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St. Ursula Academy Announces National Merit Students for 2012

Cincinnati, Ohio, November 2, 2011 – St. Ursula Academy is proud to announce that the National Merit Scholarship Corporation recognized 18 St. Ursula Academy seniors for 2011-2012 for their outstanding results on the PSAT exam, taken last October when they were juniors. The recognition includes three semifinalists, two National Achievement Scholars, and 13 Commended Students.

The National Merit Semifinalists are:

Corinne Nako of Indian Hill
Mary Tull of Kenwood
Katherine Woebkenberg of Montgomery

These seniors are among 16,000 semifinalists who will have an opportunity to compete next spring for 8,300 Merit Scholarship awards worth $34-million.

The National Achievement Semifinalists are:

Kristin Swope of Springdale
Dawn Thomas of Woodlawn

These seniors are among 1,600 Black American high school students who now have the opportunity to compete for approximately 800 spring Achievement Scholarship® awards, worth $2.4-million.

The National Merit Commended Students are:

Madison Andrews of New Richmond
Madeline D’Agostino of Anderson Twp.
Chloe Georgiades of Mt. Washington
Sarah Halmi of Pierce Twp.
Emma Lancaster of New Richmond
Mackenzie Loesing of Norwood
Megan McGrath of Mason
Kelli Miller of Mt. Lookout
Margaret Perme of Mt. Washington
Sophie Rupp of White Oak
Margaret Small of Mt. Lookout
Kerry Ulm of Madeira
Katelyn Vail of Liberty Twp.

Although they will not continue in the 2010 competition for National Merit Scholarships, the Commended Scholars in the National Merit Scholarship Program placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).

In the past 9 years, approximately12% of St. Ursula Academy seniors (a total of 172 St. Ursula students) have received recognition from the National Merit, National Achievement and the National Hispanic Scholarship Programs.

To learn more about St. Ursula Academy and its programs, please visit www.saintursula.org.

St. Ursula Academy is a Catholic, college-preparatory, secondary school for young women known for academic excellence and rich tradition. St. Ursula welcomes students from more than 70 grade schools in the Greater Cincinnati area. In 2002 the Academy was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School. The campus, located at 1339 E. McMillan Street in East Walnut Hills has been the home of St. Ursula Academy and Convent since 1910. 93% of the class of 2011 earned college scholarships totaling more than $28.3-million.