Fort Bend ISD Students Earn National Recognition Through College-Sponsored Merit Scholarships

Nineteen Fort Bend ISD students were named winners of National Merit® Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities, bringing the district’s total number of 2026 National Merit Scholarship winners to 40, so far.

• Ejonamen G. Iyoriobhe, University of Texas at Dallas scholarship recipient; Probable career field: Computer Science
• Carter H. Nguyen, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

• Arisha Amreen, Clements High School; Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering
• Ryotaro O. Ekhaese, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Engineering
• Joy R. Fong, University of Houston; Probable career field: Audiology
• Vedha Narayan, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Chemical Engineering
• Arsh K. Shah, Harvey Mudd College; Probable career field: Engineering
• Zachary D. Tran, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Computer Engineering
• Joshua J. Varghese, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Environmental Science
• Joshua C. Yuan, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Medicine

• Emily Zheng, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Finance
• Abhishek S. Aswal, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering
• Janel W. Lau, University of Texas at Dallas; Probable career field: Medicine
• Henry H. Lin, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering
• Annika Mondal, Emory University; Probable career field: Medicine
• Sahiti K. Venigalla, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Medicine

• Rajeev Bhora, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Medicine
• Srinivasan L. Muthu, Texas A&M University; Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering

• Daniel T. Nguyen, University of Texas at Dallas; Probable career field: Computer Science

Officials from each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.  These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

Today’s announcement marks the third round of winners in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Earlier this spring, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced winners of corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards and National Merit $2500 Scholarships. Ten FBISD students were awarded corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships in April, and 11 students received $2,500 scholarships sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

An additional group of college-sponsored award recipients will be announced July 13.