Seven Geneva seniors receive Merit Scholar honors

BOERNE — Seven Geneva School of Boerne seniors earned recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Brady Chandler was named National Merit Semifinalist while Samuel Crews, Sopris Ogelsby, Joshua Patteson, Mason Sutton, Jonathan Taylor and Christian Vis were named National Merit Commended Scholars.

The students achieved the awards for their academic accomplishments on the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The seven students are members of the 2026 senior class which will be the 16th class to graduate from Geneva. This is also the 16th consecutive senior class at Geneva School of Boerne to have members earning National Merit recognition.

“We applaud the work of National Merit Scholarship Corporation in recognizing exceptionally talented students and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence at all levels,” said Matt Donnowitz, Geneva Rhetoric School headmaster. “We are thankful to have a rich history of National Merit scholars at Geneva and celebrate their academic accomplishments which put them among the top ranked students in the nation.” More than 1.3 million students took the PSAT in October 2024 and entered the National Merit Programs, a nationwide competition for the recognition and awards conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Nationally, 16,000 students were named Semifinalists and 34,000 were named Commended Students.