Tyce Hodges Named National Merit Scholarship Winner

Tyce Hodges, a Gatton Academy Class of 2009 graduate from Somerset, has been named a National Merit Scholarship winner.  

Hodges is one of forty-five Kentucky high school seniors who are among 2,000 winners of National Merit Scholarships from across the United States. 

Each will receive $500 to $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the college financing the scholarship.

Additional National Merit Scholarship winners from across the Commonwealth include:

Louisville-area winners, listed by high school (all are from Louisville unless otherwise noted):

Atherton: Ethan S. Walker-Seim.

Manual: Kelsey L. Hall, Laura K. Henry, James M. Huddleston, Lisa I. Neumann, Ramapriya Rangaraju and Nancy R. Zhang.

North Oldham: Joshua H. Rosenberg, of Prospect.

Oldham County: Andrea E. Atkin and Elizabeth M. Schaller, both of La Grange.

Sacred Heart: Elizabeth A. Otting.

St. Xavier: Francis X. McNamara.

Trinity: Christopher W. Hayes.

Winners from outside the Louisville area (listed by hometown):

Bowling Green: Clayton T. Crocker, Bowling Green High School.

Corbin: Deron L. Johnson, Corbin High School.

Corydon: Emily A. Naas, Henderson County High School.

Covington: David C. Mettens, Scott High School.

Crescent Springs: Christian J. Williams, Beechwood High School.

Danville: Andrew C. Taylor, McCallie School.

Elizabethtown: Joseph R. Swartz, John Hardin High School.

Erlanger: Katherine E. Hayes, Villa Madonna Academy.

Fort Mitchell: Peter L. Bradley, Beechwood High School.

Georgetown: Adam G. Tucker, Scott County High School.

Greenup County: Izaak P. Bruce, home school.

Henderson: Cassie L. Caudill, Henderson County High School.

Lawrenceburg: Dylan F. Reaves, Anderson County High School.

Lexington: Tessa M. Cavagnero, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School; Alexander E. Dutch, Jared M. Gibson and Daniel P. Richey, Henry Clay High School; Brittany P. Fenner, Evan T. Shirley and Qing Xie, Lafayette High School; John M. Jansen, Lexington Catholic High School.

Madisonville: Alexy S. Lake, Madisonville North Hopkins High School.

Morehead: Robert L. Morrison, Rowan County High School.

Mount Vernon: John R. Lambert, Rockcastle County High School.

Prestonsburg: Elizabeth R. Davis, Piarist School.

Richmond: Robert E. Carter, Lexington Catholic High School; Jamie E. Farrar, Model Laboratory School.

Verona: Alexandra B. Farrell, Walton–Verona High School.

Versailles: Charles S. Fieseler, Lexington Catholic High School.

Williamsburg: James D. Williams, Williamsburg High School.

Wilmore: Lyman R. Stone, West Jessamine High School.

Information in this story originally appeared in the June 13, 2009, edition of The Courier-Journal.

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