Hoover High School graduate Rotimi Kukoyi, now at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named one of 32 students to the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2026.
Kukoyi was selected from a pool of 965 candidates who had been nominated by their colleges and universities. He will commence his studies at Oxford in October.
The announcement was made on Saturday. The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and one of the most recognized international academic awards…