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UNM alumna Abrianna Morales has been selected as a Rhodes scholar.

 Jessica Baca/Journal

With a focus on victims of sexual assault, Abrianna Morales last week became the first University of New Mexico student to be named a Rhodes scholar in more than 20 years.

Morales, of Placitas, a sexual assault survivor since the age of 15, founded the Sexual Assault Youth Support Network, a nonprofit that provides support and resources to young victims. She earned a 2023 Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminology summa cum laude from UNM. Since graduating, she’s served as a program manager of the National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA), where she oversees the nationwide Victim Advocacy Corps, a pilot program funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime.

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The complete list of Rhodes Scholars from New Mexico

The complete list of

Rhodes scholars from NM

Here are the names of all New Mexico residents who became Rhodes scholars, the year they started their scholarship program and the institution where they earned an undergraduate degree.

Thomas Sydney Bell — 1905 (UNM)

Frank Chellis Light — 1908 (UNM)

Hugh McLellan Bryan — 1910 (UNM)

Karl Karsten — 1911 (UNM)

William Coburn Cook — 1914 (UNM)

George Adlai Feather — 1917 (Park University, formerly Park College)

Donovan MacNeely Richardson — 1918 (UNM)

Milian Wayne Garrett — 1920 (Stanford University)

John Vernon Hopkins — 1921 (NMSU)

Francis Fergusson — 1923 (Harvard University)

Fred T. Wagner — 1924 (UNM)

Milton C. Nahm — 1926 (University of Pennsylvania)

Woodford Agee Heflin — 1927 (UNM)

Richard Davis Mallery — 1929 (New York University)

George C. Kent — 1930 (NMSU)

Critchell Parsons —1932 (UNM)

Edward B. Gregg — 1933 (NMSU)

Deric O’Bryan — 1936 (Harvard University)

Frank H.H. King — 1949 (New Mexico Military Institute)

Robert Dean Pue — 1951 (UNM)

Albert E. Utton — 1953 (UNM)

John Horton Morrison — 1955 (UNM)

Jackson C. Stromberg —1958 (Dartmouth College)

Michael Tucker McNevin — 1961 (UNM)

John Charles Baldwin — 1971 (Harvard University)

Richard T. Koskella — 1972 (Air Force Academy)

Paul E. Coggins Jr — 1973 (Yale University)

Frank Hedrock Allen —1979 (UNM)

Ross H. Frank — 1980 (Yale University)

Laurel McFarland —1984 (Princeton University)

Ronald J. Rinaldi —1985 (Brigham Young University)

Kenneth Bobroff — 1986 (Princeton University)

Jonathan E. Skinner — 1991 (St. John’s College)

Jordan T. Schreiber — 1995 (Harvard University)

Horacio Trujillo — 1997 (Georgetown University)

Manuel-Julian Montoya — 1999 (UNM)

John C. Probasco — 2002 (UNM)

Elizabeth Kistin — 2004 (University of North Carolina)

Pravin Rajan — 2008 (Georgetown University)

Justine Schluntz — 2010 (University of Arizona)

Rachel Renee Kolb — 2013 (Stanford University)

Erin Alexandra Tanith Mauldin — 2014 (U.S. Military Academy)

Peter N. Kalugin — 2015 (Johns Hopkins University)

Abrianna Morales — 2025 (UNM)

Source: The Office of the American

Secretary of the Rhodes Trust