About 34,000 Commended Students nationwide are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2027 competition by taking the 2025 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.”
The MLWGS Class of 2027 has forty-one National Merit Scholarship Commended students: ten from Chesterfield, one from Powhatan, one from Goochland, three from Hanover, twenty from Henrico, and six from Richmond.
Congratulations to our seniors!
| William Chen | Henrico |
| Ousmane Dieng | Chesterfield |
| Bridget Finley | Henrico |
| Samuel Freeman | Hanover |
| Noah Heyward | Richmond |
| Neha Jain | Henrico |
| Shrihari Kalagi | Henrico |
| Naman Kaushi | Henrico |
| Reesa Kelleher | Hanover |
| Ronith Kollipara | Henrico |
| Eli Konikoff | Goochland |
| Sofia Krahe | Richmond |
| Grace Ku | Henrico |
| Palak Kundalia | Henrico |
| Daniel Lee | Chesterfield |
| Jackson Lookingbill | Henrico |
| Shravan Madurantakam | Henrico |
| Chaitly Marapareddy | Henrico |
| Grace McDonnell | Hanover |
| Abhinav Mehta | Chesterfield |
| Indira Mudinur | Henrico |
| Lolu Nzombola | Henrico |
| Nikhil Palavalas | Henrico |
| Chris Qian | Chesterfield |
| Ameen Rahman | Chesterfield |
| Everett Reeves | Richmond |
| Candice Santos | Henrico |
| Vrinda Shah | Henrico |
| Simon Smith | Chesterfield |
| Nuveena Sooriya | Henrico |
| John Thomas Trevey | Richmond |
| Hadley Walder | Richmond |
| Jan-David Wasiak | Henrico |
| Paxson Wijesooriya | Richmond |
| Miranda Zhang | Chesterfield |
| Yun Xuan Zhu | Chesterfield |
