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Emory students are well represented among competitive academic honors such as the Fulbright, Goldwater, Institute for International Public Policy, Luce, Marshall, Mellon, National Science Foundation, Rhodes, Rockefeller, Rotary, and USA Today programs.

Emory's athletic program finished sixth in the 2011-12 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Division III standings, marking the program's 11th top-ten finish in 12 years. Emory is one of only a handful of schools in the nation to rank in the top in both the Directors Cup of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics for best all-around athletics program and the U.S. News & World Report rankings of best national universities.

More than six dozen student-athletes have been awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, including more than any other NCAA institution since 2000 except Stanford University.

Emory Eagles' varsity swimming and diving teams teams posted strong finishes at the 2012 NCAA Division III championships: the women were crowned National Champions and the men finished third, both for the third straight year.

Emory Eagles' varsity tennis teams posted strong finishes at the 2012 NCAA Division III championships: the men were crowned National Champions and the women finished third in the nation. In women's tennis, NCAA Division III Singles Champion Gabrielle Clark dominated the singles draw to become the first African American NCAA Women's Singles Champion at any level (Division I, II or III).

Emory College of Arts and Sciences 2012 graduate and former Eagles' pitcher Paul Schwendel was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 40th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

A team of Barkley Forum debaters won the prestigious Rex Copeland Award -- the national title -- as the top two-person debate team in the country for a second straight year in 2011.

Six students from Candler School of Theology were awarded 2010 Summer Fellowships by The Beatitudes Society. These fellows serve as interns at selected social change organizations across the United States, where they explore the links between social change advocacy and Christianity.

Virtually all senior medical students are matched with one of their top internship choices.