Johnson County students earn College-sponsored National Merit Scholarships

College-sponsored National Merit Scholarships were announced this week.

Among the 2,500 recipients were these Johnson County students:

Barstow School: Iris Dew, Northwestern University

Blue Valley North: Abigail R. Miller, University of Cincinnati; Joseph L. Pickert, W. Harold Otto Scholarship

Blue Valley Northwest: Amanda E. House, W. Harold Otto Scholarship; Charles J. Welsh, University of Texas at Dallas

Blue Valley West: Benjamin R. Hodges, W. Harold Otto Scholarship; Brianna C. Jackson, W. Harold Otto Scholarship

Faith Christian Academy: Kathleen Klopfenstein, University of Minnesota

Homeschool: Kevin Michael McGuire, Oklahoma Christian University

Olathe North: Victoria G. Bergman, University of Oklahoma; Emmett A. Fitzgerald, University of Oklahoma

Olathe Northwest: Erik R. Flom, University of Oklahoma

Olathe South: Andrea K. Beene, University of Oklahoma; Tanner B. Delaney, W. Harold Otto Scholarship; Evan L. Eschliman, University of Chicago

Rockhurst High School: John R. Chazhoor, W. Harold Otto Scholarship; Dante Carlo Pennipede, Vanderbilt University

Shawnee Mission East: Henry J. Recker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Robert L. Simpson, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Shawnee Mission Northwest: Benjamin Huddleston, University of Oklahoma

Shawnee Mission South: Virginia L. Friedrich, University of Arizona; Melanie S. Powell, Univerity of Nebraska-Lincoln

St. James Academy: Kathryn E. Colanero, Baylor University

St. Thomas Aquinas: Mitchell J. Gampper, Oklahoma State University

This story was originally published May 29, 2014 at 2:11 PM with the headline "Johnson County students earn College-sponsored National Merit Scholarships."