2 from Georgia selected as Rhodes Scholars

Emory University senior Leah Michalove never gave herself a shot at winning the prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

She and 31 other college seniors, including another with Georgia ties, were announced as the 2016 class of Rhodes Scholars. They will begin studies at Oxford University in October 2016.

“No one wins the Rhodes scholarship. That’s not a thing,” Michalove said Monday. “But (advisers) told me to apply, so I applied. It was never part of the plan. You don’t plan to win a Rhodes scholarship.”