Four students of Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, N.J., have been named Commended Students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Maya Kim, Adam Komosinski, Serena Lorenzo, and Gwendolyn O’Hearn.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2026 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2026 competition by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
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“Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” a spokesperson for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program. “These students represent a valuable national resource. Recognizing their accomplishments, as well as their schools’ roles in their academic development, is vital to advancing educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”
