The U.S. Presidential Scholars program announced its finalists Monday, and an Unalaska City School senior is on the list. Aidan Bobbitt is one of just two students from Alaska to receive the recognition, and the first in the history of the school district.

The Presidential Scholars award recognizes students for outstanding academic and extracurricular achievement. Several thousand students who score exceptionally well on the SATs or ACTs are invited to apply to the program. From that pool, a committee selects two students from every state based on essays and transcripts.

The other student from Alaska is Annaleah Ernst from Nikiski.