The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded A.J. White ('10) a National Merit Scholarship, sponsored by the college and designated by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. He is among the 8,400 distinguished high school graduates across the country who received National Merit Scholarships in 2010.
This fall, White will attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar. Less than four percent of students who apply for this elite, full scholarship are selected to receive it. He is one of only 70 young leaders to be accepted for this remarkable opportunity for 2010-11.
During his tenure at Darlington, White took 10 Honors and nine AP courses. He was named valedictorian and was a member of the National Honor Society, Cum Laude Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, and the varsity football and track teams. He received the STAR Student Award, the Georgia Certificate of Merit, the Sewanee Club Award, the Yale Book Award, the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award, the Geoffrey M. Horsfield Scroll, the D.M. McNaull Award and the Angelyn Hollingsworth Johnson Memorial Award. A Centre College Fellow and Furman Scholar, he was also a two-time recipient of the Hanks Medal; a three-time recipient of the Class Scholarship Award; and earned E.L. Wright Awards for Algebra 1H, Spanish 3H, English 1H, Geometry H, Spanish 4H, AP World History, AP Physics B, AP U.S. History, AP English Language, AP Economics and English 4.
He is the son of Ken and Terri White of Rome.
