1) Qualification 2) Salutatory speaker 3) Scholar 4) Scholarly person 5) Student 
• (n.) The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.
Sa·lu`ta·to'ri·an noun The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship. [ U.S.] 
[n] - the graduating student with the second highest academic rank
salutatorian; salutator Person who gives the welcoming address at a graduation. Usually a speech given by the person with the second highest grade average in a particular graduating class.
salutatory speaker noun a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises
a graduating student with the second highest academic rank