Kevin Moats of Atlanta won the world championship for his age group in the 2015 Ironman World Championship in Australia.

Will Goodwin, Julia Simmons and Matthew Shu of Paideia School were named to the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Sarah Chen and Alexa Levy of Paideia School were named to the Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Sophia Figueroa, Isabel Goico, Jordan Leslie, Abby Moore, Lila Morrison, Evan Nicholson, Ahalya Ramgopal, Meredith Salzinger and Thuan Tran of Paideia School were named to the Emory Junior Chamber Orchestra.

Hannah Searles and Jacob Zeldin of Paideia School were named to the Rialto Youth Jazz Orchestra.

Melissa Anderson Ventii from Atlanta graduated from Upper Iowa University.

Adam Stowie of Atlanta and Ariele Patterson of Lawrenceville graduated from Kent State University.

Emily Frosina and Richard Pearson of Alpharetta; Thomas Blair, Josh Marett and Eric Lemieux of Atlanta; Adam Smith of Jonesboro; Cameron Whiting of Marietta; Brandon Smith of Peachtree City; Eleanor Butler of Savannah and Kelly Hall of Suwanee graduated from Virginia Tech.

Anna Williams of Lawrenceville graduated from William Woods University.

Andrea MacDonough of Suwanee was named to Olivet Nazarene University's dean's list.

Zachery Austin of Atlanta and Elizabeth Vermillion of Roswell were named to Creighton University's dean's list.

Andie McGregor and Nicole Sweeney of Suwanee were named to Salisbury University's dean's list.