SCS Students Earn Merit Scholarships

SCHOHARIE - Congratulations to two Schoharie CSD students who earned accolades in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.

More than 1.3 million students entered the program by taking a Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants.

As one of about 16,000 semifinalists, senior Sophia Watson will continue in the competition for one of 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth an overall total of nearly $26 million. Senior Jax Sherer was named a Commended Student in the program by placing among the top 50,000 students in the country.

NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without governments assistance, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own fund and by approximately 280 business organizations, higher education institutions, and individual donors that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.