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Terry, Noble named National Merit Semifinalists

Sep 24, 2009

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To the Leader-Call
September 17, 2009 12:04 pm

Owen Terry, a senior at West Jones High School, and Justin Noble, a senior at Northeast Jones High School, were recently named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
More than 1.5 million juniors in about 22,000 high schools entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Terry and Noble will be two of only 16,000 students nationwide to compete for some 8,200 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $36 million.
Terry is a member of the West Jones soccer and swim team and currently serves as president of the West Jones Beta Club, Key Club, Serteens, Mu Alpha Theta, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Teens Getting Involved for the Future. He was selected as an American Legion Boys State Delegate and received the Hugh O'Brien Leadership Award.
Terry is an active member of First Baptist Church of Laurel and is a Red Cross Youth volunteer leader. He is the son of Jerry and Melissa Terry of Soso.
Noble is a four-year member of the NEJ soccer team and Beta Club. He has also been a member of the Tiger Yearbook staff for four years and currently serves as Sports Editor. He is a member of the Quill and Scroll International Journalism Society and Teens Getting Involved in the Future. An active member of the NEJ drama program, Noble has a major role in the upcoming musical production of The Sound of Music! Selected for the Young Guns Leadership Program at Mississippi State University, Noble participated in the July 2009 session. He is a Mississippi Scholar and a member of the honors program at NEJ. Noble plans to attend Mississippi State University in the fall; he will major in mechanical engineering.
He is the son of Richard and Anita Noble of the Myrick community.

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