Congratulations to Wellesley’s own Catherine Curran and Stephanie Xia, who were announced last month as winners of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships. They were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program, headquartered in Illinois.
Catherine graduated from Noble and Greenough School in Dedham.
Stephanie, a Wellesley High School graduate and co-valedictorian, will study engineering at MIT…