Cynthia DuBois, 21, left, is a political science and agricultural business major at LSU and Jackie Zimmerman, 22, is a biological sciences major. Both seniors were named USA Today’s College Academic All-Stars.
Profiles:
Cynthia “C.C.” DuBois
LSU senior
AWARD: First Team
AGE: 21
MAJOR: Agricultural business and political science
HOMETOWN: Ponchatoula
GRADE-POINT AVERAGE: 3.945
GRADUATING: May
NEXT STOP: Concurrent five-year graduate program at Stanford Law School and Princeton University for a law degree and master’s degree in public affairs
CAREER GOAL: Policymaker for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service
Jackie Zimmerman
LSU senior
AWARD: Third Team
AGE: 22
MAJOR: Biological sciences with a concentration in secondary education
HOMETOWN: Huntsville, Ala.
GRADE-POINT AVERAGE: 4.0
GRADUATING: May
NEXT STOP: Concurrent doctorate of medicine and doctorate of philosophy program; applying to Columbia University, Emory University and Tulane University
CAREER GOAL: Academic medicine with a research emphasis on pancreatic cancer treatment