Redmond resident and Lake Washington High School senior Elizabeth Alexander was one of two students in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) to be named outstanding black American high school seniors who have won Achievement Scholarships through the National Achievement Scholarship Program.

Alexander and Shelby Jennings, a senior at International Community School, were among 800 students nationwide to receive scholarships.

These awards, totaling more than $2 million, are financed by grants from 29 corporate organizations and professional associations and by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Jennings and Alexander both received National Achievement $2,500 scholarships supported by the NMSC.

The National Achievement Scholarship Program is a privately financed academic competition established in 1964 specifically to honor scholastically talented black American youth and to provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding participants in the annual National Merit Scholarship competition.