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For Immediate Release: May 23 , 2007

Yorktown Student Named National Merit Scholarship Winner

Yorktown High School senior Abbey Chung received a Merit Scholarship award by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. She joined a group of 2,200 National Merit finalists who will receive scholarships financed by colleges and universities.

Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among finalists in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.

Chung will attend Oberlin College, near Cleveland, Ohio, and plans a career in writing.

Today’s winners are among approximately 8,200 distinguished high school seniors of 2007 who will receive Merit Scholarship awards worth $34 million for college undergraduate study.

Finalists from each state were judged by a combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies. They were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors.

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