The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has announced that 23 recent Fulton County high school graduates were named college-sponsored National Merit Scholars. They are: Elizabeth A. Carter, Naveena Karusala and Lauretta Y. Zhao, Alpharetta High School; Catherine Stephens and Jenny J. Wang, Centennial High; Caroline Guan, Thomas E. Pitzel, Jay A. Reynolds, Daniel S. Yoon, Chattahoochee High; Philip N. Barker, Jenny Di and Eunice H. Shin, Johns Creek High; Hayden B. Arnold, James P. Nugent and Diana Xu, Milton High; Ilene M. Baker and Michael A. Hochman, North Springs Charter High; Abhay Aluri, Harris L. Gu, Hanna Han, Aino V. Rainio, Roland Wen and Peggy Xu, Northview High. Fulton now has a total to 69 National Merit Scholars for 2013.