A Mid-Prairie High School senior has been named a commended student in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship program. Ingrid Gingrich is one of 34,000 students throughout the nation being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended students placed among the top 50,000 scores of more than 1.5 million students on the Preliminary SAT, which is the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Students who receive a letter of commendation will not continue in the 2020 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards.