Three Willowbrook seniors named as Commended Students in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program

Willowbrook seniors Galen Bergsten, Liam Cherry and Zachery Wolski have been named as Commended Students in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program, conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

Although they will not continue in the 2016 competition for National Merit Scholarships, Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 competition by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the U.S. are being recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT.