Nine seniors from Auburn School District’s three comprehensive high schools have been recognized as Commended Students in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program.

They are:

Auburn Mountainview High School

Samantha Fix

Tabitha Lovell

Heidi Milby

Timothy Russell

Parker Sheldon

Auburn Riverside High School

Karley Thurston

Auburn High School

Haeun (Julie) Chang

Alexandra Mihaylova

Cameron Sowards

More than 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2011 competition for National Merit Scholarships, commended students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2011 competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).