The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced on Wednesday that Redmond High School senior Benjamin Keller will be among 1,000 high school seniors nationwide to receive a National Merit Corporate-Sponsored Scholarship.

Keller is one of 19 students statewide to receive a corporate-sponsored scholarship and one 12 in Washington to receive a National Merit Boeing Scholarship.

Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship Competition and met the criteria of their scholarship sponsors. The Boeing Company supports Merit Scholarship awards annually for children of employees. The scholarship awards are a part of Boeing’s comprehensive aid to education program.

Most scholarship awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $500 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000.

Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university of their choice.