(ROCKWALL, TX — Oct. 6, 2016) A group of 21 Rockwall ISD students are among the 50,000 National Merit Commended students throughout the nation recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students are among the top five percent of more than 1 million students.
Additionally, four students are among 5,000 students who were selected as Hispanic Scholars for their performance on the 2015 PSAT. The National Hispanic Recognition Program, established in 1983, is a College Board program that provides national recognition of the exceptional academic achievement of Hispanic high school seniors and identifies them for post-secondary institutions.
The students, listed below, entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. One student earned both honors, making 24 the total number of district students to receive a recognition.
National Merit Commended – Rockwall High School
Katherine Berger
Ethan Dupre
Benjamin Fields
Eric Harbin
Grant Miller
Griffin Perkins
Tyler Saathoff
Daniel Scivetti
Dan Ahn Ton
Joshua Villarreal (Also a National Hispanic Scholar)
Abigail White
Thaddeus Whitfield
Maya Wiemokly
National Merit Commended – Rockwall-Heath High School
Sydney Best
Jonathan Blackburn
Madeline Christensen
Marley Esch
Elizabeth Gersch
Grayson Smartt
Andrew Spletter
Emma Young
National Hispanic Scholars – Rockwall High School
Brandon Gan
Joseph Molinar
Joshua Villarreal (Also a National Merit Commended student)
National Hispanic Scholar – Rockwall-Heath High School
Dawson Booth
Submitted press release.
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