21 District 202 High School Students Earn 'Commended' NMS Ranking

PLAINFIELD, IL — An additional 21 Plainfield District 202 students have earned National Merit Scholarship "commended" ranks. They join 10 other district students who were named semifinalists by the program Sept. 15.

Though the 21 students won't be competing in the 2022 competition for scholarships, they're among 34,000 students nationwide who are being recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for their "exceptional academic promise," officials announced Thursday.

Commended-ranked students are among the top 50,000 scorers out of the more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2022 competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Here's a breakdown by high school of District 202 commended students.

Plainfield Central High School

• Leah H. Fox
• Jacob Frosch
• Luke Hartzell
• Angela M. Knight
• Chloe G. Knollenberg
• Connor J. McMillin

Plainfield North High School

• Tvisha Baxi
• Emma Blair
• Mary Henry
• Dakhota Krahulik
• Ethan Lenning
• Kelly Overbeek
• Jennifer Peery
• Gabriel Postacchini
• Sara Przybylski
• Madeline Rago
• Connor Underwood
• Melanie Wenz

Plainfield East High School

• Karan Chopra
• Joseph B. Korn
• Alan J. Saldivar

RELATED: 10 Plainfield D202 Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

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