National Merit Commended Students Announced

Published September 20, 2017

Williamson County Schools students continue to gain national recognition within the National Merit Program with 64 students being named National Merit Commended Students.

National Merit Commended Students are in the top 5 percent of all entrants into the National Merit Program. Around 1.6 million students enter the National Merit Program each year, and only 34,000 of those are named Commended Students.

The Commended Students are chosen based on a yearly Selection Index, and though they don’t continue as candidates for the National Merit Scholarships, they are still in the running for any special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.

Below is the list of the National Merit Commended Students in WCS:

Brentwood High:

Hannah Armistead
Sam Blanchet
Jackson Cho
Sam Dillard
Keaton Funderbunk
Virginia Guerrero
Chandler Hart
Connor Hester
Ragan Huffman
Malia Hullfish
Matthew Ikard
Daniel Johnson
Zach Johnston
Joy Li
Sailesh Sitaram
Naba Wahid

Centennial High:

Shara Casey
Emily Downey
McCall Grow
Stephanie Mover

Fairview High:

Christopher Guardo

Franklin High:

Sophia Badalian
Jonathan Bledsoe
Halle Cathey
Eli Christoph
Alexandra DeMarco
Georgia Foss
Sofya Gorbunova
Austin Hamill
William Haslam
Zachary Helton
Michelangelo Hooghkirk
Grace Johnson
Zoe Kendall
Braden Kirkpatrick
Simone Li
Zachary McLain
Anna Mills
Kellen Vogelfanger
Zachary Wolfson

Independence High:

Adam Hallmark
Charlie Worth

Page High:

Natalie Dinkins
Natalie Harrington
Dillan Jones

Ravenwood High:

Jamie Blaylock
Julian Brock
Lauren Case
Trent Florey
Ethan Hall
Sasank Kandipati
Prateek Konakalla
Vamsi Konjeti
Sullivan Leach
Alan Liu
Madeeha Malik
Clara Miller
Kunal Nikam
Mitchell Price
Saitheeraj Thatigotla
Mark Winchester

Renaissance High:

Evan Geiger

Summit High:

Noah Daniels
Abigale Harrelson