Six students from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts have been named Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.
ASMSA students named Commended Students include:
- Calen Long, a senior from Fort Smith;
- Sarah Pham, a senior from Hot Springs;
- Thor Seay, a senior from Hot Springs;
- Jonathan Tucker, a senior from Batesville;
- Alan Ye, a senior from Conway; and
- Charlotte Young, a senior from Paragould.
About 34,000 Commended Students were recognized across the nation. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Competition but were not chosen among the finalists. Students take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as a junior to qualify for the competition.