[mpoverlay]

Bill Tiernan - The Virginian-Pilot

The triplets, top-notch students most of their lives, came to NSU from Memphis, Tenn., as scholars in the Dozoretz National Institute for Mathematics and Applied Sciences program. The Thompson women – whose first names appropriately rhyme with “three” – are the first triplets to graduate from the program in its more than 25-year history.

The 22-year-olds have become accustomed to making memorable marks most of their lives. They said they pushed one another because they all wanted to see the others succeed. (Virgnian-Pilot)[/mpoverlay]