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Award-Winning Students

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The university supports a well-rounded student experience by fostering a balanced approach to academic, cocurricular and extracurricular interests and achievements.

Nationally competitive awards and honors recognizing Emory students include:

  • Fulbright Fellowship
  • Goldwater Scholarship
  • Luce Scholar
  • Marshall Scholarship
  • National Science Foundation Fellowship
  • NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
  • Rhodes Scholarship

Recent Recognition

NameYearAchievement
Humanity in Action Fellowship  2013Perrinh Savang, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Division III standings  2013Emory's Department of Athletics finishes second for 2012-2013 season
Luce Scholar  2013Nick Thompson, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
NCAA Division III   Championships, Swimming and Diving2013  Women, National Champions for the fourth straight year; Men, No. 5
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships2013  Justin Beegle, Miller Douglas, Alex Greven, Mia Michalak, Peter O'Brien and Ann Wolber, Emory College of Arts and Sciences; Overall, 82 Emory student-athletes have been awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, including 65 since 2000 which is more than any other NCAA institution except Stanford University
Association for the Tutoring Profession2012 Benjamin Johnson, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, receives Peer Tutor of the Year
Fulbright Scholar2012 Kevin Fomalont, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences' neuroscience program, for study in St. Petersburg, Russia
Fulbright Scholar2012 Unjali Gujral, Rollins School of Public Health's nutrition and health sciences program, for study in Chennai, India
Latin American Studies Association2012 Uri Rosenheck, History, receives Best Dissertation Prize for his PhD thesis
Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Division III standings2012Emory's Department of Athletics finishes sixth for 2011-2012 season
Luce Scholar2012Dana Toy, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft2012  Paul Schwendel, Emory College of Arts and Sciences and Emory Eagles pitcher, signs with Texas Rangers in the 40th round
NCAA Division III Championships, Soccer2012  Women, No. 2
NCAA Division III Championships, Tennis2012Men, National Champions; Women, No. 3
NCAA Division III Championships, Tennis2012  Emory College student Gabrielle Clark becomes first African American NCAA Women's Singles Champion at any level (Division I, II or III)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships
2012  Anne Culpepper, Daniel Kolb, Claire Pavlak and Paul Weinstein, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Rex Copeland Award2011Barkley Forum debaters win as top two-person debate team in the country for the second straight year

Distinctive campus awards recognize undergraduates

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Emory Eagles have earned more than 80 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships

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