Meet Malvern Prep's 10 National Merit Honorees

By Jim Mack

MALVERN, PA -- Malvern Preparatory School is proud to present its 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program award winners. In this year's competition, Malvern Prep has five Semifinalists and five Commended Students.

More than 1.6 million students took the 2015 PSAT, and of those, only 16,000 scored high enough to be designated Semifinalists. These students may continue in the Merit Scholarship competition and advance to Finalist standing by meeting additional requirements. Only 34,000 additional students across the nation are recognized as Commended Students, those who scored in the top five percent in the nation on the PSAT.

Pictured here from Malvern Prep are seniors: (front, from left) Semifinalists Nicholas Li of Malvern, Tyler Pizzico of Collegeville, Zachary DeStefano of Exton, Adam Yablonski of Phoenixville and Marcus Nowlan of Chester Springs; and (back, from left, Commended Students Michael Sheridan of West Chester, Thomas Pero of Harleysville, Nicholas Mangano of Newtown Square and Turner Emery of Phoenixville. Commended Student Garrett Myers of Havertown is not pictured.

Image courtesy Jim Mack.