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LPHS senior Michael Hobbs is Outstanding Participant in National Achievement Scholarship Program
| Friday, October 21st, 2011 |
La Porte High School senior Michael Hobbs has been named an Outstanding Participant in the National Achievement Scholarship Program.
Michael is among approximately 3,100 students who have received this honor. Outstanding Participants are those who scored in the top 3 percent of more than 160,000 Black American high school seniors who requested consideration for this program when they took the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).
Michael plans to attend Lamar University, where he will major in mechanical engineering. He is the son of Chuck and Patience Hobbs.
A roster of the honored students’ names, high schools and tentative college major choices will be sent to around 1,500 colleges and universities. Honorees received a certificate in recognition of their potential for academic success in college.
The National Achievement Scholarship Program was initiated in 1964 specifically to honor Black American high school students. The annual scholarship competition is conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which also conducts the National Merit® Scholarship Program that is open to all U.S. high school students. |
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