Commended Students recognized in National Merit Program
Sept. 23, 2020 – Twenty-two Edina High School students have been selected as Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students place among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Although these students will not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, they are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise.
The following students have been named Commended Students:
Patrick Bennett
Rory Conway
Sara Defor
Zachary Djanin
Emma Hudson
Sasha Lessin-Burris
Maria Linder
Ellen Mi
Abdikarim Mohamed
Edgar O'Brien
Eric Ouyang
Margaret Randall
Eric Seng
Cole Statz
Luke Swain
Evan Tessmer-Tuck
Benjamin Tietjen
Katherine Wetmore
Ellen Whalen
Jamie Yuan
Sophia Zak
Bowen Zheng