From the Office of the American Secretary Elliot F. Gerson American Secretary The Rhodes Trust 8229 Boone Boulevard, Suite 240 Vienna, VA 22182-2623 November 21, 2020 703 821 5960 Fax 703 821 2770 [email protected] www.rhodesscholar.org American Rhodes Scholars-elect for 2021 (Subject to ratification by the Rhodes Trustees after acceptance by one of the colleges of Oxford University) District 1 Massachusetts Harvard University Massachusetts Amherst College Shera S. Avi-Yonah Jeremy N. Thomas Lincoln, MA Missouri City, TX District 2 Connecticut Southern Connecticut State University New Jersey United States Naval Academy Asma Rahimyar Lillian N. Usadi Trumbull, CT Basking Ridge, NJ District 3 New York-South Massachusetts Institute of Technology New York-South Yale University Danielle N. Grey-Stewart Brian Reyes Westbury, NY Bronx, NY District 4 Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Lafayette College Mackenzie Fierceton Victoria Puglia Philadelphia, PA Wassenaar, Netherlands District 5 Maryland/DC Stanford University Maryland/DC University of Maryland, Baltimore County Nicolas J.W. Fishman Samuel E. Patterson III Washington, D.C. Marietta, GA District 6 Georgia University of Georgia North Carolina Wake Forest University Phaidra Buchanan Savarni Sanka Atlanta, GA Cary, NC District 7 Florida Columbia University Florida Yale University Santiago T. Potes Jackson S. Willis Miami, FL St. Petersburg, FL District 8 Texas Duke University Texas United States Military Academy Kendall M. Jefferys Evan C. Walker Keller, TX Rowlett, TX District 9 Virginia University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Virginia United States Military Academy Peter J. Andringa Tyrese D. Bender Vienna, VA Fairfax, VA District 10 Ohio Ohio State University Ohio Harvard University Daniel Lesman Swathi R. Srinivasan Dublin, OH Beachwood, OH District 11 Michigan University of Michigan Wisconsin Harvard University Amytess F. Girgis Nkaziewoh N. Nchinda-Pungong Grand Rapids, MI Oak Creek, WI District 12 Kansas Johns Hopkins University Missouri Duke University Vijayasundaram Ramasamy Jamal T. Burns Overland Park, KS St. Louis, MO District 13 Colorado United States Air Force Academy South Dakota South Dakota State University Aryemis C. Brown Hattie J. Seten Colorado Springs, CO Sioux Falls, SD District 14 Alaska Harvard University Oregon University of Virginia Wilfried Kuugauraq Zibell Avital Z. Balwit Noorvik, AK Portland, OR District 15 California-North University of California, Santa Cruz California-North Yale University Garima P. Desai Alondra O. Vázquez López Fremont, CA San Rafael, CA District 16 California-South Harvard University California-South Harvard University Carissa J. Chen Elijah C. DeVaughn Tustin, CA Compton, CA PLEASE NOTE: Given the time challenge and complexity of 16 concurrent district selections across the United States, initial versions of the short bios and winners’ list included with this press release may contain small errors, typographical and otherwise. Most are corrected within 24 hours, so always check www.rhodesscholar.org for the most up-to-date versions. In addition, you may find photos of the winners on the global Rhodes Trust website, www.rhodestrust.ox.ac.uk, where they will be uploaded as soon as practicable. .