Senior Honored by National Merit Scholarship Program
October 1, 2012
Officials at the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced that Woodlawn senior David Keener of Davidson was named a 2013 National Merit Commended Scholar. Commended scholars represent the top 3% of U.S. students, based on their junior-year PSAT test scores.
David, the son of Gene and Lynne Keener, has attended Woodlawn for 8 years. He has earned four varsity letters on Woodlawn's conference champion cross country team as well as two varsity letters in track and field.
David joins 8 other Woodlawn students who have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship program over the past 3 years - 7 as Commended Scholars and 1 as a National Merit Scholarship Winner.
Senior Named National Merit Scholarship Winner
June 4, 2012
Officials at the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced today that Woodlawn senior Paulina Campbell of Davidson was named a 2012 National Merit Scholarship Winner. 8,300 scholarship winners were selected from more than 1.5 million students in about 22,000 high schools who took the 2010 PSAT and National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors.
Paulina plans to attend Grinnell College (Iowa), one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation. In addition to the National Merit Scholarship, she also received the Trustees Honor Scholarship from Grinnell.
Paulina, the daughter of Malcolm and Susan Campbell, has attended Woodlawn for 7 years. She is the editor of the 2012 Mighty Oak yearbook and has earned four varsity letters on Woodlawn's conference champion cross country team. Paulina was also the 2012 winner of Woodlawn's Female Athlete of the Year award, the 2011 recipient of our Achievement in the Humanities award, and the 2010 winner of our Creative Arts award.
In addition, Woodlawn seniors Zach Lingle (Davidson), Dana Neidinger (Davidson), and Tori Rinker (Cornelius) were named National Merit Commended Scholars, placing them in the top 3% of U.S. high school seniors based on their junior-year PSAT score.
Woodlawn School Senior Named National Achievement Scholar
April 6, 2011
Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced today that Woodlawn senior Terin Patel-Wilson has been named a Winner in the 2011 National Achievement Scholarship Program. Terin is one of the 800 Black American high school seniors who have been designated scholarship winners - each winner receives an award of $2,500. Terin is a Mooresville resident who has attended Woodlawn for the past 9 years.
Four Woodlawn Students Honored in National Merit Scholarship Program
September 29, 2010
Officials at the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced today that four Woodlawn seniors - Terin Patel-Wilson (Mooresville), Sawyer Bowman (Cornelius), Sayre Weir (Davidson), and Pete Kvilhaug (Cornelius) - were named 2011 National Merit Commended Scholars. Commended scholars represent the top 3% of U.S. students, based on their junior-year PSAT test scores.
Left to right: Sawyer Bowman, Terin Patel-Wilson, Sayre Weir, Pete Kvilhaug
