EHS students receive $3.5 million in scholarships

By Archive

Published: May 17, 2008

Enterprise High School’s Class of 2008 is marking a banner year for scholarships, with students attracting nearly $5.6 million in offers and accepting nearly $3.5 million of those.

Guidance Counselor Cami McClenny said scholarship amounts tend to increase each year along with the rising cost of higher education, but she said 2008 does seem to be a relatively-stronger year. Last year, she said, students were offered about $5.1 million in scholarships, accepting somewhere in the $2 million range.

“I’m proud of our kids,” McClenny said Friday morning after a lengthy Thursday night honors program at Hillcrest Baptist Church. “They have really done a good job. And we have really good parent support,” she said.

McClenny said of the high school’s 380 seniors, 128 were offered scholarships. She said a student survey revealed 72 percent planned to earn a bachelor’s degree before joining the workforce, with 26 percent of those also hoping to earn professional postgraduate degrees.

Another 2 percent said they would go directly to full-time employment, while 7 percent plan to enlist in the military. Twelve percent said they would seek an associate or vocational degree.

“Forty-three percent of the financial benefits marched in with military commitments,” McClenny told the audience Thursday night. But she said academic scholarships still managed to take the lead.

“Forty-four percent of all offers were the result of intelligence,” she said.

Following is a list of scholarships and recipients.

*Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals: Savanna Norris and Lydia Townsend.

*Coffee County Junior Miss Program Scholarships: Norma Boyd, Elizabeth Parker, Logan Heim, Lydia Townsend and Maranda Jennings.

*Club Yesepoch Scholarship: Kenesia Johnson.

*Michael Bowen Memorial Scholarship: David Nelson.

*Thad Morgan Spirit of EHS: Alex & Nicholas McQueen.

*Altrusa Club Scholarship: Katherine Olafson.

*Gloria Sessions Ventress Memorial Scholarship: Thompson Foy.

*Ray Hughes Memorial Scholarship: Tim Rhyne.

*Huey Adcock Scholarship: Julie Killpack and Joshua Martin.

*First United Methodist Church Scholarship: Tim Rhyne.

*AFWC Sue Shaw Juniorette Scholarship: Lynsi Lewis.

*Junior Pieran Girl’s Club Scholarship: Lindsey Smith.

*Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: Lydia Townsend and Kieran Pearce.

*Enterprise Lion’s Club Leo Scholarship: Zenaida Solero.

*EHS 8 Memorial Scholarship: Katherine Olafson.

*A.J. Jackson Memorial Scholarship: Parker Stinnett and Brooke Shroades.

*The Daniel and Minnie Ola Shakespeare Scholarship: Tajh Crutch.

*Enterprise Civitan Club Scholarship: Logan Heim.

*Regional Civitan Club Scholarship: Logan Heim.

*Enterprise Junior Women’s Club Scholarship: Lindsey Smith.

*Semper Fidelis Lilla Sue Sconyers Memorial Scholarship: Lydia Townsend.

*Community Awareness Organization Scholarship: Lydia Townsend.

*E.L. Gibson Foundation Scholarships: Dmytro Malikov and Steven Carter.

*Pilot Club of Enterprise: Heather Austin.

*Wal-Mart Scholarship: Young Chan Choi.

*Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship: Young Chan Choi.

*Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship: Emily Galloway and Marisa Younanian.

*Roy Shoffner Journalism Scholarship: Logan Heim.

*Seroba Bowden Marsh Scholarship: Elizabeth Parker.

*Enterprise Community Health Fair Scholarship: Heather Austin.

*West Point Military Academy: Jeremy Martini.

*Army ROTC-University of Alabama: Christian Davenport and Jessica Sewell.

*Army ROTC: Alexa Bookhart, The Citadel; Joshua Michel, Liberty University; and Laury Valdez, University of South Alabama.

*Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Awards: Nicholas McQueen and Neysa Hernandez.

*Marine Corps: Christian Davenport, Edward Spivey, Emily Galloway and Adam Morgan.

*Air Force: Michael White, Bryson Entendencia and Paris Ferrell.

*Air Force ROTC: Francisco Paulino and Kenneth Scull

*Air National Guard: Stephen Butler and Emmanuel Pineiro.

*Navy: Tim Beranek, Jonathan Brewer, Avery McRae, Shabrekia Neal and Thomas White.

