Seniors Earn Commended Student Honor in National Merit Program

Seniors Earn Commended Student Honor in National Merit Program

Congratulations to the 31 Greenhill seniors who were recognized as Commended Students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Thirty-one Greenhill students were named Commended Students in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These students are recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their performance on the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).

Congratulations to these Commended Students:

  • Nora Ahearn ’26
  • Michael Ahn '26
  • Iliyan Ali '26
  • Isabel Bhatia '26
  • Arjun Bhatnagar '26
  • Harshdeep Bommareddy '26
  • Collin Cannon '26
  • Brian Chao '26
  • Lincoln Clemons '26
  • Ella Costabile '26
  • Aatif Dawawala '26
  • Syrus Gupta '26
  • Owen Hanson '26
  • Dhiya Hemchand '26
  • Andrew Hough '26
  • Jin-Jing Huang '26
  • Nina Kaplinsky '26
  • Soyam Kelifa '26
  • Sarah Koshy '26
  • Lucas Laben '26
  • Dhilan Lele '26
  • William O'Gorman '26
  • Katherine Ponnambalam '26
  • Josephina Qiu '26
  • Aashna Saxena '26
  • Adam Strauss '26
  • Vedant Subramanian '26
  • Isabel Tanner '26
  • Ayan Thombre '26
  • Olivia Wiles '26
  • Ian Wu '26

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for placing among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2026 competition.

“Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success," commented 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."

Congratulations to these students!

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