5 FUSD College Sponsored National Merit Scholarship Winners
5 Fremont high school seniors were awarded this year’s College Sponsored National Merit Scholarship. These Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding Finalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
To compete for Merit Scholarship awards, Semifinalists first had to advance to the Finalist level of the competition by fulfilling additional requirements. Each Semifinalist was asked to submit a detailed scholarship application, which included writing an essay and providing information about extracurricular activities, awards, and leadership positions. Semifinalists also had to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and earn SAT® or ACT® scores that confirmed the qualifying test performance.
- James Chan | Probable career field: Healthcare| American HS
- Emily Jingyi Huang | Probable career field: Video Game Design | Mission San Jose HS
- Nolan Lee | Probable career field: Nursing | Mission San Jose HS
- Ruhi Shah | Probable career field: Medicine | Mission San Jose HS
- Owen Yu | Probable career field: Biotechnology | Mission San Jose HS
