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GCISD is proud to announce that 42 students of the Class of 2026 have earned the National Merit Commended designation.

Selection is based on the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 highest-scoring students in the nation and are being recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance.

Congratulations to this year’s National Merit Commended students:

Collegiate Academy

  • Karley Blaisure

  • Emily D'Souza

Colleyville Heritage High School

  • Rishabh Agarwal

  • Cameron Buhl

  • Debra Campbell

  • Julia Chen

  • Creighton Crandall

  • Zoe Fang

  • Ali Halai

  • Camila Hermosillo

  • Zunyao Jiang

  • Julian Klingelhoefer

  • Kalli Koester

  • Aidan Loughran

  • Harper Newton

  • Sydney Nguyen

  • Juli Sparks

  • Amelia Tiong

  • Nathanael Yi

  • Joel Zavala

Grapevine High School

  • Aarush Akkineni 

  • Benjamin Alexander   

  • Isaac Brown   

  • Chaeyoon Chung  

  • Sophia Colvin    

  • Andre Garcia 

  • Bonnie Kae

  • Shayna Landry

  • Sofiya Malyshchak  

  • Andrew Moon 

  • Keegan O’haugherty    

  • Sanjay Raghunath

  • Priyanka Rathie 

  • Brynn Snyder      

  • Cayenne Sychitkokhong

  • Caitlyn Warzecha  

  • Zaine White

iUniversity Prep

  • Tessa Bradley

  • Isabelle duPlessis

  • Claire Pee

  • Aydon Phillips

*Not all National Merit Commended students have permission for information to be shared in GCISD communications. If your student was a National Merit Commended student and you would like their information added, please reach out to the Communications Department at info@gcisd.net.