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GHS grads receive wealth of scholarships

Gloucester High School graduates last month received a wealth of scholarships from local organizations, trusts, estates, institutions of higher learning, and other sources. Recipients and their grants include the following:

Destini Baccus, Trustee Scholarship, $8,000.

Faith Bauman, Virginia Merit Award Scholarship, $16,000.

Brooke Billhimer, Gloucester Sheriff’s Office Deputies for Education Scholarship, $500; Gloucester Field Hockey Club Scholarship, $500; Bill Hudgins Automotive Scholarship, $300; Gloucester-Mathews County Farm Bureau Scholarship, $1,000; PLP Scholarship, $4,000.

Katelyn Binns, Rappahannock Community College Scholarship, $500.

Cody Brown, Betty and Turnley Todd Educational Foundation Scholarship, $2,000; Air Force ROTC Scholarship, $72,000; Holy Cross Grant, $2,000; Moreau Presidential Scholarship, $120,000; Saint Mary’s Grant, $11,500.
Hailey Brown, UMC Dollars for Scholars, $3,500.

Braden Carpenter, Dr. Jean Elizabeth Pugh Scholarship, $4,000.

Kayleigh Castro, Gloucester Sheriff’s Office Deputies for Education Scholarship, $1,000.

Caitlyn Coltrain, RCC Scholarship, $2,000.

Abigail Countiss, RCC Scholarship, $3,000.

Megan Crowley, ROTC Scholarship, $250.

Alexander Daniel, Longwood President’s Scholarship, $24,000; Cross Country Scholarship, $2,000; Room and Board Raffle, $13,000.

Destin Forrest, Bluefield State College Scholarship, $17,000.

Devonte Garcia, Bill Forrest and John Raynes Memorial Scholarship, $600; Gloucester Retired Educators Association Scholarship, $1,000; Amos G. West Memorial Scholarship, $1,500; Virginia Choral Society Scholarship, $2,000.

Clayton Garrett, NJROTC Scholarship, $500; VT Scholarship, $3,700.

Drew Gentry, RCC Scholarship, $2,500; Amos G. West Memorial Scholarship, $1,500.

Madison Gross, Auxiliary of Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, $1,500; C. B. Rowe Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; RMC President’s Award, $28,000; RMC FAFSA Filer Grant, $1,000; RMC YJ Connect Award, $1,000.

James Hall, Gloucester Kiwanis Club Scholarship, $500; Joyce Bascombe Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Gloucester Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. Scholarship, $1,000; Abingdon Elementary School Scholarship, $500; Adam Stephen Neely Memorial Scholarship, $2,000; Kenneth A. Hall Memorial Scholarship, $5,000.

Mark Hall, Dr. Jean Elizabeth Pugh Scholarship, $4,000; The Shop With A Cop Bob Harder Scholarship, $1,000.

Ann Hartley, Arena Stone Memorial Scholarship, $5,000; Gloucester Retired Educators Association Scholarship, $1,000; Botetourt Masonic Lodge Doswell Dutton Scholarship, $1,000; Gloucester Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. Scholarship, $2,000.

Lauren Harvey, RCC Scholarship, $500.

Brooke Holloman, MBU Merit Scholarship, $16,000.

Amber Howle, RCC Scholarship, $500.

William Hudgins, GHS Athletic Booster Club Scholarship, $1,000; Betty and Turnley Todd Educational Foundation Scholarship, $2,000.

Marlo Jenkins, RCC Scholarship, $500.

Kyleigh Johnson, Gloucester Master Gardeners Scholarship, $1,000; Page Middle School PTA Scholarship, $500; Guinea Heritage Association Scholarship, $1,000.

Madelyn Junker, Etta Lewis Anderton Scholarship, $1,000; Gloucester Retired Educators Association Scholarship, $1,000; Botetourt Masonic Lodge Doswell Dutton Scholarship, $1,000; Gloucester Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000; Liberty University, $49,600.

Davis Kausland, MBU Merit Scholarship, $64,000.

Frank Kennedy, Gloucester Ruritan Club Scholarship, $500.

Gracie King, Ann Burruss Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Ellis W. Rowe Memorial Scholarship through the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, $4,000; Gloucester Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. Scholarship, $3,000; Auxiliary of Sentara Williamsburg Medical Center, $1,500; RCC Scholarship, $1,000; Gloucester CTE Advisory Council Scholarship, $462; The Mac Sisson Technical/Vocational Scholarship, $1,000.

Christina Lacombe, RCC Scholarship, $500.

Owen Lanier, David Wills Scholarship (Gettysburg College), $112,000.

