The National Merit Scholarship Corp. of Evanston announced its first round of 2006 Merit Scholarship winners Wednesday, naming about 1,000 high school seniors across the nation, including 47 in the Chicago area.

Most corporate-sponsored scholarships are renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study at an accredited U.S. college or university and range from $500 to $10,000 per year. Others provide a single payment of between $2,500 and $5,000.

All winners are chosen from a pool of 16,000 semifinalists who were selected based on standardized test scores. Chicago-area scholarship winners, listed by their hometowns and their schools, are:

# ILLINOIS Arlington Heights: Anela Y. Chan, Prospect High School
# Batavia: Paul D. Drake, Batavia High School
# Buffalo Grove: Andrew P. Chu and Jenna G. Kelly, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire
# Cary: Chase D. Bowman and Christopher Jacquier, Cary-Grove Community High School
# Chicago: Rachel Z. Arndt, Francis Parker School; Megan A. Gore, Loyola Academy, Wilmette; Julia A. Luscombe, Latin School of Chicago; Jared E. Twiss-Brooks, Whitney Young Magnet High School
# Deerfield: Emma K. Burrows, Jonathan W. Kessler and Gregory W. Smith, Deerfield High School
# Downers Grove: Amanda E. Cantlin and Patrick W. Terrien, Benet Academy, Lisle
# Evanston: Emily M. Leiner and Abigail S. Weber, Evanston Township High School
# Geneva: Mary K. McCauley, Geneva Community High School; Samantha L. Scudder, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora
# Glen Ellyn: Ashley L. Holmstrom, Glenbard South High School; Alexandra L. Reed, Glenbard West High School
# Hinsdale: Adam S. Greene, Hinsdale Central High School
# Hoffman Estates: Jason A. Chen, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora
# Libertyville: Eilidh M. Higgins, Lake Forest Academy
# Lockport: Robert J. Kenney, Lockport Township High School
# Mundelein: Max C. Petersen, Mundelein High School
# Naperville: Mathew A. Lowes and Brian P. Rooney, Neuqua Valley High School; Nadia Viswanath, Naperville North High School
# North Riverside: Aiva M. Ievins, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora Northbrook: Alexander S. Moon and Dmitry Spivak, Glenbrook North High School
# Oswego: Alexander D. Dzurik, Marmion Academy, Aurora
# Palatine: Mayon Yen, Fremd High School
# Park Ridge: Kathryn A. Bratko, Maine Township High School South
# Richmond: MacKenzie L. Crutcher, Richmond-Burton Community High School
# Rolling Meadows: Andrew T. Wilson, Fremd High School, Palatine
# Roselle: William A. Schroeder, Conant High School, Hoffman Estates
# St. Charles: Abraham N. Buditama, St. Charles East High School
# Vernon Hills: Monica Petrescu, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire; Spencer Y. Zhang, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora
# Wadsworth: Michael G. Davenport, Carmel High School, Mundelein
# Wheaton: Jessica J. Tuan, Glenbard South High School, Glen Ellyn; Katherine Y. Vonderhaar, St. Francis High School College Preparatory
# Willowbrook: Edita Klimyte, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale
# Woodridge: Jennifer M. Turnholt, Downers Grove North, Downers Grove
# INDIANA Merrillville: Charles D. Cole, Merrillville High School

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