The 32 American students chosen as Rhodes Scholars for 2009, listed by geographic region:

District I:

Matthew L. Gethers III, Waterbury, Conn., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rakim H. D. Brooks, Bronx, N.Y., Brown University

District II:

Joshua A. Lospinoso, Sparta, N.J., United States Military Academy

Timothy A. Nunan, Palos Verdes, Calif., Princeton University

District III:

David L. V. Bauer, Bronx, N.Y., City College of New York

R. Jisung Park, Shelton, Conn., Columbia University

District IV:

Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Wilmington, Del., Swarthmore College

Abigail P. Seldin, Tierra Verde, Fla., University of Pennsylvania

District V:

Scott M. Moore, Louisville, Ky., Princeton University

Anthony Chase Palisch, Calvert City, Ky., Centre College

District VI:

Aisha I. Saad, Cary, N.C., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alia Whitney-Johnson, Leicester, N.C., MIT

District VII:

Julia Parker Goyer, Birmingham, Ala., Duke University

Myron L. Rolle, Princeton, N.J., Florida State University

District VIII:

Stephen J. Hammer, Carrollton, Texas, Princeton

Malorie N. Snider, Friendswood, Texas, Harvard University

District IX:

Lucas M. Brown, Leesburg, Va., Oberlin College

Gregory E. Lippiatt, York, Pa., Virginia Military Institute

District X:

Sarah B. Kleinman, Indianapolis, Ind., Stanford University

Anna Yermakova, Buffalo Grove, Ill., Northwestern University

District XI:

Vincent M. Hofer, Franklin, Kan., Kansas State University

Shadrack T. White, Sandersville, Miss., University of Mississippi

District XII:

Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Michigan

Brian J. Krohn, Cloquet, Minn., Augsburg College

District XIII:

Noelle R. Lopez, Tucson, Ariz., Santa Clara University

Jarrad M. Aguirre, Centennial, Colo., Yale University

District XIV:

Lindsay M. Whorton, Independence, Mo., Drake University

Ashley L. Nord, Rapid City, S.D., University of Minnesota

District XV:

Mallory A. Dwinal, Gig Harbor, Wash., Northwestern

Kyle Q. Haddad-Fonda, Issaquah, Wash., Harvard

District XVI:

Scott W. Hugo, Alamo, Calif., University of California, Los Angeles

Christopher D. Joseph, Santa Barbara, Calif., UCLA

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On the Net:

The Rhodes Trust: http://www.rhodesscholar.org/

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