Here are the blurbs on the two new Eph Rhodes Scholars.

Jeffrey Ishizuka is a senior at Williams College majoring in chemistry. A varsity wrestler, he has done volunteer work for children with HIV/AIDS in Honduras. Jeffrey spent his junior year at Oxford, and wants to pursue research leading to a vaccine for HIV/AIDS. He intends to do a doctorate in medical sciences at Oxford.

Emily P. Ludwig is a senior at Williams College majoring in history. In addition to her work in history, she has won distinction in genetics and immunology and was a research assistant at the Whitehead Institute. A varsity soccer player, she also played soccer at Exeter College, Oxford, where she spent her junior year. She will do the M.Phil. in social and economic history.

Given Cecil Rhodes preference for “physical vigor”, it is nice to see that both Ludwig and Ishizuka are varsity athletes. A surprising number of the other winners have no athletic activities listed in their biographies.