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West Point Student From California Named Rhodes Scholar

Evan Szablowski
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Evan Szablowski

U.S. Military Academy cadet Evan Szablowski, a native of Bakersfield, has been named a Rhodes Scholar for 2013.

The Rhodes Scholarship allows students to study, all-expenses paid, at Oxford University.

According to Szablowski's West Point biography the cadet is a junior majoring in Mathematics:

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He spent freshman year on the Triathlon team and sophomore year as a member of the World Champion B3 Sandhurst team.... He also enjoys writing and playing the guitar.

Szablowski told the Associated Press he wants to one day work in military intelligence.

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