Based on the results of the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, two seniors at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy were named Commended Students in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Natalia Ortega and Michelle Wingard are among the 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation, who are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2009 competition for National Merit Scholarships, these students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who took the qualifying test last year.