#team rhodes scholars

[fraxi0m]

silly guys

[wrestlezaynia]

Team Rhodes Scholars truly was a superior ship, they never beat the allegations. They fully embraced being a happily gay couple to the point where they were forced to come out with the Bella Twins, but even then there was no denying the homoeroticism between them.

[carmensapientia]

What’s something you’re manifesting?

here's five lovely things i'm manifesting

YALE

I'm already going to an amazing t40 school. Despite that, I love Yale Yale for many reasons(food, school spirit, secret society, athletics, school colors, liberal arts focus, course flexibility, small town feel etc ). I was going to go with Harvard bc of my family living there, the location being close to boston/ny, the professors, the fact that they have minors, school spirit, hockey team(see a theme here? lol), and much more but yale so right.

A NHLER

I've been in love with one specific hockey player for a few weeks now. I plan to manifest him as a friend and if we connect naturally, a boyfriend. This isn't my first time getting an SP but my first for a committed relationship.

A MASTERS AT OXFORD

I'd die to be a Rhodes Scholar and thus, I'll get it. up to three years fully paid and stipended at the best university in the world of any master(s) I choose. Likely I go in for a 21 month one or perhaps 2 one year ones. It depends but I'm excited. Afterwards, I'll get my J.D

REVISION

without too much detail, revising my life and family from a-z to fit my whole socialite-nepo baby fantasy. it's fantastic.

WARDROBE

i like clothes. i want expensive ones. i want inexpensive ones.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Webb telescope captures images, insight from one of Milky Way’s most extreme environments

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way Galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Here, a massive and dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust has collapsed on itself over millions of years to form thousands of new stars.

In a new study, a team of scientists used observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study Sagittarius C in unprecedented detail. The research was led by University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist John Bally, Samuel Crowe at the University of Virginia, Rubén Fedriani at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Granada and their colleagues

The findings could help solve a long-running mystery about the innermost stretches of the galaxy, or what scientists call the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ): The region hosts high densities of interstellar gas. So why are fewer new stars born here than scientists once predicted?  

The researchers discovered that powerful magnetic field lines seem to be threading through Sagittarius C, forming long and bright filaments of hot hydrogen gas that look a little like spaghetti noodles—a phenomenon that could slow down the pace of star formation in the surrounding gas.

“It’s in a part of the galaxy with the highest density of stars and massive, dense clouds of hydrogen, helium and organic molecules” said Bally, professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at CU Boulder. “It’s one of the closest regions we know of that has extreme conditions similar to those in the young universe.”

He and his colleagues published their findings April 2 in The Astrophysical Journal. The research is part of an observation campaign proposed and led by Crowe, a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Virginia who was recently named a Rhodes Scholar.

And, Crowe noted, the Webb telescope’s startling images show Sagittarius C as it’s never been seen before.

“Because of these magnetic fields, Sagittarius C has a fundamentally different shape, a different look than any other star forming region in the galaxy away from the galactic center,” Crowe said.

Stellar nurseries

The research sheds light on the violent births and deaths of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Stars tend to form within what scientists call “molecular clouds,” or regions of space containing dense clouds of gas and dust. The closest such stellar nursery to Earth lies in the Orion Nebula, just below Orion’s belt. There, molecular clouds have collapsed over millions of years, forming a cluster of new stars.

Such active sites of star formation also spell their own demise. As new stars grow, they begin to emit vast amounts of radiation into space. That radiation, in turn, blows away the surrounding cloud, stripping the region of the matter it needs to build more new stars.

“Even the sun, we think, formed in a massive cluster like this,” Bally said. “Over billions of years, all of our sibling stars have drifted away.”

In a separate study published today in the same journal, Crowe and his colleagues, including Bally, dove into the growing “protostars” forming in Sagittarius. Their data reveal a detailed picture of how these young stars are ejecting radiation and blowing away the gas and dust around them.

Magnetic fields

In the study led by Bally, the researchers explored Sagittarius C’s unusual appearance. Bally explained that while the Orion Nebula looks mostly smooth, Sagittarius C is anything but. Weaving in and out of this region are dozens of bright filaments, some several light-years long. These filaments are made up of plasma, a hot gas of charged particles.

“We were definitely not expecting those filaments,” said Rubén Fedriani, a co-author of the study and postdoctoral researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Spain. “It was a completely serendipitous discovery.”

Bally noted that the secret to Sagittarius C’s filaments, and the nature of its star formation, likely comes down to magnetic fields.

