70th Annual National Merit Scholarship Awardees

June 4, 2025

Horry County Schools is proud to announce that eleven more of our students are recipients of National Merit Scholarships!

Congratulations to Rachel Pirttima - Academy for the Arts, Science & Technology, and Myrtle Beach High, Lauren Mathis - North Myrtle Beach High School, Justin Hawes, Chase Kaluder, Samuel Laing, Haydn Sloop, Joseph Trotta, and Guoxin Zhong - HCS Scholars Academy High School, Tristen Cordi and Noah Marks - St. James High School, and Joseph Dennison - Socastee High School

May 7, 2025

Congratulations to Imane Aboulqassim, Yining Elaine Deng, Sean D. Dobis, and Alex Tabaku, all from HCS Scholars Academy High!

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) has awarded these students National Merit Scholarships in recognition of their superior academic achievements.

Last fall, NMSC named more than 16,000 Semifinalists. Over 15,000 students met the very high academic standards and other requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. By the conclusion of the 2025 program, more than 6,930 Finalists will have earned the “Merit Scholar” title and received a total of nearly $26 million in college scholarships. 

NMSC will announce additional winners in June and July.