Kemdi Ekeanyanwu, a senior at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, has been named a 2027 Coca-Cola Scholars Program Semifinalist.
The Coca-Cola Scholars Program is the largest corporate-sponsored, achievement-based scholarship program in the United States. It is a joint effort of Coca-Cola bottlers across the country and The Coca-Cola Company.
Ekeanyanwu of Little Rock was one of 1,227 semifinalists chosen from more than 113,000 applications submitted by students from across the country. The semifinalist pool will be narrowed to 250 Regional Finalists in early January 2027 after a review of their Phase 2 applications which include essays, a recommendation and a transcript. They will take part in online interviews to further narrow the field.
From those, 150 students will be named Coke Scholars-select in February and invited to attend the Coca-Cola Scholars Weekend for the Coca-Cola Scholars Banquet in Atlanta in April. While there they will participate in the Coca-Cola Scholars Leadership Development. Upon completion of the weekend, they will be named official Coca-Cola Scholars and receive a $20,000 college scholarship.