Congratulations to the (30) MLWGS Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation from the Class of 2024

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National Merit Scholarship

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2024 competition by taking the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). “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.”

This year MLWGS has thirty National Merit Scholarship Commended Students from the Class of 2024, ten from Henrico, ten from Chesterfield, one from Goochland, four from Richmond, and five from Hanover. Congratulations to our seniors:

Elliott Beazley, Chesterfield

Kristin Bishop, Chesterfield

Lauren Blake, Richmond

Pooshan Chaudhuri, Henrico

Yuna Chen, Henrico

Samuel Choi, Hanover

Jackson DeHaven, Hanover

Andrew Eaton, Chesterfield

Nitya Goyal, Henrico

Gabriel Harding, Richmond

Franklin Heyming, Richmond

Rehaan Jain, Chesterfield

Saxon Kelleher, Hanover

Keira Kim, Hanover

Briana Lawson, Goochland

Bernard McNamee, Chesterfield

Nayan Mehta, Henrico

Hareem Mubashar, Chesterfield

Rohini Mudinur, Henrico

Sowmya Narra, Henrico

Nicholas Pham, Chesterfield

Nithyasai Ravula, Henrico

Liam Reed, Chesterfield

Skylar Schuetze, Henrico

Aashika Shah, Henrico

Prisha Shah, Hanover

Nathaniel Stewart, Chesterfield

Aiden Vick, Richmond

Ryan Weickert, Chesterfield

Natalie Xie, Henrico

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