Another 14 students from East Cobb have been awarded National Merit Scholarships, out of 18 for the Cobb County School District (previous recipients were named in April and May).
These scholarships, announced on Wednesday, are financed by U.S. colleges and universities and range between $500 and $2,000. 
The following students are among more than 7,600 who will receive receive scholarship money totalling $31 million by the end of the summer:
- Lassiter: Joshua R. Vollbracht and Carter Brent Johnson;
- Pope: Griffin W. Haarbauer and Maya Nambiar;
- Walton: Thomas DeBoer, Ava Sophia Edmunds, Emma Allison Hunt, Anika Park, David Phillips, Varsha Ramachandra and Illahi S. Virani;
- Wheeler: Andrew J. Mayne, Rebecca G. Simonson and Hanna E. Waltz.
This year, 173 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 95 private and 78 public institutions in 43 states.
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