Hauppauge HS Student Named Coca Cola Scholar Semifinalist

HAUPPAUGE, NY - A Hauppauge High School student was named a semifinalist in the annual Coca Cola Scholar competition.

Lily Johansson, of Hauppauge, is among the dozens of students from Long Island, and more than 100 across the state, to be named semifinalists.

Click here to see the full list of New York semifinalists.

Johansson is in the running to receive a $20,000 scholarship to help pay for college education.

A total of 1,896 students nationwide were selected as semifinalists out of over 95,000 applicants.

Those applicants will be whittled down to just 150 winners who will eventually receive the scholarship.

Coca Cola created the scholarship in 1986 to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary.

According to the scholarship's website, the goal is to "provide scholarship programs and lifelong enrichment opportunities in support of exceptional peoples' thirst for knowledge and their desire to make a difference in the world."

Coca Cola Scholars are students who not only exceed academically, but are also involved in their schools and act as leaders to others. They are active in their community and help others.

Congratulations to Lily Johansson!

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