Collegiate Academies’ Class of 2026 did the MOST!

NEW ORLEANS (June 5, 2026) - Collegiate Academies is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of graduates from Abramson Sci Academy, George Washington Carver High School, Livingston Collegiate Academy, Walter L. Cohen High School, and Collegiate Baton Rouge! Years of hard work, consistent practice and execution, and excellent academic results have led to an unprecedented number of national scholarship winners and a college acceptance list that rivals the best high schools in the state, public or private!

Valedictorians from CA’s five high schools, four in New Orleans and one in Baton Rouge, are off to an impressive roster of schools: Brown, Rice, Howard, Dillard, LSU, and ULL. But it doesn’t stop there. The list of schools accepting CA graduates is long and filled with some of the top colleges and universities in this country:

Class of 2026 College Acceptances

From Ivy League universities to prestigious HBCUs, from acclaimed liberal arts colleges to major research institutions, CA scholars earned acceptance everywhere. This is what it looks like when New Orleans kids get every opportunity they deserve:

Alabama State University • Alcorn State University • Arizona State University • Arkansas Baptist College • Auburn University • Bard College • Benedict College • Bethune-Cookman University • Boston University • Brown University • Clark Atlanta University • Colgate University • College of Wooster • Columbia College Chicago • Delgado Community College • DePauw University • Dillard University • Georgia State University • Grambling State University • Hampton University • Hendrix College • Hinds Community College • Howard University • Jackson State University • Kentucky State University • Lane College • Langston University • Louisiana College • Louisiana Tech University • Loyola University New Orleans • Louisiana State University • Lynn University • Middlebury College • Miles College • Milford Academy • Mississippi State University • Mississippi Valley State University • Morgan State University • North Carolina A&T State University • Northeastern University • Northwest Mississippi Community College • Ohio Wesleyan University • Oklahoma State University • Pace University • Pearl River Community College • Providence College • Rice University • Smith College • Southeastern Louisiana University • Southern University and A&M College • St. Olaf College • Stillman College • Southern University New Orleans • Talladega College • Texas Southern University • Texas State University • Tulane University • Tuskegee University • University of Arkansas • University of Houston • University of Louisiana at Lafayette • University of New Orleans • University of Southern California • University of Southern Mississippi • Villanova University • Virginia Union University • Wake Forest University • Winston-Salem State University • Xavier University of Louisiana

National Scholarship Winners

This year, Collegiate Academies is proud to celebrate an unprecedented class of national and local scholarship winners. These highly selective, fiercely competitive awards recognize the very best students in the country, several of whom attend a CA school!

A special mention before we begin: Whitney Kelly won the Gates Scholarship, the QuestBridge Scholarship, AND the Tulane Mayoral Scholarship, a triple win that is extraordinarily rare and a testament to what our scholars are capable of accomplishing!

The Gates Scholarship is one of the most selective scholarships in the nation, awarded to outstanding minority students with exceptional academic achievement and financial need:

● Jerome Dykes III → College of Wooster

● Whitney Kelly → Rice University

● Kendrick McKnight Jr. → LSU

● Jalen Williams → LSU

The Posse Scholarship is a full-tuition leadership scholarship that sends cohorts of outstanding students to top colleges together:

● Kendrick Alexander → Villanova University

● An'trell Grimes → Tulane University

● Hilde Hinrichs → Providence College

● Dylan Oliver → Providence College

● Iryeanne Tobias → Tulane University

The QuestBridge Scholarship is a prestigious national program that connects high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds with full four-year scholarships to the country's leading universities:

● Tierra Holden → Colgate University

● Whitney Kelly → Rice University

The Tulane Mayoral Scholarship is a four-year, full-tuition scholarship awarded by the Mayor of New Orleans to just 10 outstanding New Orleans students per year:

● Branden Cephus → Tulane University

● Renell Green → Tulane University

● Whitney Kelly → Tulane University (will be attending Rice University)

● Khari Morrison → Tulane University

We are incredibly proud of every single one of our graduates. We are certain their success in college will lead to a life of world-changing pursuits!