Nacogdoches High School senior Charles Hodge has been named a Commended Student in the 2025 National Merit Program.
Hodges is one of roughly 34,000 commended students around the nation recognized as part of the National Merit program. While they don’t advance further, they are still considered to be among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2025 competition, based on their performance on the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Charles is the son of the Revs. Nathan and Amy Hodge. After graduation next May, Charles plans on majoring in pre-med.