Marianne M. Milander of Bainbridge Island has been awarded a National Merit Scholarship.

Milander, a Bainbridge High student, has earned a scholarship to the University of Idaho.

More than 3,500 scholarship winners were announced earlier this month.

Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.