Olympia teen awarded National Merit scholarship

Olympia High School recent graduate Daniel Ryckman has received a National Merit Scholarship to the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, according to aNational Merit Scholarship Corporation news release.

College-sponsored awards provide between $500 and $2,000 a year for four years at that specific institution.

About 7,400 students in the country were 2015 National Merit Scholars, and received scholarships totaling more than $32 million, according to the corporation.

Ryckman joins seven other South Sound teens whose National Merit scholarships were announced in the spring.

This story was originally published July 13, 2015 at 3:22 PM with the headline "Olympia teen awarded National Merit scholarship."