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Morehead-Cain Scholars
Class of 2024
Senam Mwiza Yawo Adedze
Annandale, Virginia
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
Heidi Marie Alkoutami
Hickory, North Carolina
UWC Robert Bosch College
Lindley Bradyn Andrew
Siler City, North Carolina
Jordan-Matthews High School
Kayris Anna Baggett
Singapore, Colorado
United World College of South East Asia
Avni Bannuru
Cary, North Carolina
Apex High School
Evan Maxwell Berkowitch
San Antonio, Texas
Keystone School
Grace Walker Berry
Washington, North Carolina
Washington Senior High School
Emma-Katherine Almeida Bowers
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School
Lwazi Alwaba Bululu
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Groton School
Sadie Arlene Cheston-Harris
Takoma Park, MD
Phillips Academy
Eugenia Cheuk Yin Chow
Hong Kong
Chinese International School
Anna Elizabeth Connors
Baltimore, Maryland
Park School of Baltimore
Andrea Lynn Cornel
Raleigh, North Carolina
Needham B. Broughton High School
Evelyn Ashley Dalton
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School
Morgan Jack Davies
Warrington, England
St. Ambrose Catholic Grammar School
Soul Jade Dayan
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mount Tabor High School
Vivian Ying Deng
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
East Chapel Hill High School
Matthew Linley Michael Deo
Aurora, Ontario, Canada
St. Andrew's College
John Rees Dewey (John)
Greensboro, North Carolina
Walter Hines Page High School
Nina Simone Fisher
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School
Annabelle Virginia Fisher
High Point, North Carolina
High Point Central High School
Caroline Ann Furrier
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto Senior High School
Julian Ruben Goldner
Nashville, Tennessee
Lincoln High School
Jack Landman Goldsmith IV
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton North High School
Virginia Claire Griffin
Wilmington, North Carolina
John T. Hoggard High School
Maya Groff
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Shady Side Academy
Christopher Gantt Holliday
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Charles E. Jordan Senior High School
Emerson Fant Harrison Houser
Mooresville, North Carolina
Community School of Davidson
Jonathan Suwen Huang
Collierville, Tennessee
Memphis University School
Kayden Suzanne Hunt
Charlotte, North Carolina
Ardrey Kell High School
Ryan Matthew Jensen
Raleigh, North Carolina
Leesville Road High School
Jaida Jett
Holly Springs, North Carolina
Cary Academy
Milena Almitra Jojic
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Shawnigan Lake School
Makayla Alleson Key
Greensboro, North Carolina
James B. Dudley Senior High School
Benjamin Samuel Klein
Durham, North Carolina
Durham Academy
Evelyn Louise McCrady
Atlanta, Georgia
The Lovett School
Patrice Miranda McGloin
Washington, DC
Mercersburg Academy
Carson Ryan Moore
Meridian, Idaho
Rocky Mountain High School
Urael Eliam Mussie
Gastonia, North Carolina
Highland School of Technology
Shuhud Abdelhadi Mustafa
Kenly, North Carolina
Smithfield-Selma Senior High School
John Garnett Nelson
Richmond, Virginia
St. Christopher's School
Savannah Jane O’Brien
Washington, North Carolina
Beaufort County Early College High School
Michael Garrett O’Brien
Gibsonville, North Carolina
Western Alamance High School
Richard Ekene Okoro
Raleigh, North Carolina
Enloe Magnet High School
Jonathan Paul Osborne
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Carrboro High School
Ruta Gabriele Petrikis
Charlotte, North Carolina
Ardrey Kell High School
Olivia Kelly Pitt
New Orleans, Louisiana
Isidore Newman School
Jared Seth Pittman
Green Mountain, North Carolina
Mitchell High School
Sarah Grace Prosser
Morehead City, North Carolina
West Carteret High School
Kelly Ann Ray
Farmington, Connecticut
Miss Porter's School
Alexander Forbes Reid
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
West Forsyth High School
Allison Nicole Reilly
Dedham, Massachusetts
Milton Academy
Ashton Lee Rierson
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy High School
Lia Starr Salvatierra
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto Senior High School
Luis Salvador Sanchez
Raleigh, North Carolina
