Ranch senior named finalist

Lakewood Ranch High School’s Kathryn Hancock was one of only four students in Manatee County Public Schools to be named as a 2011 National Merit Scholarship Finalist.

Sean McNulty, of Manatee High and Sydney Moninger and Amber Wolabaugh, both of Southeast High, also earned the honor in Manatee schools. Cardinal Mooney High School’s Daniel Elbrecht also was named a finalist.

The seniors now have the opportunity to win some of the 8,400 National Merit Scholarships, totaling more than $36 million, to be given out this spring.