The 2023 National Merit Finalists were honored at the May Humble ISD School Board Meeting on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Pictured above are Humble ISD School Board President Martina Lemond Dixon, Atascocita High School’s Emily Hill, Summer Creek High School’s Justin Impelman, Kingwood High School’s Michael Louie, Atascocita High School’s Richard Morin, Kingwood High School’s Rebecca Rhodes, Kingwood High School’s Anastasia Small, Kingwood Park High School’s Adam Wolf and Humble ISD Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Fagen. (Not pictured Kingwood High School’s Tracy Wan).

Forty-eight Humble ISD students recognized by National Merit Scholarship Corporation

Joshua Koch

June 5, 2023

May 10, 2023

For the 2022-2023 school year, Humble ISD had 48 students recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. 

Humble ISD increased the number of students honored through National Merit from 2022 to 2023 by 55%. In 2022, there were 31 students recognized by National Merit. 

Each year, approximately 1.5 million students across the United States apply to ultimately be a National Merit Scholarship recipient. This is based on their academic performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Corporation Qualifying Test. Out of this initial pool, approximately 50,000 students across the nation who took the qualifying PSAT exam earned National Merit Commended Scholars.

The top 1% of students in the United States who take the qualifying test are recognized as National Merit Semifinalists and are considered for National Merit Scholarships. For the 2023 National Merit Competition year, Humble ISD had eight students recognized as National Merit Semifinalists in September and then as National Merit Finalists in February: 

Pictured above in alphabetical order: Emily Hill, AHS; Justin Impelman, SCHS; Michael Louie; KHS; Richard Morin, AHS; Rebecca Rhodes, KHS; Anastasia L. Small, KHS; Tracy Wan, KHS; and Adam T. Wolf, KPHS 

Additionally, for the 2023 National Merit Competition year, Humble ISD had 40 students recognized as National Merit Commended Scholars, who are in the top 3% of students in the nation in terms of their achievement on the PSAT: 

Pictured above in alphabetical order: Abel Abraham, SCHS; Christopher Appling, KHS; Iman El Attar, KPHS; Taryn Bathurst, KHS; Isaac Bivens; KHS; Sean Brown, KPHS; Brandon Bryant, SECHS; Joshua Chacko, SCHS; Nitya Cherlo, KHS; Anne Ebersbaker, KHS; Katherine Eckerty, KPHS; Ryan Eckerty, KPHS; William Euston, SCHS; Connor Fry, KHS; Raphael Ossa Garcia, KHS; Elissa Geiger, KPHS; Celestina Gonzalez, KPHS; Kayden Green, KHS; Keona Hice, KHS: Christian Hicks, AHS; Syrra Jallow, SCHS  

Pictured above in alphabetical order: Abigail Lazarus, AHS; Campbell Lino, AHS; Caleb Malone, KHS; Paul Masters, AHS; Tanner Monk, KHS; Jacob Morella, AHS; Kaitlyn Nguyen, KHS; Parker Price, AHS; Maile Pulcher, SCHS; Connor Quinn, KHS; Jessica Richmond, KHS; Antonio Sanders, KHS; Brandon Schnitz, KHS; Ignatius Sison, KHS; Jack Stanton, KHS; James Steffes, KHS; Kaylee Tanig, AHS; Austin Taylor, KHS; Brian Zhang- Kingwood High School