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
Emily Ann Schmidt
Greenville, North Carolina
Junius H. Rose High School
Jasper Munro Schutt
Larkspur, California
San Francisco University High School
Emily Rednall Smither
New Orleans, Louisiana
Benjamin Franklin High School
Jackson Thomas Stone
Wilson, North Carolina
Greenfield School
Mary Katherine Stukenborg
Memphis, Tennessee
St. Mary's Episcopal School
Brandon Sean Torng
McLean, Virginia
St. Albans School
Karina Vasudeva
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Nicholas Hunter Vaughan
Bermuda Run, North Carolina
Calvary Baptist Day School
Katherine Grace Waddell
Acworth, Georgia
Baylor School
Helena Rose Walsh
Horsham, England
Christ's Hospital
Symone Elise Welch
Waldorf, Georgia
St. Timothy's School
Richard Lowder Whitfield
Mooresville, North Carolina
Mooresville Senior High School
Ira Stone Wilder
Henderson, North Carolina
Kerr-Vance Academy
Daughtry Reid Williams
Dunn, North Carolina
Triton High School
Class of 2025
Mercy Lifting Adekola
Farmington, Connecticut
Farmington High School
Morounfoluwa David Agbebi
Mooresville, North Carolina
South Iredell High School
Boatemaa Adoawaa Agyeman-Mensah
Ham Lake, Minnesota
Breck School
Zuha Areebah Animashaun
London, England
Uppingham School
Keenan James Baker
Raleigh, North Carolina
GRACE Christian School
I’Mani Kimora Barnes
Mableton, Georgia
Atlanta Girls’ School
Julia Rose Bassett
Boone, North Carolina
Ashe County High School
Eleanor Lindsay Bolton
Davidson, North Carolina
William Amos Hough High School
Alexandra Born
Madeira, Ohio
Madeira High School
Guy Edward Butler-Felton
Flimwell, East Sussex, England
Eton College
Sofia Abigail Casini
Lafayette, Colorado
Peak to Peak Charter School
Emile Leo Charles
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Willow Taylor Chiang Yang
Burlingame, California
Nueva School
Sarah Flora Chocron
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita Collegiate School
Ana Lucia Ciro
Orlando, Florida
William R. Boone High School
Layah Michelle Clinton
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Sun Valley High School
Sage McKenzi Crosby
Raleigh, North Carolina
Ravenscroft School
Sarah Katherine Crow
Dallas, Texas
Hockaday School
William Bernard Dahl
Wilmington, North Carolina
Cape Fear Academy
Kabir Dewan
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Weddington High School
Molly Katelyn Dorgan
Waynesville, North Carolina
Tuscola Senior High School
William Tye Fickling, Jr.
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Wayne Country Day School
Mark Anthony Finamore
Taipa, British Columbia, Canada
St. Michaels University School
Murphy McKeand Fisher
Greenville, North Carolina
Junius H. Rose High School
Liam Thomas Furlong
Wilmington, Delaware
Salesianum School
Owen Garrett Gast
Weaverville, North Carolina
North Buncombe High School
Quintin Avery Gay
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Washington High School
Justin Francis Goldman
Midlothian, Virginia
Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School
Noah Joseph Gottlieb
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
R. J. Reynolds Senior High School
Ann Hook Goulian
Raleigh, North Carolina
Enloe Magnet High School
Isabella Grandic
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Etobicoke Collegiate Institute
Joseph Daniel Hinchcliffe
Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Ysgol Brynhyfryd
Jessica Ashlyn Hoffman
Little Rock, Arkansas
Episcopal Collegiate School
Michael Joseph Hostutler II
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk Academy
Eleanor Jane Hummel
Louisville, Kentucky
Dupont Manual Magnet High School
Logan Rachelle Jackson
Woodstock, Georgia
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Emily Mary Jenkins
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School
Maanav Karamchandani
Duluth, Georgia
Lambert High School
Margaret Jane Kern
Asheboro, North Carolina
Uwharrie Charter Academy
Pranav Krishnan
Lewis Center, Ohio
Olentangy Orange High School
Godspower Mercy Lawal
London, England
Harris Westminster Sixth Form
Kendall Leigh
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Wayne Christian School
Emilee Arlisha Liggins
Greensboro, North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Zoey Mae Locklear
Roseboro, North Carolina
Clinton High School