A supermassive black hole with a mass about four million times greater than our sun sits at the center of the galaxy. The motion of gas swirling around this behemoth can stretch and amplify the surrounding magnetic fields. Those fields, in turn, shape the plasma in Sagittarius C.

Bally suspects that the Orion Nebula looks much smoother because it resides within a much weaker magnetic environment.

Scientists, he added, have long known that the galaxy’s innermost regions are an important birthplace for new stars. But some calculations have suggested that the region should be producing a lot more young stars than observed. In the CMZ, magnetic forces may be strong enough to resist the gravitational collapse of molecular clouds, limiting the rate of new star formation.

Regardless, Sagittarius C’s own time may be drawing to a close. The region’s stars have blown away much of its molecular cloud already, and that nursery could disappear entirely in a few hundred thousand years.

TOP IMAGE: An image of the Milky Way Galaxy captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope, with an inset showing a detailed image of Sagittarius C taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crowe (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Ian Heywood (Oxford)

LOWER IMAGE: This image of Sagittarius C from the Webb telescope reveals several bands of plasma, which seem to have been formed by strong magnetic fields. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crowe (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Ian Heywood (Oxford)

[lboogie1906]

Mayor Kurt Lidell Schmoke (December 1, 1949) is a politician and lawyer who was the 47th mayor of Baltimore (1987-99) and the first African American to be elected to the post. He is a former dean of the Howard University School of Law and was appointed as president of the University of Baltimore.

He was born and raised in Baltimore to Murray Schmoke, a civilian chemist for the Army, and Irene B. Reid, a social worker.

He entered Yale College. He played quarterback on the freshman team. He played in one of college football’s most famous games. Harvard and Yale battled to a 29-29 tie in a battle of unbeaten teams. He and his classmates started a daycare center on campus for the children of the university’s janitors and cafeteria workers.

He was acknowledged as the undergraduate student leader who helped quell the possibility of a riot on campus in the wake of the New Haven Black Panther trials. As New Haven filled with radical protesters, students demanded the suspension of classes. A divided faculty met to discuss strategy and invited a student leader to address the gathering. He was Secretary of the Class of 1971 and a leader of the Black Student Alliance and was selected to represent the students. He stated: “The students on this campus are confused, they’re frightened. They don’t know what to think. You are older than we are and are more experienced. We want guidance from you, and moral leadership. On behalf of my fellow students, I beg you to give it to us.” This moment is credited with helping to dispel the growing tensions: the university voted to bend its rules, making classes “voluntarily optional” to the end of the term, and despite small outbreaks of violence, no campus-wide unrest resulted.

He graduated from Yale with a BA in history, studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and graduated from Harvard Law School.

He was selected for a Silver Anniversary Award by the NCAA in 1996.

He practiced law at the firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. He was appointed an honorary fellow of Balliol College. He is on the board of Global Rights and a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #sigmapiphi

[depressed-royalty]

I think I love Tag Team goofiness. Add on a goofy or punny name and I'm sold.

The Rock n Sock connection? Yep. Rated Rko? Yes. Team Hell no? Of course. Rhodes Scholars? You know it. Airboom? No shit. Fuckin RKBro? That might be a favorite.

[lorecatchup]

He's such a bully

Boy it really looked like there was almost a cheek kiss there, and I feel like they haven't done their cartwheel thing in so long

They're back babeyyy

I think maybe the Bellas might have quietly broken it off with Cody and Damien now that they're dating each other again lol

They haven't been seen with them in a few weeks and now Cody's escorting Damien to the ring for his match on his own

The hand on the stomach as he whispers to him?? Okay

Gay

Cody vs Randy again, he does not look happy to be here

He's getting some hits in but he's taking a beating

[ogstormblade]

Ahh! Thank you for your kind words. Team Rhodes Scholars was my first WWE ship before Zowens. They were super cute together! 😍

Thanks for reaching out! The fic was so cute! One of my biggest things in a Cody fic is when the writer makes him whiny and pouty (cough cough @randywhoreton) and I just love it!!!! And you delivered my friend :))

[kevosaicreations]

Title: The Great Policy Heist

Setting: The Prime Minister’s Office, House of Commons. A sleek, modern office with a giant Canadian flag, a portrait of the Queen (or King, depending on what’s available), and a large desk where Prime Minister Mark Carney sits, flipping through a binder labeled “Pierre’s Best Ideas.”

