Of the predicted 7,827 students graduating from 16 Cobb County schools over the next several days, some stand above the rest.
No, not the basketball players tall enough to dunk. We’re talking about the valedictorians and salutatorians of the state’s second-largest school district.
Cobb’s estimated graduation rate for this year is just under 94 percent.
Below you see all 16 valedictorians and information for each schools’ salutatorian.
Allatoona High School
Valedictorian: Robert Terrell Ross
GPA: 4.697
Going to: Stanford University
Intended major: Computer science
Salutatorian: William Aaron Smith
GPA: 4.672
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Computer science
The district estimates that Allatoona will graduate 437 of its 449 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Campbell High School
Valedictorian: Michael Samuel Peng
GPA: 4.857
Going to: Princeton University
Intended major: Applied mathematics
Salutatorian: Benjamin Harley Davidson
GPA: 4.835
Going to: Stanford University
Intended major: English
The district estimates that Campbell will graduate 555 of its 618 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Harrison High School
Valedictorians: Ethan Paul Baker; Micah Jill Landwermeyer
GPA: Both 4.734
Going to: University of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: International affairs and finance; environmental engineering
Salutatorian: Christina Maria Chu
GPA: 4.723
Going to: University of Georgia
Intended major: International affairs and political science
The district estimates that Harrison will graduate 478 of its 486 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Hillgrove High School
Valedictorian: Destini Jasira Deinde-Smith
GPA: 4.75
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Computer science
Salutatorian: Shannon MacKenzie Fraser
GPA: 4.662
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: International affairs and modern language
The district estimates that Hillgrove will graduate 532 of its 579 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Kell High School
Valedictorian: Jonathan Hardy Morris
GPA: 4.683
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Aerospace engineering
Salutatorian: Olivia Marie Terwilliger
GPA: 4.517
Going to: University of North Georgia
Intended major: Exercise science
The district estimates that Kell will graduate 344 of its 367 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Kennesaw Mountain High School
Valedictorians: Zane Garrison Placie; Zhi Jia Michael Hong; Catherine Marie Wright
GPA: All 4.781
Going to: University of Georgia; Duke University; Liberty University
Intended major: Finance and risk management; economics and computer science; undecided
Salutatorian: Alianna Yasmine Dhalla
GPA: 4.766
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Chemical engineering
The district estimates that Kennesaw Mountain will graduate 468 of its 488 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County District
Credit: Cobb County District
Lassiter High School
Valedictorian: Sarah Elizabeth Nastasi
GPA: 4.692
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Engineering
Salutatorian: Derek Kenneth Goshay
GPA: 4.64
Going to: Yale University
Intended major: Molecular biophysics and biochemistry
The district estimates that Lassiter will graduate 509 of its 517 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
McEachern High School
Valedictorian: Yuta Dean Hagiya
GPA: 4.441
Going to: University of Georgia
Intended major: Physics
Salutatorians: William Samuel Adair; Trevor Edward Beyke
GPA: 4.438
Going to: Both Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Electrical engineering; mechanical engineering
The district estimates that McEachern will graduate 497 of its 552 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
North Cobb High School
Valedictorian: Leighann Raksasouk
GPA: 4.734
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Computer science
Salutatorian: Samuel Thuan Vang
GPA: 4.688
Going to: Colorado College
Intended major: International political economy
The district estimates that North Cobb will graduate 705 of its 735 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Osborne High School
Valedictorian: Amanda Maria Ramirez
GPA: 4.484
Going to: University of Georgia
Intended major: Biology
Salutatorian: Kameron Michael Gates
GPA: 4.469
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Computer engineering
The district estimates that Osborne will graduate 434 of its 478 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Pebblebrook High School
Valedictorian: Cristopher Steven Chavez
GPA: 4.468
Going to: Emory University
Intended major: Pre-med
Salutatorian: Rylie Tate Geohegan
GPA: 4.4
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Environmental engineering
The district estimates that Pebblebrook will graduate 443 of its 501 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Pope High School
Valedictorian: Joseph Evan Chanin
GPA: 4.720
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: International business
Salutatorian: Fabio Chiappina
GPA: 4.700
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Aeronautical engineering
The district estimates that Pope will graduate 476 of its 484 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
South Cobb High School
Valedictorian: Aditya Patel
GPA: 4.656
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Biochemistry
Salutatorian: Rahul Varma
GPA: 4.609
Going to: Dartmouth College
Intended major: Economics
The district estimates that South Cobb will graduate 424 of its 464 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Sprayberry High School
Valedictorian: Ian Jordan Burke
GPA: 4.633
Going to: Wheaton College
Intended major: Business administration
Salutatorian: Kevin Lu
GPA: 4.625
Going to: Kennesaw State University
Intended major: Chemistry
The district estimates that Sprayberry will graduate 420 of its 441 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Walton High School
Valedictorian: Nathan Shaw Yu
GPA: 4.77
Going to: Yale University
Intended major: Finance
Salutatorian: Shaozi Bryan Wu
GPA: 4.767
Going to: Harvard University
Intended major: Classics
The district estimates that Walton will graduate 638 of its 658 seniors.
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Wheeler High School
Valedictorians: Parisa Hosseini; Laura Shuxin Zhang
GPA: Both 4.697
Going to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended major: Biology; industrial engineering
Salutatorian: Jessica Ann Liebich
GPA: 4.691
Going to: University of Georgia
Intended major: Molecular biophysics and German
The district estimates that Wheeler will graduate 467 of its 533 seniors.
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