Jessica Lee, Georgia Nine and Jillian Delp, north Dallas residents and students at Trinity Christian Academy (TCA) were named 2019 National Merit Commended Students. Last year, 1.6 million students in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT. The students were judged on a variety of information including a personal essay, letters of recommendation, their academic record and their PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test scores. More than 34,000 commended students throughout the nation were recognized for their exceptional academic promise.