Suddenly, the door BURSTS open. Pierre Poilievre storms in, looking exasperated, holding a stack of papers.

⸻

Scene 1: The Confrontation

PIERRE POILIEVRE (pointing an accusatory finger)

Mark. Enough is enough.

MARK CARNEY (calm, flipping another page in the binder)

Pierre! Lovely to see you. You look… animated. Would you like a glass of fiscal responsibility? I mean, water?

PIERRE POILIEVRE (ignoring the offer, slamming the papers on Carney’s desk)

Mark. You’re stealing my policies!

MARK CARNEY (innocently)

Stealing? Oh, Pierre, such strong words. I prefer implementing effective governance.

PIERRE POILIEVRE (leaning forward, whisper-yelling)

You axed the tax. That was MY thing! That was my slogan! I’ve said it 47,000 times on social media!

MARK CARNEY (nodding thoughtfully)

And you said it so well, Pierre. Truly, an inspiration.

PIERRE POILIEVRE (eyes twitching)

And now… now you’re cutting the GST on new homebuyers. I ANNOUNCED THAT LAST YEAR!

MARK CARNEY (smiling, nodding again)

And I just thought, “Wow, what a fantastic idea. The people will love it.” And wouldn’t you know it? They do!

PIERRE POILIEVRE (throwing his hands up)

You’re stealing my homework and handing it in for better grades!

MARK CARNEY (shrugging)

Well, in fairness, I was a Rhodes Scholar. I know how to… refine ideas.

PIERRE POILIEVRE (pointing aggressively)

This is blatant plagiarism! First, you take my policies, then what? You gonna start wearing my glasses? You gonna start calling everyone “folks”?

MARK CARNEY (grinning, reaching into his desk and pulling out a pair of Poilievre-style glasses, putting them on)

What do you think? Do I look leaderly?

PIERRE POILIEVRE (eyes wide, pointing at the glasses)

No. Absolutely not. Take those off. Those are my thing.

MARK CARNEY (adjusting the glasses, inspecting himself in a mirror)

Hmm. I do feel more… populist.

PIERRE POILIEVRE (grabbing his own hair in frustration)

Mark, this isn’t fair. I was leading in the polls! I was CRUSHING you!

MARK CARNEY (nodding sagely)

You were.

PIERRE POILIEVRE (pleading)

And now, you’re pulling ahead because you just keep… copying me! It’s like I’m running against a smarter, more well-spoken, more economically literate version of myself!

MARK CARNEY (leaning back, smugly sipping his coffee)

Pierre, that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.

PIERRE POILIEVRE (throwing up his hands)

OH, COME ON!

MARK CARNEY (handing Pierre a document)

Tell you what, Pierre. I’ll stop taking your policies—

PIERRE POILIEVRE (suspicious)

…Go on.

MARK CARNEY

If you can come up with just one that I wouldn’t want to implement.

PIERRE POILIEVRE (pausing, thinking, then confidently pointing)

Fine. Here’s one. I will abolish the CBC.

MARK CARNEY (calmly flipping through a notepad)

Hmm. You know, I was considering restructuring it—

PIERRE POILIEVRE (screaming)

NO! NO MORE STEALING!

MARK CARNEY (chuckling)

Alright, alright. But Pierre… we do make a great team, don’t we?

PIERRE POILIEVRE (glaring, then pointing aggressively)

Stay out of my platform, Carney. This is war.

MARK CARNEY (smiling, raising his coffee cup)

Cheers to that.

Pierre groans in frustration and storms out, slamming the door behind him. The second he’s gone, Carney picks up the phone.

MARK CARNEY (into the phone)

Hey, team? Let’s look into that CBC thing. Pierre might be onto something.

[FADE TO BLACK.]

[jcmarchi]

Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

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Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo have been selected as 2025 Rhodes Scholars and will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. next fall. In addition to MIT’s two U.S. Rhodes winners, Ouigbo and Nair, two affiliates were awarded international Rhodes Scholarships: Chen for Rhodes’ China constituency and Hector for the Global Rhodes Scholarship. Hector is the first Haitian citizen to be named a Rhodes Scholar.

The scholars were supported by Associate Dean Kim Benard and the Distinguished Fellowships team in Career Advising and Professional Development. They received additional mentorship and guidance from the Presidential Committee on Distinguished Fellowships.

