McCallie had 22 students earn commended status by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation
McCallie has 22 seniors earning National Merit Commended status for 2016 as a result of strong performances in 2015 on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Semifinalist Qualifying Test.
National Merit Commended status puts these students in the top 5 percent of all students taking the PSAT/NMSQT.
The McCallie students earning National Merit Commended status are:
Joey Belisle, Austin, Texas
Banner Brock, Lookout Mountain, Ga.
Arjun Chander, Chattanooga
Thomas Chapman, Atlanta
Jnani Crawford, Atlanta
Clark Danks, Chattanooga
Edward Ellis, Chattanooga
Bayo Fasipe, Springfield, Mo.
Jay Gibbs, Morrisville, N.C.
Harrison Jennings, Chattanooga
Grayson King, Ringgold, Ga.
Lucas Liu, Los Altos, Calif.
Brendan Lynch, Davidson, N.C.
Gareth May, Hixson, Tenn.
Duncan Moore, Albany, Ga.
Nathan Newbold, Signal Mountain, Tenn.
Tanay Patri, Chattanooga
Hunter Rose, Greenville, Ky.
Nicholas Seay, Hixson, Tenn.
Jacob Sloan, Ooltewah, Tenn.
Jefferson Truitt, Middletown, Ohio
Xavi Vilar-Brasser, Franklin, Tenn.
These accomplished students join McCallie’s three National Merit Semifinalists — Ace Damodaran of Ooltewah, Evan Majic of Signal Mountain, and Dustin Smith from San Antonio, Texas — as some of the top performers in PSAT/NMSQT testing nationwide.
Approximately 1.5 million high school juniors from more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the PSAT/NMSQT. Approximately 50,000 are recognized as high scorers with about 34,000 being National Merit Commended scholars and the rest moving on as National Merit Semifinalists.