*Marion Military Institute: Ryan Black, Patrick Collins, Joel Koon, Jonathan Koon, Britton Rench and Adam Woolford.

*Enlisted Spouses Organization at Fort Rucker: Matthew Collins, Angela Kasper, David Nelson, Maria Puente, Zenaida Solero and Ramona Williams.

*American Helicopter Society, Jake Fortner Chapter: Jeffrey Woodard.

*Officer and Civilians Spouses’ Club: Megan Stockhausen, Lauren Aylworth, Lauren Priest, Sara Carroll, Kristen Foose, Steven Carter, Sarah Butler and Ethan Rush.

*Professional Helicopter Pilots Association: Ethan Rush, Courtney Wesolowski and Sarah Butler.

*Association of the U.S. Army, Cairns Scholarship: Sirlinda Gee.

*Our Family for Families First Scholarship: Megan Stockhausen.

*Scholarships for Military Children: Megan Stockhausen and Paige Dexter.

*Enterprise Ozark Community College: Heather Austin, Tara Barker, Matt Collins, Chelsea Cutts, Aaron Curenton, Michelle Davis, Andrew Davis, Matthew Gibson, Natalie Hagler, Stewart Halcomb, Gregory Ryan Johnson, Madison Jones, Dane Kellum, Amanda Lawrence, Savanna Norris, Lauren Priest, Brittany Redahan, Lindsey Smith, Katherine Sizemore, Ana Villalpando, Trenton Willians, Tori Waters and Christina Whorley.

*Bo Harrell Memorial Scholarship to EOCC: Garrett Lolley.

*Wallace Community College: Amanda Lawrence, Camaron Ouellette and Jeremy Ponton.

*Auburn University: Roy Crump, Rose Fabry, Mark Krystyn, Tim Rhyne, Scott Seidband, Zenaida Solero and Chloe Whittaker.

*University of Alabama: Lauren Aylworth, Amanda Bayhi, Norma Boyd, Sarah Culver, Paige Dexter, Christian Davenport, Thompson Foy, Steven Justice, Tori Klamberg, Nicholas McQueen, Alex McQueen, Dmytro Malikov, Elizabeth Parker, Ethan Rush, Jessica Sewell, Lydia Townsend and Marisa Younanian.

*University of Alabama Coffee County Alumni Scholarship: Parker Stinnett and Ethan Rush.

*Troy University: Amanda Fitzgerald, Lynsi Lewis, Sarah Thompson and Abigail Averett.

*Alabama A&M: Jessica Boyd.

*Huntingdon College: Sara Routley, Ramona Williams and Tiffany Williams.

*University of Alabama at Birmingham: Kassie Baumgardner, Sara Carroll, Joshua Crosby, Harrison Chase Childs, Tricia Moga, Hannah Staton and Julie Killpack.

*Samford University: Sabrina Bowden, Logan Heim, Joshua Martin.

*Faulkner University: Taylor Lane, Emily Galloway and Neysa Hernandez.

*University of Mobile: Kamaron Strickland.

*University of South Alabama: Sarah Butler and Zachary Eichhorn.

*University of Montevallo: Maranda Jennings and Jacqueline Curtis.

*Birmingham-Southern College: Steven Carter.

*Georgia Institute of Technology: T.J. Barnes.

*Grace College: Courtney Bowden.

*Shelton State: Cherisa Duppstadt, Sara Hilton, Jazmin Santiago.

*Pennsylvania State University: Kristen Foose.

*Alabama State University: D.J. Hamilton.

*South Dakota State University: Reed Rombough.

*Clemson University: Megan Stockhausen.

*University of Alabama in Huntsville: Jeffrey Woodard.

*Jacksonville State University: Vincent Warren.

*Copiah-Lincoln Community College: Ken Adams.

* Western Carolina University: David Nelson.

* David E. Carter Vocational/Technical Scholarship: Michelle Davis.

* Enterprise Student Government Scholarship: Elizabeth Parker.

* Drama Club Scholarship: Tori Klamberg.

* Anchor Club Memorial Scholarships: Logan Heim and Stewart Halcomb.

* Lynn Mc Cuistian Chapter National Honor Society Scholarship: Lauren Priest.

* Debbie Bracewell Cheerleading Scholarship: Lindsey Smith.