Kala will be attending the University of Louisville on a National Merit Scholarship in the fall. The second student I wish to commend Is Nhi Nguyen. She graduated as the valediotorlan of Iroquois High School In Louisville. and Is planning to attend Centre College In Danville. KY. on a full scholarship. What is remarkable about Nhi Is her journey to Centre. It culminated In Louisville. but it originated In Vietnam. Nhl was a refugee of the Vietnam war. she came to this country via Cambodia and Thailand. She escaped from a Cambodian prison to flee Southeast Asia on a boat. her family remains in Southeast Asia. She reached Louisville in 1987. at age 12.