Northwest suburban teens win National Merit scholarships

More than 800 winners of college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships from across the U.S. were named on Monday. These 800 are in addition to the 3,000 other college-sponsored awards that were announced in June.

Each sponsor college selects their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program who will attend their institution. College-sponsored awards provide $500 to $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study.

Here are the Northwest suburban winners.

Shin Young G. Yu: of Buffalo Grove and Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Probable career field: Medicine. Won a National Merit Northwestern University Scholarship.

Peter J. Hong: of Mount Prospect and Prospect High School. Probable career field: Materials Engineering. Won a National Merit Purdue University Scholarship.

Sean Kelly: of Northbrook and Glenbrook North High School, Probably career field: Undecided. Won a National Merit Case Western Reserve University Scholarship.

Anthony D. Trufanov: of Northbrook and Glenbrook North High School. Probable career field: Political Science. Won a National Merit University of Kentucky Scholarship.

Chloe David: of Palatine and William Fremd High School. Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering. Won a National Merit Marquette University Scholarship.

Eshwar Kishore: of Palatine and William Fremd High School, Palatine. Probable career field: Medicine. Won a National Merit University of Missouri - Kansas City Scholarship.

Nicole A. Woch: a home-school student from Park Ridge. Probable career field: Undecided. Won a National Merit Colorado College Scholarship.

Alexandr Sein: of Prairie View and Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering. Won a National Merit Texas A&M University Scholarship.

Oliver R. Tsang: of Wilmette and New Trier Township High School. Probable career field: Computer Science. Won a National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship.