Local donors provided $142,000 in scholarships to 40 students who will be attending college in the fall of 2015. The students live in the City of Fredericksburg and the Counties of Caroline, Culpeper, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford.
All philanthropic funds that provide the annual scholarships are administered by The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region. “The Community Foundation now has 38 scholarship funds and each has its own criteria, said Executive Director Teri McNally. “Our awards committees were very impressed by the credentials of the applicants.”
Generous people establish scholarship funds for widely varied reasons, McNally said. “Some are created to memorialize a departed loved one, like the newly established Craig “Cujo, Jr.” Bennett Scholarship Fund. Others are intended to inspire leaders of the future, such as the Clay and Elsie Williams Rural Conservation Scholarship. Some are available to seniors throughout the region; others are offered only to students in specific localities or schools.”
The 2015 scholarship winners and their respective high schools, scholarships and chosen colleges include:
Megan Amrhine, Courtland High School
The Baron P. “Deuce” Braswell II Memorial Scholarship
University of Virginia
Julianne Arnold, Chancellor High School
The Mary B and Perry A. Thompson Scholarship
Savannah College of Art and Design
Zachary Batt, North Stafford High School
The Baron P. “Deuce” Braswell II Memorial Scholarship
DePauw University
Andrew Berry, King George High School
The Robert H. Bradley, Jr. Memorial Golf Scholarship
The Jeremy Daniel Hawley Scholarship
The King George High School Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship
Bridgewater University
Ricardo Bonilla-Vasquez, King George High School
The Richard C. Hayden Family Scholarship
University of Mary Washington
Alize’ Catlett, James Monroe High School
The George D. Taylor Scholarship
Radford University
Markeez Coleman, James Monroe High School
The George D. Taylor Scholarship
The Kenneth T. Whitescarver III Memorial Scholarship
Germanna Community College
Isabella Dillon, Massaponax High School
The Brian Conner Memorial Scholarship
The Mary B. and Perry A. Thompson Scholarship
University of Virginia
Christina Dittmer, Mountain View High School
The George D. Taylor Scholarship
Christopher Newport University
Sara Galan, King George High School
The Horace Rivercomb Jr. Memorial Scholarship for the Continuing Study of Music
Mount Aloysuis
Rocky Gonzalez, Chancellor High School
The Mary B. and Perry A. Thompson Scholarship
Virginia Tech
Elijah Gregory, Spotsylvania High School
The Seay Family Scholarship
Clemson University
Grace Grossen, Caroline High School
The Clay and Elsie Williams Rural Conservation Scholarship
Virginia Tech
Omar Hanley, Stafford High School
The Kay Orr Memorial Scholarship
The College of William and Mary
Reese Holland, Colonial Forge High School
The Steven Snyder Memorial Scholarship for Colonial Forge
Old Dominion University
Carson King, Mountain View High School
The Betty Booker Lontz Scholarship
Clemson University
Lora-Maria Koytcheva, Stafford High School
The Linda and Billy Beale Scholarship
The Baron P. “Deuce” Braswell II Memorial Scholarship
Shenendoah University
Kyle Kraisser, King George High School
The Peter D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Virginia Tech
Andrew LaMarca, James Monroe High School
The Betty Merrill Scholarship for Excellence in Latin
University of Mary Washington
Kylie McKeen, Spotsylvania High School
The Chris Ross Memorial Scholarship
Averett University
Austin Meyer, North Stafford High School
The George D. Taylor Scholarship
King University
Amy Millis, Riverbend High School
The Mary E. Berger Scholarship
Swathmore College
Grace Mills, Fredericksburg Christian School
The Mary Carter Frackelton Scholarship
Liberty University
Haley Mills, Spotsylvania High School
The Chris Ross Memorial Scholarship
Liberty University
Emily Murray, North Stafford High School
The Como Farm Scholarship
The Sofia Silva Scholarship
The George D. Taylor Scholarship
The College of William and Mary
Tyler Nielsen, Chancellor High School
The Brian Conner Memorial Scholarship
Mercer University
Wade Patton Colonial Forge High School
The ShackLax Memorial Scholarship
Virginia Tech
Rebecca Pilkington, North Stafford High School
The Steven Snyder Memorial Scholarship for North Stafford
The College of William and Mary
Neil Schubel, Chancellor High School
The Christine and Will Dickinson Memorial Scholarship
The Seay Family Scholarship
The Mary B. and Perry A. Thompson Scholarship
George Mason University
Blake Showers, Courtland High School
The Molly Gill Memorial Scholarship
University of Mary Washington
Sandra Simon, James Monroe High School
The Crittenden R. Sullivan Jr. Memorial Scholarship
George Mason University
Zachary Sims, Riverbend High School
The Baron P. “Deuce” Braswell II Memorial Scholarship
The Rosie Lee Dawson Scholarship
The Rev. Douglas T. Pinkard Scholarship
The Seay Family Scholarship
The College of William and Mary
Katherine Smith, James Monroe High School
The Bill Lontz Science Scholarship
University of Virginia
Madison Sutherland, Courtland High School
The Seay Family Scholarship
Virginia Tech
Gabrielle Tate, King George High School
Lauren Allie White Memorial
Virginia Wesleyan College
Courtney Walcott, James Monroe High School
Paul E. Neri Memorial Scholarship
The George D. Taylor Scholarship
Old Dominion University
Hannah Sky Wilson, James Monroe High School
Lee Wingate Pappandreou Drama Award
The George A. and Lucy Mae Scott Scholarship
James Madison University
Michele Winkler, Riverbend High School
The Mary B. and Perry A. Thompson Scholarship
University of Virginia
Courtney Wright, Caroline High School
The Irene Miller Memorial Nursing Scholarship
James Madison University
Kimberly Zurita, Colonial Forge High School
The Mary B. and Perry A. Thompson Scholarship
Germanna Community College
For more information on the Community Foundation’s scholarship funds and how the foundation can assist donors in creating charitable funds, call 540.373.9292 or visit www.cfrrr.org.
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