Principal Jerry Holsten of South Kitsap High School announced that Rachel Routh has been named a Commended Student in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program.

A letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to Routh.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2015 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who took the SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in 2013.