Commended National Merit Scholar, Kale Stahl

Congratulations to Kale Stahl for becoming a Commended National Merit Scholar! Students who achieve top PSAT scores may receive recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation(NMSC). The NMSC compares PSAT scores with those of other students in their state. The top 3-4% of scorers are named Commended Scholars. The top 1% are named National Merit Semifinalists, which can then apply for Finalist status and potentially win scholarship money.

While Kale just missed the 1% mark to call himself a National Merit Semifinalist, his accomplishment is resume-worthy. After graduating high school, Kale plans on studying for his Ph.D. in Math, Chemistry, and Computer Science. Kale hasn’t made a final decision on where he will be going to college next year; his dream school is Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He says he might start at Kansas State University who has offered him great scholarships and an undergrad research position and then proceed to MIT.

Since 2007, Shawnee Heights has had twenty National Merit Commend Scholars and six National Merit Finalist Scholars. For more information about the PSAT and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, see https://parents.collegeboard.org/college-board-programs/psat-nmsqt.

Shawnee Heights National Merit Scholar Commended and Semifinalists:

Douglas Deever, Commended 2007

Kirsten Ford, Commended 2007

Keith Kruger, Commended 2007

Katelin Mohr, Commended 2007

Grant Waniska, Commended 2007

Eric Tobaben, Commended 2008

Emily Hales, Finalist 2009

Sarah McCabe, Commended 2009

Jordan Moore, Commended 2009

Ryan Aeschliman, Finalist 2010

Eric Strand, Finalist 2010

Rian Brown, Finalist 2011

Jonathan Deckert, Commended 2011

Rachel Hagan, Commended 2011

Ellie Steuert, Commended 2011

Alek Eskilson, Finalist 2012

Charity McCracken, Commended 2012

Matt Tobaben, Commended 2012

Brendan Bonavia, Commended 2013

Cody James, Commended 2013

Sam Sumpter, Commended 2013

Brandon True, Commended 2014

Sarah El-Koubysi, Finalist 2015

Tracey Funk, Commended 2015

Dylan Johnson, Commended 2018

Kale Stahl, Commended 2020