4 Avon Lake High Seniors Named Commended Students

AVON LAKE, OH — Avon Lake High had four seniors named Commended Students from the National Merit Scholarship program.

This year's Commended Students are: Hailee Dalgleish, 17; Kennan Davis, 17; Leah Mangano, 17; and Thomas Polakowski, 17.

To be named a Commended Student, these seniors had to perform exceptionally on the PSAT. About 34,000 students receive Letters of Commendation in recognition of their academic promise.

Some Commended Students may qualify for corporate-sponsored scholarships.

Here's more information on this year's Commended Students:

• Hobbies: Spending time with family, serving her parish, working at Independence Village
• College(s) of interest: University of Notre Dame
• Potential college major: Engineering
• Parents: Tracee and Scott Dalgleish

• Hobbies: Tennis, scuba, snowboarding
• College(s) of interest: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Ohio State University, Purdue University, Case Western Reserve University
• Potential college major(s): Mechanical or Aerospace engineering
• Parents: Jennifer and Larry Davis

• Hobbies: Tennis, running, reading, spending time with family and friends
• College(s) of interest: Vanderbilt University, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Cornell University
• Potential college major(s): Biomedical or Aerospace engineering
• Parents: Tracy and Sam Mangano

• Hobbies: Marching band; playing piano and guitar
• College(s) of interest: Vanderbilt University, Ohio State University, Cornell University
• Potential college major: Mechanical engineering
• Parents: Sharon and Tony Polakowski