16 Plainfield Seniors Named National Merit 'Commended' Students

PLAINFIELD, IL — More than a dozen seniors at Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 high schools were named "commended" students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship program.

The 16 commended students place among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.3 million students who entered the competition by taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Although commended students won't continue in the competition for scholarships, the roughly 34,000 students nationwide received recognition for their "exceptional academic promise," according to a news release from the district.

The following students earned the "commended" title:

Plainfield Central High School

• Ubaldo Rodriguez

Plainfield South High School

• Kyle W. Puckett
• Lance M. Valera

Plainfield North High School

• Alexander Gaull
• Mia Gonzalez
• Suha Khan
• Yunus Khan
• Prakul Madaan
• Brady Mitchell

Plainfield East High School

• Aadam Tayeb
• Nathan D. Matzig
• Nora E. Ingram
• Matthew E. Deng
• Ariella L. Delapena
• Jack R. Brelsford
• Madison B. Barber

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Editor's note: This article has been updated to remove the names of five Plainfield North High School students included in the original news release from District 202. The students were recognized as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and are progressing in the competition.