Heather Morningstar, principal of Salisbury High School, recently announced student Eliza Wiener has been named a commended student by the 2021 National Merit® Scholarship Corporation.

Eliza is the daughter of Stephen and Lynn Wiener.

About 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise.

Although they will not continue in the 2021 competition for National Merit® Scholarship awards, commended students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2020 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

“Those being named commended students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” a spokesperson for NMSC said.

“These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation.

“We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”