District Celebrates National Merit Commended Students
District Celebrates National Merit Commended Students
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- 2026
- September
WCS high school students are continuing to be recognized for their academic excellence. This year, 70 students have been named National Merit Commended Students.
Each year, approximately 34,000 students receive this honor based on their high PSAT/NMSQT exam scores, putting them among the top three percent of test-takers in the nation. The Commended Students are chosen based on a nationally-applied Selection Index score, and, though they do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some of the students still have the possibility of receiving corporation or business-sponsored scholarships.
Congratulations to the National Merit Commended Students listed below:
Brentwood High
- Bryce Burnett
- Mazen Elsaadawy
- Henry Flippin
- Andrew Hancock
- Harrison Jenkins
- Johnny Jiang
- Clay Kelley
- Pascal Landman
- Jacob Porter
- James Rawls
- James Robison
- Steven Rock
- Gideon Shin
- Dawson Ward
- Oscar Wilhelm
- Emma Womack
Centennial High
- Gracen Comer
Franklin High
- William Barton
- Bhavesh Bhavanam
- Krishna Deepak
- Charles Hall
- Sophie Jiang
- Ethan Krinks
- Emeline Lasseter
- Roman Robledo
- Izumi Wakatsuki
Independence High
- Elijah Daymude
- Eshwari Joglekar
- Violet Lindsey
- Jacob Sims
- Brooklyn Wotring
- Madison Zaitz
Nolensville High
- Anna Lasher
- Janie Lee
- Anika Pratheesh
Page High
- Visvajit Dharanikumar
- Joseph Ellis
- Riley Hagenbuch
- Jude Hartley
- Sahaana Joshi
- Charlene Danica Koilraja
- Emily Largen
- Whitaker Mullen
- Luke Murray
- Nathan Yaras
Ravenwood High
- Julianne Coggin
- Sophie Crossman
- Clara Douglas
- Charlotte Elder
- Nicholas Giannakoulias
- Runhe Gu
- Reid Johnson
- Elizabeth Keenan
- Aarnav Khanna
- Aishi Mehrotra
- Schey Meinert
- Broderick Peck
- John Prestegaard
- Michael Russell
- Luke Sanders
- Siddharth Sarmalkar
- Aryan Shaikh
- Oliver Stepanic
- Samantha Surre
- Saksham Varshney
- Adwaya Yesare
- Miles Yu
Summit High
- Sydney Branson
- Matthew Leak
Vanguard Virtual High
- Zoe Choi
- BHS
- CHS
- FHS
- IHS
- NHS
- PHS
- RHS
- SHS
- VVHS