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Here are some of the top students from Gwinnett high schools

AJC Cup winners from Gwinnett County high schools. Collage limited to those who submitted photos of high enough quality.
AJC Cup winners from Gwinnett County high schools. Collage limited to those who submitted photos of high enough quality.
By Kyle Nazario
June 8, 2016

A small selection of Gwinnett County high schoolers recently won the AJC Cup, a prestigious award given to exceptional high schoolers since 1928. These students won the praise of their teachers for being incredible students, leaders, athletes or all three. Here's who won while attending a Gwinnett school.

[More: Here's everyone from DeKalb high schools who won the AJC Cup]

ExploreJennilee Grace Burton
ExploreDanny Nguyen
ExploreGracyn C. Lynch
ExploreCooper Simpson
ExploreShwan Kamaran Noori
ExploreKyra Dixon
ExploreBryce Holden Lackey
ExploreJared Borders
ExploreRiley Eck
ExploreBethany Scarlet Wood
ExploreJonathan Jeffrey
ExploreAshton Barnes
ExploreHannah Petit
ExploreNathan Jenkins

[More: 5 award-winning Atlanta students going to Ivy League schools]

ExploreAlexandra Kim
ExploreJenna Elizabeth Scott
ExploreJessica Ann Moody
ExploreChloe Camp
ExploreEdgar Derricho
ExploreFatoumata Camara
ExploreKatherine Kyle Reed

Read more AJC Cup coverage at our hub. You can also find out what 7 useful qualities helped the AJC Cup winners grow and succeed. 

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