2026 Renewing Scholarship Recipients

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53 students recently received the news that their Outer Banks Community Foundation scholarships have been renewed. We are proud of these students for working hard at college, and continuing to meet the qualification requirements of their scholarships. Their 61 renewable scholarships total $164,950.

Congrats to these amazing students:

  • Kristin Bennett who is renewing the Dare County Association of Fire Officers Scholarship Fund in Memory of Douglas A. Remaley
  • Logan Botson who is renewing the Gayle Grinstead Memorial Scholarship and the Dare County Association of Fire Officers Scholarship Fund in Memory of Douglas A. Remaley
  • Patrick Bravo who is renewing the Mary Anne McKay Memorial Scholarship
  • Alyssa Bryan who is renewing the Lillian W. Riddick Scholarship Fund for Nurses
  • Kylee Carter who is renewing the Jerry & Arlene Davis Scholarship and the Manteo Rotary Club Percy W. and Elizabeth G. Meekins Scholarship
  • Kelley Cook who is renewing the Karen Willis Memorial Scholarship
  • John Cook who is renewing the OBX Scholars Fund (COA)
  • Annie Coyle who is renewing the Vocational Opportunity Fund for Northeastern North Carolina
  • Addison Daniel who is renewing the Bill Jones Memorial Scholarship
  • Parker Doerr who is renewing the Milton A. Jewell Scholarship
  • Casia Ensenat who is renewing the Lillian W. Riddick Scholarship Fund for Nurses
  • Kirra Ensenat who is renewing the Love of Learning Scholarship
  • Charlotte Ernst who is renewing the OBX Scholars Fund
  • Elizabeth Fairbanks who is renewing the Ray Gray, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
  • Olivia Fisher who is renewing the Denver Lindley, Jr. Arts Scholarship
  • Tobias Fleckenstein who is renewing the Smith-Cooper Scholarship
  • Alan Garcia Velazquez who is renewing the Greg & Eden Honeycutt Scholarship
  • Grace Garman who is renewing the Duck Woods Ladies Tennis Association Scholarship
  • Kevin Gonzalez-Herrera who is renewing the SAGA Community Focus Scholarship
  • Skye Hall who is renewing the Doug and Maureen King Scholarship
  • Jordan Haywood who is renewing the Jeannette U. McOwen Memorial Scholarship
  • Jamie Holcomb who is renewing the Bill Jones Memorial Scholarship
  • Jeni Hooper who is renewing the Bill Jones Memorial Scholarship and the Howell Revier Shearouse, Jr. Scholarship
  • Alayna Jester who is renewing the Elizabeth and Wayne Evans Scholarship
  • Audrey Kramer who is renewing the Irene Nolan Memorial Scholarship
  • Anita Lin who is renewing the Gayle Grinstead Memorial Scholarship
  • Alondra Lopez-Lopez who is renewing the Duck Woods Women’s Association Memorial Scholarship
  • Emerson Mann who is renewing the Healthcare Professionals Scholarship
  • Thomas May who is renewing the Charles H. & Dorothy S. Luedemann Art Scholarship and the Denver Lindley, Jr. Arts Scholarship
  • Maggie McNinch who is renewing the Milton A. Jewell Scholarship and the Duck Woods Women’s Association Memorial Scholarship
  • April McPherson who is renewing the Hanft McDevitt Family Scholarship
  • Sherlyn Mendieta-Lozano who is renewing the Josephine A. Oden Scholarship
  • Daisy Morales Bravo who is renewing the Elizabeth and Wayne Evans Scholarship
  • Kellen Morris who is renewing the George W. Neighbors Memorial
  • Noah O’Neal who is renewing the Ocracoke Friends of the Library Scholarship
  • Ebony Orgsbon who is renewing the Jerry & Arlene Davis Scholarship
  • Danny Palacios-Badillo who is renewing the Sawyer Scholarship and the Dr. Frederic B. Jr. and Ernestine H. Westervelt Scholarship
  • Fernanda Perez-Chavarria who is renewing the Charles H. & Dorothy S. Luedemann Art Scholarship
  • Trace Riden who is renewing the Joe Riddick Trade & Technical Scholarship
  • Joshua Royals who is renewing the Ralph & Ida Lee Saunders Scholarship
  • Mary Kathryn Stroud who is renewing the Wayne Gray Memorial Scholarship
  • Mariah Temple who is renewing the Greg & Eden Honeycutt Scholarship
  • Isabella Thorn who is renewing the Bill Jones Memorial Scholarship and the Karen Willis Memorial Scholarship
  • Spencer Twiford who is renewing the John T. Daniels, Lois Pearce Smith, J. Bryan Smith Scholarship
  • Catherine Tyre who is renewing the Best Family Scholarship and the Milton A. Jewell Scholarship
  • Grace Vernesoni who is renewing the OBX Scholars Fund
  • Josephine Voight who is renewing the OBX Scholars Fund
  • Colson Walker who is renewing the Milton A. Jewell Scholarship
  • Chloe Wienert who is renewing the Courtney M. Burgess Memorial Scholarship
  • Mary Williams who is renewing the Glenn & Patt Eure Endowment Fund for Arts Education
  • Kiana Willis who is renewing the Osborne Scholarship
  • Brandon Woods who is renewing the Teddy and Savory Garrett Veterinary Medicine Scholarship
  • Alexis Zavala-Roldan who is renewing the Scott Day Family Scholarship

Thank you, scholarship fund establishers and contributors, for supporting these students in their quests for college educations.

Anyone can contribute to an existing scholarship fund or establish a new scholarship fund in honor or memory of someone, support higher education at an alma mater, encourage a field of study, and much more. Visit obcf.org or call us at 252-423-3003 to get started.

About the Outer Banks Community Foundation: The Outer Banks Community Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to fostering philanthropy and supporting local causes. Through its charitable funds and grant programs, the Foundation strives to enrich the quality of life for residents of the Outer Banks.