Amanthi Ranatunga is a first year undergraduate student at The Ohio State University. She is one of only 95 students admitted to the Mount Leadership Scholars program at OSU. Amanthi is studying Psychology and in the future she hopes to become a Clinical Psychologist and help those who suffer from mental illnesses. 

Amanthi is originally from Mason, OH where she attended the William Mason High School (MHS). She graduated high school with Summa Cum Laude, and she was also involved in many extra-curricular activities during high school; some of those activities include Student Government, National Honors Society (NHS), and Students Involving and Befriending Students (SIBS). Amanthi is very proud and honored to be chosen by her 870+ peers as Junior Class President and Senior Class President, to represent them in MHS Administration and Student Government. One other most important and meaningful activities that Amanthi did in high school was as a member of SIBS, where she strived to develop and foster an inclusive atmosphere in Mason High School and Middle School, and to stop isolation of kids and bullying activities. Outside of school, Amanthi volunteered for many organizations such as Matthew: 25 Ministries, UC West Chester Hospital and Christ Hospital. 

Amanthi was a year-round competitive swimmer for 12 years. She was a four-year varsity letter swimmer at her high school, a member of the Mason Manta Rays (a 2018 USA Swimming Gold Medal Club, ranked # 8 in USA out of more than 3000 teams), and a summer league swim team. She has earned multiple swim awards, including Academic All American in Swimming. Swimming really helped Amanthi develop many skills – including time management, multi-tasking, focus, and discipline. This Summer Amanthi taught swimming to kids whose ages ranged from four months to twelve years and instilled those skills in her students. 

Amanthi is very excited to be a Buckeye and she’s looking forward to her undergraduate career at OSU. She chose Psychology as her major because she is very interested in a professional career helping others. She is interested in research, internship and Study Abroad opportunities that will help her career goal of becoming a Clinical Psychologist.