Greenwich teens earn National Merit program distinction

GREENWICH — More than 40 local teenagers were named Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program

The list includes 36 Greenwich High School and seven Sacred Heart Greenwich students honored for their outstanding performance on the program’s entry test.

“We are so proud of our National Merit Commended Students,” Greenwich High School Headmaster Ralph Mayo said. “These students are hardworking, talented and truly deserving of this prestigious recognition. I know our entire team at GHS shares in the excitement we have for them.”

The students are among 34,000 students nationwide to be given the distinction.

Although they will not continue in the 2021 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of the more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Following are the honored students:

Greenwich High School

1 Austin Benison

1 Lilliane Bjerke

1 Trent Boone

1 Mark Chen

1 Grace Collier

1 Madeline Cook

1 Charlie Decker

1 Pieter Feenstra

1 Leena Jhamb

1 David Katz

1 Jaywoo Kook

1 Dylan Maloney 1 Gabriella Mendoza

1 Gabriella Meyerhoff

1 Dylan Mini

1 Madeleine Park

1 Uma Pendkar

1 Sofia Pronina

1 Mark Razanau

1 Caroline Regan

1 James Rinello

1 Hadley Rosenberg

1 Seldon Salaj

1 Benjamin Schinto

1 Olivia Schnur

1 Lena Thakor

1 Katherine Tibberts

1 Austin Towle

1 John Trahanas 1 Nathalie Williams

1 Joshua Winston

1 Alexander Ye

1 Colin Ying

1 Andrew Zhang

1 William Zhang

1 Tiffany Zheng

Sacred Heart

1 Isabel DeVita

1 Piper Gilbert

1 Destini-Joy Green

1 Francisca Iraola

1 Olivia Lockwood

1 Mary Clare Marshall

1 Morgan Wilkens