Durant Named Commended Student by National Merit Scholarship Program

The Rev. John Thomas, Head of School at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, recently announced that Sidney Durant of Coalmont, Tenn., has been named a Commended Student in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.

 Durant placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2013 competition by taking the 2011 Preliminary SAT/Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. In addition to showing exceptional academic promise, Sidney is a gifted potter and a member of the SAS swimming and mountain biking teams. He is an Honors student at SAS and has received academic awards in French and clay. Last summer he attended the Governor’s School for Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was a member of the school’s team that participated in the 200-mile Ragnar Relay from Chattanooga to Nashville last fall. In 2011, he qualified for the TICSA Swimming & Diving Championships.

 He is the son of Veronique and Bruno Durant.