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National Merit Scholarship Recognition
11 Central Catholic students honored, including semifinalist Brandon Quinn.
Central Catholic senior, Brandon Quinn was named a semifinalist in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. The semifinalists represent the top 16,000, or the 99.5 percentile, of the more than 1.5 million juniors who took the
PSAT.
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and by meeting published program entry/participation requirements.
Additionally, ten Central Catholic students were named Commended Students in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. These Commended Students placed among the top five percent.
Tyler J. Barkich
Thomas H. Cahall
Mitchell C. Marangoni
Lucas A. Milazzo
James P. Murray
Andrew M. Reay
Matthew B. Scotti
Owen P. Scoville
Matthew J. Wisneski
Daniel G. Yurko