2010 Rhodes Scholars announced -- a breakdown by school
This weekend the Rhodes Trust announced its next class of Rhodes Scholars. The 32 students will study (for free) at the University of Oxford in England for two or three years, starting next October.
The application process is rigorous: More then 1,500 students across the country sought endorsement from their college or university to apply. This year, 837 students at 309 schools were endorsed. On Saturday, 32 were selected.
The University of Chicago, Harvard College and Stanford University had three scholars each. Two universities had their first Rhodes Scholars in history: Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and the University of California at Irvine. And South Dakota, for the first time, had two scholars.
University of Chicago
Prerna Nadathur of Roseville, Minn.
Anna V. Alekseyeva of St. Louis
John S. Scotti of San Diego
Stanford University
Fagan E.N. Harris of Glen Burnie
Varun S. Sivaram of Monte Sereno, Calif.
Fatima I. Sabar of Ballwin, Mo.
Harvard College
Zachary M. Frankel of New York
Daniel E. Lage of Miami
Baltazar A. Zavala of El Paso
Princeton University
Mark Z. Jia of Waltham, Mass.
Nicholas A. DiBerardino of Westport, Conn.
Yale University
William J. Zeng of Great Falls, Va.
Alice L. Baumgartner of Chicago
University of Virginia
Laura K. Nelson of Westwood, Mass.
United States Naval Academy
Caroline P. Barlow of Fleming Island, Fla.
Washington University in St. Louis
Priya M. Sury of Roseville, Minn. (also University of Minnesota)
Haverford College
Andrew J. Lanham of Wooster, Ohio
University of Delaware
Matthew T. Watters of Newark, Del.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
S. Paul Shorkey, Jr. of Charlotte
Ursinus College
Aakash K. Shah of Cliffside Park, N.J. (also Harvard Medical School)
Brooklyn College-City University of New York
Zujaja Tauqeer of New York
University of Georgia
Tracy J. Yang of Macon, Ga.
Rice University
Ye jin Kang of Houston
Indiana University at Bloomington
Esther O. Uduehi of Evansville, Ind.
Duke University
Jared A. Dunnmon of Cincinnati
Dartmouth College
Gabrielle A. Emanuel of Evanston, Ill.
University of Iowa
Renugan Raidoo of Sioux Falls, S.D.
University of Oklahoma
Sarah A. Swenson of Sioux Falls, S.D.
Montana State University
Kathleen C. Hansen of Bozeman, Mont.
Lewis and Clark College
Tamma A. Carleton of Elk, Calif.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jennifer I. Lai of Honolulu
University of California at Irvine
Megan C. Braun of Coronado, Calif.
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Jenna Johnson
| November 22, 2010; 11:24 AM ET
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Isn't Ursinus in Pennsylvania, not New Jersey?
Posted by: borealis998 | November 22, 2010 12:08 PM | Report abuse
The University of Delaware is located in Newark Del., not Neward, Del. Vice President Biden is going to be mad at you. PAC
Posted by: pcalpar | November 22, 2010 12:31 PM | Report abuse
nothing good can come from these people...
Posted by: DwightCollins | November 22, 2010 1:59 PM | Report abuse
Several guys in my residence hall were told to hit the road because they definitely were not scholars.
Posted by: jbartelloni | November 22, 2010 2:18 PM | Report abuse
"And South Dakota, for the first time, had two scholars."
... and both of them went to the same high school, Lincoln High in Sioux Falls.
Posted by: ArmyBrat1 | November 22, 2010 2:26 PM | Report abuse
For those of us who remember -- and care about -- fact that Rhodes was originally not open to women, nor was USMA at West Point, how lovely to see a woman from the Academy winning a Rhodes!
Posted by: esthermiriam | November 22, 2010 3:07 PM | Report abuse
esthermiriam,
The Rhodes Scholar was from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD not USMA in West Point, NY.
Posted by: sammann | November 22, 2010 3:23 PM | Report abuse
For those of us who remember -- and care about -- fact that Rhodes was originally not open to women, nor was USMA at West Point, how lovely to see a woman from the Academy winning a Rhodes!
Posted by: esthermiriam
Maybe she should be serving her country in afghanistan....
Posted by: mark0004 | November 22, 2010 4:02 PM | Report abuse
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