Kyle Lucinda Lumsden
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School
Luke Hudson Manna
Charlotte, North Carolina
Providence Day School
Sebastian Charles Mateu
Miami Beach, Florida
Ransom Everglades School
Laurelle Josephine Henriette Maubert
Frederick, Maryland
Saint James School
Anna Louise Mercer
Lumberton, North Carolina
Lumberton Senior High School
Catherine Ann Miller
Wilmington, North Carolina
John T. Hoggard High School
Madelyn Norrell Miyares
Huntersville, North Carolina
William Amos Hough High School
Taylor Siena Molina
Edgewater, New Jersey
Leonia High School
Stephanie Nyanchama Momanyi
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Providence Academy
Jasmine El Mrabti
Biscayne Park, Florida
Marine Academy of Science and Technology
Tarynn Denise Neal
Clayton, North Carolina
Corinth Holders High School
Kenechukwu Ochuba
Caledon, Ontario, Canada
Upper Canada College
Rotem Olsha
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
Nigel Bakari Parker
Reisterstown, Maryland
Gilman School
Ria Vikram Patel
Collierville, Tennessee
St. Mary’s Episcopal School
Jake Weber Patterson
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Hendersonville High School
David Graham Phillips
Brevard, North Carolina
Brevard High School
Parker Lane Prysiazniuk
Mocksville, North Carolina
Davie High School
Mallie Clara Purvis
Robbins, North Carolina
North Moore High School
Kathryn Clare Quadland
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
R. J. Reynolds Senior High School
Sheidy Rios-Vazquez
Whitsett, North Carolina
Walter M. Williams High School
Siena Marie Rodrigues
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Signal Mountain High School
Virginie Ruest
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Cégep Champlain St. Lawrence
Laura Maria Saavedra Forero
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte Country Day School
Neha Simran Saggi
Nashville, Tennessee
University School of Nashville
Rebecca Hannum Segal
Raleigh, North Carolina
Cary Academy
Pratyush Seshadri
Cary, North Carolina
Raleigh Charter High School
Hudson Thomas Shank
Monroe, North Carolina
Piedmont High School
Alaina Mary Shields
Germantown, Maryland
Poolesville High School
Taylor Elizabeth Shinal
Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
Harriton High School
Jacoby Grayson Smith
Boise, Idaho
Riverstone International School
Tucker Brooks Stillman
Charlotte, North Carolina
South Mecklenburg High School
Roariker Anthony Swenson
Overland Park, Kansas
Blue Valley North High School
Julian Max Taylor
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Carrboro High School
Jill Tora
Langhorne, Pennsylvania
St. Andrew’s School
Elizah Liberty Van Lokeren
Asheville, North Carolina
North Buncombe High School
Asher Howard Wexler
Raleigh, North Carolina
Research Triangle High School
Jaison Anthony Williams Jr.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Grace Marian Wolf
Appleton, Wisconsin
The Loomis Chaffee School
Michael Lu Zhang
Great Neck, New York
The Hotchkiss School
Class of 2026
Gowri Abhinanda
Weston, Florida
Cypress Bay High School
Uredoojo Aluana Agada
Carmel, Indiana
Carmel High School
Esha Agarwal
Cary, North Carolina
Enloe Magnet High School
Isa Alghorazi
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Eastern Wayne High School
Eleanor Catherine Blount
Greenville, North Carolina
Junius H. Rose High School
Thierry Nii Noi Charles
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte Latin School
Brook Cecilia Cheuvront
Newland, North Carolina
Avery County High School
Karasi Shawna Bliss Colter
Phoenix, Arizona
Betty H. Fairfax High School
Emma Leigh Coye
Penrose, North Carolina
Brevard High School
Maya Jade DeCoux
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School
Mark Andrew Dingfelder
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
East Chapel Hill High School
Jazlyn Dunn
Raleigh, North Carolina
Cary Academy
Avery Renee Elder
Cornelius, North Carolina
William Amos Hough High School
Kayla WenMin Van Oostrum Engler
Cary, North Carolina
Cary Senior High School
Katherine Rose Fear
Llandovery, Wales
Llandovery College
Sashank Ganapathiraju
Cary, North Carolina
Green Hope High School
Lara Gastelumendi
Palmetto Bay, Florida
Medical Academy for Science and Technology
Chloe Alysa Gosnell
Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan High School
Elias Michael Guedira
Raleigh, North Carolina
Athens Drive Senior High School
Hoai Le Ha
Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam
Saint Paul American School
Hattie Eliza Hensley
Shelby, North Carolina
Shelby High School
Alejandro Herrera
Coral Gables, Florida
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
Riley Jo Holland
Marion, North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Genevieve Allison Holliday
Englewood, Colorado
Cherry Creek High School
Sarina Jarrahi Horner
Lewisville, North Carolina
Forsyth Country Day School
Sawyer William James Husain
Zionsville, Indiana
North Central High School
Emma Charlene Johnson
Wilmington, North Carolina
John T. Hoggard High School
Mikaela Azaria Johnson
Washington, DC
School Without Walls High School
Samuel Henry Johnson
Durham, North Carolina
Charles E. Jordan Senior High School
Aayas Dhoj Joshi
Kathmandu, Nepal
UWC Changshu China
Deborah Misaulany Kargbo
Leicester, England
Uppingham School
Akshat Kaushik
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Greenwood High School
Charles George Konkolics
Cockeysville, Maryland
St. Paul's School
Olu Namdi Kopano
Owings Mills, Maryland
St. Paul's School
Olurotimi Mofolurunsho Kukoyi
Hoover, Alabama
Hoover High School
Isabella Ann Larson
Durham, North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Emma Grace Lewis
Wilmington, North Carolina
Emsley A. Laney High School
Isabel Victoria Melendez Lucas
Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair Kimberley Academy
Jackson Eric Miller
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mount Tabor High School
Emma Reese Montero
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Northeastern High School
Iman Naz Mukhtar
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Saint John's School
Wehazit Senayt Mussie
Gastonia, North Carolina
Highland School of Technology
Flavia Nunez Ludeiro
Miami Lakes, Florida
School for Advanced Studies – North Campus
Colin Morris O’Hagerty
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Orange High School
Matthew Tendai Kweku-Kye Owusu
North Potomac, Maryland
Poolesville High School
Chloe Sherry Pearson
Gastonia, North Carolina
Gaston Christian School
Anna Cathryn Redding Perry
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Norfolk Academy
Mary Martha Plaehn
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville School
Toby Posel
Brooklyn, New York
Saint Ann's School
Snehasri Pothanker
Palatine, Illinois
William Fremd High School
Layan Qaimari
Cary, North Carolina
Apex Senior High School
Maanya Rajesh
Carmel, Indiana
Carmel High School
Vishvak Ravichandran
Raleigh, North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Lourdes Maribel Reyes Cabrera
High Point, North Carolina
High Point Central High School
Jacob Andrew Rose
Wilmington, North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Noa Kathleen Roxborough
Seattle, Washington
Lakeside School
Trinity Michelle Sanders
Clifton Park, New York
Shenendehowa High School
Finley John Sansom
Shrewsbury, England
Shrewsbury School
Aditi Sengupta
Charlotte, North Carolina
Ardrey Kell High School
Stella Jean Smolowitz
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School
Kyran Kyle Taylor
London, England
Barnhill Community High School
Lauryn Jada Taylor
Cary, North Carolina
Green Level High School
Spencer James Thomson
Aurora, Ontario, Canada
St. Andrew's College
Isabella Fina Tunney
Minneapolis, Minnesota
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
Luis Alfredo Valdivia Diego
Fuquay Varina, North Carolina
Harnett Central High School
Kailey Rene Wadsworth
Holly Springs, North Carolina
Saint David's School
John Spencer Whitman
Charlotte, North Carolina
Woodberry Forest School
Lauren Grace Young
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Cedar Ridge High School
Class of 2027
Brady Foster Andrew
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Jordan-Matthews High School
Maxwell Brent Andrews
Snow Hill, North Carolina
Arendell Parrott Academy
Ajier Margaret Magot Awan
Jonglei State, Republic of South Sudan
African Leadership Academy
Chandler Ann Beals
Elkin, North Carolina
Elkin High School
Abigail Grace Beebe
Weaverville, North Carolina
North Buncombe High School
Ty Adell Besses
