Seven students from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts have been named Commended Students in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program.
The students are:
- Pragya Chauhan of Bentonville;
- Gavin Chen of Benton;
- Parker Hance of Conway;
- James Mathis of Russellville;
- Julie Morse of Mayflower;
- Brent Orlina of Little Rock; and
- Michaela Stevens of Hot Springs.
About 34,000 Commended Students were recognized across the nation. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students in the 69th 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.