THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, December 12, 1994 TAG: 9412120045
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE LENGTH: Medium: 89 lines
Zayde G. Antrim, a history major at the University of Virginia, was named a Rhodes scholar on Sunday.
Antrim, 22, of Richmond, was one of four students at Southern universities chosen after interviews Saturday for the prestigious scholarships to attend Oxford University. Thirty-two students were chosen overall.
``I've dreamed of being a Rhodes scholar for a long time,'' Antrim said. ``I've always been academically inclined, and I always set high goals for myself, and the Rhodes scholarship is a pretty high goal.
``Oxford is a wonderful place for African studies, Middle Eastern students and Islamic studies, and that's what I'm interested in.'' She said she would like to earn a master's degree in Oriental studies at Oxford.
The regional scholarship committee told the students the results about 4 p.m. Saturday.
``I was pretty shocked. I was pretty happy,'' Antrim said. ``I had a plane to catch, so I called my parents from the airport.''
Antrim studies African history at the University of Virginia, and speaks French and Arabic. She is writing an undergraduate thesis on 19th century West African history and British abolitionism in Africa based on the writings of a British woman who visited Africa.
University of Virginia spokeswoman Louise Dudley said Antrim is the school's 41st Rhodes scholar, the largest number from a public university.
Like many of the students named Rhodes scholars, Antrim participates in community service. She is a volunteer with the Sexual Assault Resource Agency in Charlottesville, and just finished a term as president of the campus group Sexual Assault Facts and Education.
Antrim is also a certified aerobics instructor.
Last week, she learned she had won another prestigious scholarship to study abroad: a Marshall scholarship. But she said she told Rhodes officials she would accept their scholarship if it were offered to her.
Antrim was raised in Richmond, and graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. MEMO: THIS YEAR'S WINNERS
The 32 students chosen as American Rhodes scholars for 1994, listed
by district where the application was filed.
NEW ENGLAND
Benjamin F. Jones, Falmouth, Mass., Princeton University.
Sarah E. Light, Belmont, Mass., Harvard University.
Diana M. Sabot, Williamstown, Mass., Dartmouth University.
Rinku Chandra, Providence, R.I., Brown University.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Jennifer Babik, Piscataway, N.J., Princeton University.
Tracy Johnston, Garrison, N.Y., Wellesley College.
John H. Leaman, Lancaster, Pa., Elizabethtown College.
Rebecca Spies, Livermore, Calif., Villanova University.
SOUTHERN
Michael Wenthe, Athens, Ga., Duke University.
Robert W. Johnson, Jonesboro, Ga., Furman University.
Jennifer Santoro, Audubon, Pa., University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Zayde Gordon Antrim, Richmond, University of Virginia.
GREAT LAKES
Rebecca Boggs, Louisville, Ky., Harvard University.
Jonathan Beere, Mount Pleasant, Mich., University of Chicago.
Eric R. Oliver, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Military Academy.
James R. Wall, Jr., Greenleaf, Wis., University of Wisconsin.
MIDWEST
Lia Pierson, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University.
Matthew Polly, Topeka, Kan., Princeton University.
Maria Kaibel, Minneapolis, Harvard University.
Meiling Hazelton, Chicago, University of Chicago.
GULF
Mallory Ann Hayes, Tuscaloosa, Ala., University of Alabama.
Drew Dianne Lamonica, Baton Rouge, La., Louisiana State University.
Cristina Maria Rodriguez, San Antonio, Yale University.
Monica Salamon, Dallas, Harvard University.
SOUTHWEST
Brent Roam, Phoenix, Arizona State University.
Rachel Maddow, Castro Valley, Calif., Stanford University.
Jordan T. Schreiber, San Cristobal, N.M., Harvard University.
Heather Ure, Salt Lake City, Wellesley College.
NORTHWEST
Thomas Geiser, West Middlesex, Pa., U.S. Air Force Academy.
Ryan Sawyer, Boise, Idaho, Seattle University.
Debra L. Walt, Portland, Ore., Oregon State University.
Drew D. Hansen, Mercer Island, Wash., Harvard University. by CNB