From staff reports
A Beaufort High School student was announced today as the winner of a prestigious National Merit Scholarship.
Holland Perryman is among only 2,600 high school seniors nationwide who will receive a National Merit Scholarship for study at sponsoring colleges or universities. Perryman will attend Vanderbilt University where she received an Early Decision acceptance and plans to major in Environmental Sociology.
“Holland is most deserving of the National Merit Scholarship,” Beaufort High School Principal Charity Summers said in a release. “We are so proud of all of Holland’s many accomplishments and academic achievements.”
A Chancellor’s Scholarship recipient, Perryman is among the most select group of Vanderbilt applicants awarded this full-tuition scholarship for four years of undergraduate study, plus a stipend to be used for an immersive experience, summer study abroad, or research investigation.
“Holland is highly motivated to achieve her goals and also contributes to the success of her peers as an ambitious, resourceful and insightful leader who doesn’t mind doing the hard work, inspiring others to join her efforts,” Summers said.
In addition to Perryman’s many leadership roles at Beaufort High School, to include Student Body President, she served for three years as the first student intern at the Pat Conroy Literary Center, receiving recognition in the literary community for her creative writing as well as eight published book reviews.
Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2022 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. An additional group of Scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2022 competition to about 4,000.
This year, 155 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 82 private and 73 public institutions located in 42 states and the District of Columbia.
College-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners announced today are a part of the distinguished group of about 7,500 high school seniors who will receive National Merit Scholarships for college undergraduate study worth nearly $28 million. Earlier this spring, NMSC announced winners of corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards and National Merit $2500 Scholarships.
