A Trenton resident and student of the prestigious Gatton Academy at Western Kentucky University has been named a National Merit Semifinalist.
According to WKU, 21 seniors from the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been chosen as semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship program—since the academy’s inception in 2007, 291 students have been selected for the honor.
Now, Bryan Michael Zimmerman of Trenton and Todd County Center High School joins the list, emerging from the more than 1.3 million juniors that entered the 2026 National Merit Scholarship program by taking the 2024 preliminary SAT qualifying test…