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Horah named semifinalist in National Merit Scholarship Program

September 9, 2015 | 349 views

Senior Dawson Horah is among the 16,000 students nationwide to be named a semifinalist in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. Therefore, he has the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,400 scholarship awards, worth more than $32 million, that will be offered this spring.

“Dawson is an outstanding member of the Darlington Community, and we are extremely proud of his accomplishments,” said Sam Moss (’63), Darlington’s dean of college guidance. “It is quite an honor to earn semifinalist status in the National Merit Program, and we wish Dawson the best of luck as he competes for a scholarship award this spring.”

Horah, a day student, has taken 19 Honors and AP courses at Darlington. He is a member of the Servant Leadership Committee, the Stadium Band, Science Club, Cum Laude Society, Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society, Tri M Music Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society.

Horah is a four-time recipient of the Athletic Booster Club Scholar-Athlete Award for Golf. He has received the J. Daniel Hanks Scholarship Award and E.L. Wright Awards for AP U.S. History, AP Biology, Pre-Calculus, Spanish 1, Spanish 2 and Spanish 3.

Outside of Darlington, Horah is a Cross Point kids leader at Cross Point City Church in Cartersville, Ga. He is the son of Stephanie and David Horah of Euharlee, Ga.

About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the title of Merit Scholar. To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout the high school years, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. The student must also submit a self-descriptive essay and information about participation and leadership in school and community activities.