Rhodes Scholars 2014: 32 American Students Announced As Winners

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Rhodes Trust says 32 U.S. men and women have been named Rhodes Scholars and will enter Oxford University next October.



The winners were selected from 857 applicants endorsed by 327 different colleges and universities. The scholarships, announced early Sunday, provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the prestigious university in England.



Rhodes Scholarships were created in 1902 by the will of British philanthropist Cecil Rhodes. Winners are selected on the basis of high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and physical vigor, among other attributes.



The value of the scholarships averages about $50,000 per year.



The American students will join an international group of scholars selected from 14 other jurisdictions around the world. Approximately 80 scholars are selected annually.



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The 32 American students chosen as Rhodes Scholars for 2014, listed by geographical region:



District 1:



Jessica Wamala, Milford, N.H., Villanova University



Alexander Joel Diaz, North Bergen, N.J., Harvard University



District 2:



Elizabeth Hockfield Byrne, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University



Katherine Elida Warren, Bainbridge Island, Wash., Harvard University



District 3:



Isabel Emma Eggleston Beshar, Rye, N.Y., Yale University



Paolo Poggioni Singer, Bronx, N.Y., Harvard University



District 4:



Evan Barrett Behrle, Oxford, Penn., University of Virginia



Alexander Gerard Wang, Doylestown, Penn., New York University, Abu Dhabi



District 5:



Timothy Michael McGinnis, Charlotte, N.C., Princeton University



Charles Samuel Tyson, Chapel Hill, N.C. University of Virginia



District 6:



Brian Westfall McGrail, Arlington, Va., Williams College



Emma Pierson, Arlington, Va., Stanford University



District 7:



James O'Connell, Tampa, Fla., Wake Forest University



Lindsay Evans Lee, Oak Ridge, Tenn., University of Tennessee, Knoxville



District 8:



Melissa Loreice McCoy, Dallas, Texas, Georgia Institute of Technology



John Mikhael, Dallas, Texas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology



District 9:



Adam Mastroianni, Monroeville, Ohio, Princeton University



Courtney Wittekind, Mason, Ohio, Carnegie Mellon University



District 10:



Vinay Nayak, Oak Brook, Ill., Yale University



Calla Glavin, Birmingham, Mich., United States Military Academy



District 11:



Drew Alan Birrenkott, McFarland, Wisc., University of Wisconsin



Samuel Martin Greene, Spring Green, Wisc., University of Chicago



District 12:



Donald Mayfield Brown, Vicksburg, Miss., Mississippi State University



Joshua Allen Aiken, Eugene, Ore., Washington University, St. Louis



District 13:



Meredith Lukens Wheeler, Fort Collins, Colo., Stanford University



Erin Alexandra Tanith Mauldin, Albuquerque, N.M., United States Military Academy



District 14:



Suzanna Marie Fritzberg, Lake Forest Park, Wash., Yale University



Andrew Scott Lea, Richland, Wash., Harvard University



District 15:



Miles William Unterreiner, Santa Barbara, Calif., Stanford University



Clarke Knight, Henderson, Nev., Smith College



District 16:



Aurora Catherine Griffin, Westlake Village, Calif., Harvard University



Zarko Perovic, San Diego, Calif., University of California, Berkeley







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