“It is profoundly inspiring to work with our amazing students, who have accomplished so much at MIT and, at the same time, thought deeply about how they can have an impact in solving the world’s major challenges,” says Professor Nancy Kanwisher who co-chairs the committee along with Professor Tom Levenson. “These students have worked hard to develop and articulate their vision and to learn to communicate it to others with passion, clarity, and confidence. We are thrilled but not surprised to see so many of them recognized this year as finalists and as winners.

Yiming Chen ’24

Yiming Chen, from Beijing, China, and the Washington area, was named one of four Rhodes China Scholars on Sept 28. At Oxford, she will pursue graduate studies in engineering science, working toward her ongoing goal of advancing AI safety and reliability in clinical workflows.

Chen graduated from MIT in 2024 with a BS in mathematics and computer science and an MEng in computer science. She worked on several projects involving machine learning for health care, and focused her master’s research on medical imaging in the Medical Vision Group of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

Collaborating with IBM Research, Chen developed a neural framework for clinical-grade lumen segmentation in intravascular ultrasound and presented her findings at the MICCAI Machine Learning in Medical Imaging conference. Additionally, she worked at Cleanlab, an MIT-founded startup, creating an open-source library to ensure the integrity of image datasets used in vision tasks.

Chen was a teaching assistant in the MIT math and electrical engineering and computer science departments, and received a teaching excellence award. She taught high school students at the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Math and was selected to participate in MISTI Global Teaching Labs in Italy.

Having studied the guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, since age 4, Chen served as president of the MIT Chinese Music Ensemble, explored Eastern and Western music synergies with the MIT Chamber Music Society, and performed at the United Nations. On campus, she was also active with Asymptones a capella, MIT Ring Committee, Ribotones, Figure Skating Club, and the Undergraduate Association Innovation Committee.

Wilhem Hector

Wilhem Hector, a senior from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, majoring in mechanical engineering, was awarded a Global Rhodes Scholarship on Nov 1. The first Haitian national to be named a Rhodes Scholar, Hector will pursue at Oxford a master’s in energy systems followed by a master’s in education, focusing on digital and social change. His long-term goals are twofold: pioneering Haiti’s renewable energy infrastructure and expanding hands-on opportunities in the country‘s national curriculum.

Hector developed his passion for energy through his research in the MIT Howland Lab, where he investigated the uncertainty of wind power production during active yaw control. He also helped launch the MIT Renewable Energy Clinic through his work on the sources of opposition to energy projects in the U.S. Beyond his research, Hector had notable contributions as an intern at Radia Inc. and DTU Wind Energy Systems, where he helped develop computational wind farm modeling and simulation techniques.

Outside of MIT, he leads the Hector Foundation, a nonprofit providing educational opportunities to young people in Haiti. He has raised over $80,000 in the past five years to finance their initiatives, including the construction of Project Manus, Haiti’s first open-use engineering makerspace. Hector’s service endeavors have been supported by the MIT PKG Center, which awarded him the Davis Peace Prize, the PKG Fellowship for Social Impact, and the PKG Award for Public Service.

Hector co-chairs both the Student Events Board and the Class of 2025 Senior Ball Committee and has served as the social chair for Chocolate City and the African Students Association.

Anushka Nair

Anushka Nair, from Portland, Oregon, will graduate next spring with BS and MEng degrees in computer science and engineering with concentrations in economics and AI. She plans to pursue a DPhil in social data science at the Oxford Internet Institute. Nair aims to develop ethical AI technologies that address pressing societal challenges, beginning with combating misinformation.

For her master’s thesis under Professor David Rand, Nair is developing LLM-powered fact-checking tools to detect nuanced misinformation beyond human or automated capabilities. She also researches human-AI co-reasoning at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence with Professor Thomas Malone. Previously, she conducted research on autonomous vehicle navigation at Stanford’s AI and Robotics Lab, energy microgrid load balancing at MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, and worked with Professor Esther Duflo in economics.

Nair interned in the Executive Office of the Secretary General at the United Nations, where she integrated technology solutions and assisted with launching the High-Level Advisory Body on AI. She also interned in Tesla’s energy sector, contributing to Autobidder, an energy trading tool, and led the launch of a platform for monitoring distributed energy resources and renewable power plants. Her work has earned her recognition as a Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing Scholar and a U.S. Presidential Scholar.

Nair has served as President of the MIT Society of Women Engineers and MIT and Harvard Women in AI, spearheading outreach programs to mentor young women in STEM fields. She also served as president of MIT Honors Societies Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi.

