Congratulations to the (41) MLWGS Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation from the Class of 2027

Maggie Walker Bust
National Merit Scholarship

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!

Claire AdcockChesterfield
Tayyib AliChesterfield
William BlashfieldPowhatan
Prithvi ChakrabortyHenrico
Danielle Chen Henrico
William ChenHenrico
Ousmane Dieng Chesterfield
Bridget FinleyHenrico
Samuel Freeman Hanover
Noah HeywardRichmond
Neha JainHenrico
Shrihari KalagiHenrico
Naman KaushiHenrico
Reesa Kelleher Hanover
Ronith KolliparaHenrico
Eli KonikoffGoochland
Sofia KraheRichmond
Grace KuHenrico
Palak KundaliaHenrico
Daniel LeeChesterfield
Jackson LookingbillHenrico
Shravan MadurantakamHenrico
Chaitly Marapareddy Henrico
Grace McDonnellHanover
Abhinav Mehta Chesterfield
Indira MudinurHenrico
Lolu Nzombola Henrico
Nikhil PalavalasHenrico
Chris QianChesterfield
Ameen Rahman Chesterfield
Everett Reeves Richmond
Candice Santos Henrico
Vrinda ShahHenrico
Simon SmithChesterfield
Nuveena SooriyaHenrico
John Thomas Trevey Richmond
Hadley Walder Richmond
Jan-David Wasiak Henrico
Paxson Wijesooriya Richmond
Miranda ZhangChesterfield
Yun Xuan ZhuChesterfield

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