Asheville, North Carolina
Christ School
Josephine Helen Blackman
Clinton, North Carolina
Hobbton High School
Mae Ross Brockman
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Germantown Friends School
Lillian Savannah Brooks
Oxford, North Carolina
Oxford Preparatory High School
Ja’Khari Tajee Bryant
Trenton, North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Kamryn Marie Burton
Charlotte, North Carolina
Northwest School of the Arts
Anna McKenzie Casto
Mayodan, North Carolina
Dalton L. McMichael High School
Madeline Carrie Chandler
Roper, North Carolina
Bear Grass Charter School
Samantha Brooke Chavis
Clayton, North Carolina
Corinth Holders High School
Jamison Kenan Drayton
Mercer Island, Washington
Mercer Island High School
Silas David Durham
Mount Vernon, Kentucky
Rockcastle County High School
Marli Simone English
Powder Springs, Georgia
Campbell High School
Daniel Evan Espinosa
Whitsett, North Carolina
River Mill Academy
Guillermo Estrada
Pikeville, North Carolina
Wayne School of Engineering
David Benjamin Garland
Alexandria, Virginia
Gonzaga College High School
Mira Gowda
San Diego, California
The Bishop’s School
Letrell Quentin Grady
Charlotte, North Carolina
Cato Middle College High School
Matthew John Grady
Jackson, Wyoming
St. Paul’s School
Cayden Michael Hammonds
Lumberton, North Carolina
Lumberton Senior High School
Raygan Lee Hawkins
Sandy Ridge, North Carolina
North Stokes High School
Gala Inés Hermer
Brooklyn, New York
Sevenoaks School
Allyson Jane Horst
Naples, Florida
Barron Collier High School
Kira Arlene Isenhart
Centennial, Colorado
Cherry Creek High School
Saudah Nu’aymah Jannat
Gloucestershire, England
Pate’s Grammar School
Amanda B. Jesuca
Boca Raton, Florida
Atlantic Community High School
Nandini Kanthi
Cary, North Carolina
William G. Enloe High School
Montgomery Case Maddox
Huntersville, North Carolina
Pine Lake Preparatory
Laura Hope Martin
Raleigh, North Carolina
St. David’s School
Charles Alan McCain
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Durham Academy Upper School
Anand Veeresh Medlery
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Wayne Country Day School
Laci Brook Mitchiner
Raleigh, North Carolina
Clayton High School
Mohamed Atef Ali Mohamed
Alawamrah Abu Kabir, Egypt
African Leadership Academy
Sophia Moloo
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Elmwood School
Donn Rhys Pelayo Mondano
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
University School of Milwaukee
Diamond Te’aunah Moore
Trenton, North Carolina
Jones Senior High School
Maria Wambui Muiruri
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Branksome Hall
Anisha Musti
Scarsdale, New York
Edgemont Junior-Senior High School
Alexandra Elizabeth Newmark
Boone, North Carolina
Watauga High School
Nana Kofi Odura-Nyaning
London, England
Lancing College
Virginia Decker Ogburn
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School
Allison Lydia Owens
Raleigh, North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Giang Viet Pham
Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi-Amsterdam High School
Shiva Aaron Rajbhandari
Boise, Idaho
Boise Senior High School
Lucy Gillen Sasz
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte Country Day School
Catherine Clara Scott
Nashville, Tennessee
Father Ryan High School
Glenn Jay Sedam
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte Catholic High School
Raina Shivani Sohur
Milton, Massachusetts
The Winsor School
Fredre’Oni Tristen-Victoria Warner Palacios Terrado
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics
Catherine Isabelle Tiddy
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School
Addison McKenna Truzy
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
R.J. Reynolds High School
Varun Varadarajan
Wilmington, North Carolina
Isaac Bear Early College
William Lloyd Walker III
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Breck School
Isaac Charles Watkins
Oxford, North Carolina
Oxford Preparatory School
Alyssa Jewel Williams
Riverview, Florida
Tampa Preparatory School
Derrian Ahmir Wilson
Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston High School
Josiah Hailey Young
Harrisburg, North Carolina
Hickory Ridge High School’s Academy of Hospitality and Tourism
Youyou Zheng
Shanghai, China
Asheville School