David Oluigbo

David Oluigbo, from Washington, is a senior majoring in artificial intelligence and decision making and minoring in brain and cognitive sciences. At Oxford, he will undertake an MSc in applied digital health followed by an MSc in modeling for global health. Afterward, Oluigbo plans to attend medical school with the goal of becoming a physician-scientist who researches and applies AI to address medical challenges in low-income countries.

Since his first year at MIT, Oluigbo has conducted neural and brain research with Ev Fedorenko at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and with Susanna Mierau’s Synapse and Network Development Group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His work with Mierau led to several publications and a poster presentation at the Federation of European Societies annual meeting.

In a summer internship at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Oluigbo designed and trained machine-learning models on CT scans for automatic detection of neuroendocrine tumors, leading to first authorship on an International Society for Optics and Photonics conference proceeding paper, which he presented at the 2024 annual meeting. Oluigbo also did a summer internship with the Anyscale Learning for All Laboratory at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Oluigbo is an EMT and systems administrator officer with MIT-EMS. He is a consultant for Code for Good, a representative on the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Undergraduate Advisory Group, and holds executive roles with the Undergraduate Association, the MIT Brain and Cognitive Society, and the MIT Running Club.

[wrestlinghistorywithkay]

On Top of The World: Looking Back At Season 1 Of Total Divas

11 years ago , on July 28, 2013 ‘Total Divas ’ aired on the E! Entertainment Network. This show gave a peek into the lives of a few of the women of WWE in the ring and out of it . The final episode of the show aired on December 10 , 2019. The inaugural cast included Naomi ( Trinity Fatu ) , Cameron ( Ariane Andrew ) , Eva Marie , Natalya ‘ Nattie ’ Neidhart - Wilson , Brie and Nikki Garcia ( The Bella Twins ) , and JoJo Offerman . The show also featured behind the scenes footage of WWE as well. The show gave a spin off called , ‘ Total Bellas ’ , which gave a look at the lives of Nikki and Brie inside the ring and out of it with their families and business ventures.

The Inaugural episode of Total Divas showed them getting ready for the biggest event in WWE Wrestlemania 29. The Bella Twins were supposed to team up with Cody Rhodes and Damian Sandow ( The Rhodes Scholars ) against Cameron and Naomi ( The Funkadactyls ) alongside Brodus Clay and Tensai ( Tons of Funk ) in a mixed tag match. However , it was postponed until the RAW after Wrestlemania.

My Final Thoughts:

This was one of the best shows on TV in my opinion. I would watch every single time that it would be on TV. My favorites were always Nattie and Trinity. If you want to watch Total Divas , you can find it on Hulu and Peacock.

Love You All,

Kay

[wrestlezaynia]

Ahh! There's so much Team Rhodes Scholars on the dash, it feels like 2013-2014 again. Thank you, @stripeydani. 😭

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"OXFORD GROUP HERE FOR LIFE-CHANGING," Toronto Star. March 19, 1934. Page 3. ---- This touring team of the Oxford group, many of whom had been here, before, arrived in Toronto yesterday for a week's crusade of "life-changing. The team was headed by Rev. Frank Buchman. The team included members from Great Britain, United States, Germany. Russia and South Africa. Here are some of those present: (1) George Light of Warwick. (2) Elsie Burroughs of Ripen, Yorkshire, (3) LEFT to RIGHT-Basil Yates, Oxford: F. B. Bowdillon, London. and Bremer Hofmeyr. Rhodes scholar, Victoria College, South Africa. (4) Miss Helen de Trey of Zurich, Switzerland. (5) Clive Hicks, New York. (6) H. Ronald Hardy, Sussex, England, brick manufacturer and big game hunter. (7) Eleanore Forde. Montreal, (8) Miss Mary Goddie, Edinburgh, Scotland, and (9) J. Van Mien Walle de Bordes, secretary financial committee, League of Nations

[theiloveyousong]

NEIL

Captain of the soccer team, editor

of the annual, Cambridge bound, Man

most likely to do anything, Thigh

man, Dead Poets Society.

Hands grab the old annual away from Neil.

CHARLIE

Thigh man? Mr. "K" was a hell

raiser.

KNOX

What is the Dead Poets Society?

MEEKS

Any group pictures in the annual?

NEIL

Nothing. No mention of it.

CHARLIE

Nolan.

Mr. Nolan approaches the boys' table. Under the table,

Cameron insistently hands the annual to Todd. Todd looks at

Cameron, then takes it.

