HPA seniors named as National Merit Scholarship finalists

HPA seniors named as National Merit Scholarship finalists

HPA seniors named as National Merit Scholarship finalists

Hawaii Preparatory Academy seniors Tristan Kilkenny, Jordan Virtue, and Will White have been named finalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Kilkenny, Virtue, and White will continue in the competition for 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered this spring.

Kilkenny is the son of John Kilkenny of Kailua-Kona and Katherine Tangman of Portland, Oregon; Virtue is the daughter of Rodger and Melissa Virtue of Kapaau and White is the son of John and Laurie White of Waimea.

National Merit Scholarship winners of 2016 will be announced beginning in April and concluding in July.