Lewis Lawrence, GHS Athletic Booster Scholarship, $1,000; Abingdon Episcopal Church Men’s Club Bob Pollock Scholarship, $2,000; Gloria Willie Bell and Carlos R. Bell Scholarship, $80,000; Gloucester High School Choral Booster Club Scholarship, $500; New Horizons Educational Foundation Scholarship, $2,000; University of Michigan Victors Award, $8,000.

Claire McIntire, Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal Excellence in English Scholarship, $500; Robert W. Orrell Scholarship, $1,000.

William Moser, Dr. Jean Elizabeth Pugh Scholarship, $4,000; H. Maude Booker Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.

Natalie Nelson, David and Gay Byrd Achievement Scholarship, $2,500; Gloucester Band Boosters Scholarship, $1,000.

Sanai Oakley, Mary Driver Robinson Memorial Scholarship, $4,000.

Cara O’Beirne, Bethel Elementary School Scholarship, $500; Botetourt Masonic Lodge Doswell Dutton Scholarship, $1,000; Ellis W. Rowe Memorial Scholarship through the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, $16,000; Gloucester Field Hockey Club Scholarship, $500; Amos G. West Memorial Scholarship, $1,500; Gloucester Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000; Longwood Presidential Scholarship, $16,000; Longwood Cormier Honors College Scholarship, $4,000.

Conner O’Beirne, Bethel Elementary School Scholarship, $500; Ellis W. Rowe Memorial Scholarship through the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, $16,000; Gloucester Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000.

Timothy Oliver, RCC Scholarship, $3,000.

Kathryn Parnell, Abingdon Elementary School Scholarship, $500; Virginia Tech Engineering Scholarship, $48,000.

Nicole Pinder, Academic Scholarship, $3,000; Athletic Scholarship, $2,000.

Ella Poulson, Gloucester Field Hockey Club Scholarship, $500; Amos G. West Memorial Scholarship, $1,500; Gloucester Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000; Virginia Tech Grant, $1,600.

Douglas Pruim II, Bill Hudgins Automotive Scholarship, $300; Athletic Scholarship, $5,000; Gloucester NJROTC Scholarship, $1,000; Merit Scholarship, $9,997; Presidential Leadership Scholarship, $1,000.

Jalen Pryor, Beard/Bennett Memorial Scholarship, $6,000.

Zachary Ramaglino, Gloucester Band Boosters Scholarship, $500; Amos G. West Memorial Scholarship, $1,500.

Trey Reisser, Daughters of the American Revolution, $200.

Hunter Rilee, RCC Scholarship, $500.

Ryan Riordan, RCC Scholarship, $500.

Kayla Schill, Thomas Peterson and Alvin Jenettie Roane Fary Memorial Scholarship, $24,000; ROTC Scholarship, $2,000.

Jonathan Shao, VT Presidential Scholarship, $115,000; Williamsburg Area Chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, $1,000.

Ryan Sopko, RCC Scholarship, $2,000.

Meadow Spears, Merit Scholarship, $80,000.

Logan Storie, RCC Scholarship, $500.

A’nya Strazdins, Chick-fil-A Remarkable Futures Scholarship, $2,500.

Nicholas Sukhai, RCC Scholarship, $500.

Meghan Tayman, Gloucester Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000.

Nataleigh Thayer, RCC Scholarship, $500.

Luke Teller, ODU Monarch Scholarship, $4,000; VGAP Grant, $4,000.

Skyler Tenan, Presidential Scholarship Award, $38,642.

Veronica Trist, PMTA Scholarship, $700; Bill Forrest and John Raynes Memorial Scholarship, $600; Gloucester Retired Educators Association Scholarship, $1,000.

Colin Veraque, VIPMOAA Scholarship, $500.

Elaina Ward, Mullins/Edmonds Athletic Scholarship, $1,000; Martha Elizabeth Hogge Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Ellis W. Rowe Memorial Scholarship through the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, $16,000; Gloucester Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000.

Nevaeh Washington, Abingdon Woman’s Club Scholarship, $1,000; Gloucester Master Gardeners Scholarship, $1,000.

Rickey Watkins Jr., Dirk R. Rhodes Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Abingdon Episcopal Church Men’s Club Bob Pollock Scholarship, $500.

William Westercamp, Gloucester Sheriff’s Office Deputies for Education Scholarship, $750; Page Middle School PTA Scholarship, $500; Gloucester CTE Advisory Council Scholarship, $462; Virginia Tech Pamplin Leadership Award, $5,000.

Rebekah White, The Mac Sisson Technical/Vocational Scholarship, $1,000.

Rudolph Williams III, Dr. Jean Elizabeth Pugh Scholarship, $4,000.

Marie Wilson, EMU Honors Scholarship, $100,000.

Alexis Yarley, RCC Scholarship, $500.

Stephanie Yeager, RCC Scholarship, $500.