By Susan C. Schena

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program, including a Dixon student.

The local student: DIXON H. S. – Immel, Bradley D.

The high school seniors are competing for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth about $33 million that will be offered next spring. About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to become finalists, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship.

Source: Dixon Student Makes List of National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists – Dixon, CA Patch