Carmel High School Principal John Williams announced last week that 58 students have been named Commended Students in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, was presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.
More than 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2015 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2015 competition by taking the 2013 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
“The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” stated a spokesperson for NMSC. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”
The 58 Commended Students are as follows:
Alison Adaniya
Hayden Bauschka
Yashwanth Bharatula
Cecilie Blahunka
Samantha Bleykhman
Daniel Bose
Haley Bracken
Sharmistha Chakrabarti
Katelyn Davis
Kathryn Doman
Jenna Fattah
Ian Finley
Nicholas Fowler
Quentin Fox
Grant Freehand
Rhea Gajaria
Logan Gentile
Robert Greaser
Drew Greene
Brittany Griggs
Daniel Ho
Christophoro Herodotou
Morgan Jenkins
Lauren Kenny
Anna Lasbury
Blake Loncharich
Meghan Mahoney
Thang Mai
Cameron Martin
Mark Matsuki
Matthew McDonald
Julia Mentz
Kevin Mi
Jonathan Moorman
Sima Navid
Graylynn Oatess
Mara Paterson
Sanjeev Rau
Brielle Saggese
Aidan Salzmann
Joshua Segaran
Patrick Shaffer
Grantland Smith
Elijah St. Angelo
Hallie Stallings
Jacob Swiezy
Janine Tang
Annalisa Thielmann
Divya Udayan
Jakub Walerstein
Amanda Warnock
Jacob Worrell
Angela Wu
Henry Wu
Yueyi Zhang
Kevin Zhou
Alice Zhu
Han Zou
