Students in Cobb win National Merit scholarships
Several Cobb County students won Achievement Scholarship awards for black Americans, and will receive $2,500 from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Winners were: Emma I. Edoga, of South Cobb High School; Oluwatobi J. Akindoju and Amari J. El-Amin, of Wheeler High; Jonathan O. Ebhogiaye and Kamaria A. Laing, of George Walton Comprehensive High; Nicole M. Mwaura, of Hillgrove High; Brandon J. Walker, of Campbell High. Another student, Avery W. Brown, of Wheeler High, won a corporate-sponsored Achievement Scholarship -- the UPS Foundation Scholarship.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
