Fifteen Fulton County seniors, including several from Johns Creek, have been named semifinalists in the 48th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program, an academic competition for African-American high school students. The program is administered by National Merit Corp., an organization that recognizes and awards scholarships to academically gifted students.   

The students were identified through exceptionally high scores on the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which they took as juniors. As semifinalists, the students now must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist round. They must have a record of high academic performance, be endorsed and recommended by their school principal and earn SAT scores that confirm their earlier qualifying test performance.

Some 1,300 finalists will be named in January, and of these, 700 overall winners will be chosen for $2,500 National Achievement scholarships from the organization. Approximately $2.4 million scholarship funds will be awarded nationwide.

Fulton County's semifinalists include:

Alpharetta High School
Chelsea Roberts
Chico Scott

Centennial High School
Nazlah S. Black
Matthew A. Wakefield

Shenelle Armstrong
Lauren Covington
Andrew J. Richardson

Micah C. Jones

Milton High School
Heather B. Akumiah
Taylor A. Chishom

Christopher B. Davidson

Taja Strickland

Roswell High School
William Anene

Michael I. Hawk
Justin M. Winston