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WCHS student named National Merit finalist

Austin Lampman one of less than 1 percent of graduating seniors to receive the honor

Austin Lampman

Webster City High School Senior, Austin Lampman has been named a National Merit Scholarship finalist, an honor that about 15,000 or less than one percent of the U.S. graduating seniors can claim.

Lampman, the son of Jeffrey and Amy Lampman, was notified last fall that he was one of the 144 students from Iowa to receive this honor, as well as one of only two students from the North Central Conference to achieve this honor. Just a few weeks ago, he received word that he had advanced to the finalist stage.

“It’s a great honor. It all comes back to having a strong support system. There’s been a lot of people that have helped me get to where I am at today, like my parents, teachers, coaches and teammates.” said Lampman.

Lampman is very involved with his school and the community. He’s been involved with high school football, track, and baseball teams, is treasurer of the National Honors Society, is involved with the St. Thomas Aquinas church. He works part-time at the HyVee pharmacy — all while maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. He is also an avid hunter and ice fisherman.

After becoming a semi-finalist, Lampman then had to complete an application process, in which the school had to submit all the classes he had taken at the High School and Iowa Central Community College, a recommendation letter from Principal Brent Jorth, and Sally Greenfield, the school counselor and PSAT instructor had to compile more information of all of his coursework taken throughout his high school career.

Seven-thousand, five-hundred students nationwide become finalists and these students will receive a $2,500 single payment towards the college of their choice. One thousand students will then be selected to receive the corporate scholarships, which can be renewed each year of college if they continue to submit applications, with the scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.

“We are very proud of Austin and the work that he’s done inside and outside of the classroom,” said Jorth last fall. “At the same time there’s a great sense of pride in what his teachers K-12 have helped him to achieve. The community should be very proud.”

Lampman plans to attend Drake University in Des Moines where he will pursue a pharmacy degree.

“I typically expect a lot of myself, I have high expectations,” said Lampman. “It’s been an affirmation of the goals I’ve set for myself. I want to keep working and achieving all my goals.”

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