NOLAN

Enjoying your classes, Mr. Perry?

NEIL

Yes sir. Very much.

NOLAN

And our Mr. Keating. Finding him

interesting, boys?

CHARLIE

Yes sir. We were just talking

about that.

NOLAN

Good. We're very excited about

him. He was a Rhodes Scholar, you

know.

Nolan exits. Todd looks at the annual that he hides in his

lap under the table, then continues eating.

do you remember thes3 annie

[lboogie1906]

Dr. Randal D. Pinkett (April 9, 1971) is a business consultant who was the winner of season four of the reality television show The Apprentice. He is the first African American to win the US version of The Apprentice.

With an educational background in engineering and business, he is both a Rhodes Scholar and a Walter Byers Scholar. Before entering the reality show, he had established a business career and had become co-founder of the business consulting firm BCT Partners. As winner of The Apprentice Season 4, he undertook a yearlong apprenticeship with Trump Entertainment Resorts.

He has continued as chairman and CEO of BCT Partners, while acting as a public speaker and appearing on later editions of the show, and on CEO Exchange.

He graduated from Hightstown High School. He graduated from Rutgers University summa cum laude, with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He is the first African American from Rutgers to become a Rhodes Scholar. He graduated from the University of Oxford, where he earned an MS in Computer Science. He graduated with an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management through the Leaders for Global Operations program. He continued his education at MIT, where he earned a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Laboratory.

He was an academic All-American at Rutgers. He was named a member of the USA TODAY All-USA Academic Team and he was a member of the Cap and Skull organization. He served as President of MEET, the Rutgers Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, and was the captain of the Rutgers varsity men’s track and field team, competing both as a high jumper and long jumper. He was named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. He was the male Walter Byers Scholarship winner as the NCAA’s top scholar-athlete. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He was given the Paul Robeson Leadership Award by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts.

He and his wife, Zahara have four children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha

[riilsports]

Introducing 2024 RIIL Student-Athlete of the Year Leila Hopkins of Classical High School

On May 8, 2024, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League and Official Hometown Health Partner Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island presented the 2024 RIIL Student-Athlete of the Year Award to Leila Hopkins of Classical High School and Wayne McNamara of Lincoln High School at the 12th annual RIIL Awards Breakfast, held at the Quonset O Club in North Kingstown.

Here are excerpts from the presentation of Leila's award, made by BCBSRI Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Melissa Cummings:

I’m honored to be presenting this year’s Student-Athlete of the Year awards, which recognize the outstanding efforts of two seniors in Rhode Island high school athletic programs. These awards are given to student-athletes who excel in the classroom and during competition, who participate in multiple school-sponsored sports, and who demonstrate good citizenship in their school and in their community.

Our first award is being given to Leila Hopkins of Classical High School. An outstanding track & field athlete – and captain of both the indoor and outdoor teams – Leila is a 2-time All-State and All-Division pole vaulter, a 3-time All-Division high jumper, and an All-Division triple jumper in Outdoor competition. For Indoor, she’s collected 4 All-State awards in the pole vault, and 4 All-Division awards in the high jump. She’s also earned All-Division honors in Cross Country, led Classical to the 2023 Indoor state championship, and was her team’s MVP during the 2023 Outdoor season.

Photos Courtesy/Leila Hopkins

As a member of the Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club’s most competitive team, Leila traveled to compete in the 2023 Junior Olympics and qualified for the 2023 Summer Nationals. She’s also a member of the Rhode Island Kung Fu Club and is a 2-time winner of the Kung Fu regional tournament.

Photos Courtesy/Leila Hopkins

Academically, her unweighted GPA is 100.61! She’s an AP Scholar with Distinction, has received Summa Cum Laude and Magna Cum Laude awards, placed third in the State Science Olympiad for Chemistry Lab, has done independent studies with both Brown University and Johns Hopkins University, and ranks fourth in her class. Leila is also a YANG mentor as well as a tutor for both Math and Latin. AND she’s been her class president since 2021!

In her resume, Leila notes a saying that is used by her family members – “Leila does not fit in a day.” I’d say that seems like a pretty fair assessment!

Now, if you’re like me, you’re probably wondering, “So, what’s next for Leila?” She will be attending the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University – which is ranked as one of the world's top international business school.

Please join me in congratulating Leila Hopkins, and welcoming her to the stage to receive her Student-Athlete of the Year award!