MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy senior Rhayna Poulin has been named a 2021 National Merit Semifinalist, school Principal Rick Amero reports.

Only 16,000 National Merit Semifinalists throughout the nation are recognized for their exceptional academic promise. National Semifinalists placed among the top scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Poulin is the daughter of Shannon and Paul Poulin. She was recently accepted to Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.