Community Foundation Awards Over $150,000 in Scholarships

From J.P. Knapp Early College to First Flight, Manteo, Currituck County High Schools, Ocracoke School and College of the Albemarle, sixty-eight students have received awards from the generous donors of the Community Foundation, to aid them in their pursuit of a college education.

Thirty-one graduating high school seniors from the five high schools received $79,850 in academic awards. And due to the donors’ desire to continue helping students throughout their college years, seven of the high school students received multi-year scholarships, adding $64,200 in future, committed scholarship awards.

In addition, twenty-nine current college students who previously graduated from a high school on the Outer Banks will receive 33 renewed scholarships from the Community Foundation, totaling almost $65,000 in awards this year.

Even adults are eligible for scholarships! $4,000 is available to Continuing Education students at College of the Albemarle, through the Milton A. Jewell Trade & Technical Scholarships. Eligible classes include those for work force development, where the applicant would be adding or enhancing job skills. Those interested should contact Sherri May at COA via email: sherri_may@albemarle.edu.

Ian Kenny, a First Flight High School graduating senior, received the Community Foundation’s most prestigious merit-based award, the four-year, $24,000 Milton A. Jewell Academic Scholarship. This award was established by bequest from the late Ruth Medgyes of Southern Shores, and is granted each year to a graduating senior with exceptional academic achievement and outstanding leadership qualities.

Ian, who played on his school’s soccer team for three years, and has skim-boarded competitively, also received the Dare County Association of Fire Officers Scholarship in Memory of Doug Remaley and the Robert E. Rollason, Jr. Memorial Scholarship. He plans to study business with a focus on environmental and transnational management at UNC Chapel Hill in the fall.

Jodi Awtrey, also a First Flight High School graduating senior, received the Jerry & Arlene Davis Scholarship. The four-year, $20,000 need-based award was established by Mr. and Mrs. Davis in 2007 to help hard-working students achieve educational dreams that might not otherwise be possible.

Jodi was involved in several clubs and theatrical productions, played in the advanced jazz band, and has worked part time jobs throughout the school year. She plans to study molecular biology or cognitive neuroscience and join the marching band in the fall.

Katlyn Phillips, a J.P. Knapp Early College High School graduate, earned the four-year, $20,000 Sawyer Scholarship award, which is based on academic criteria, community activities, financial need, and work experience.

“While all of the applicants were outstanding, Katlyn was the overwhelming choice for this new Sawyer Scholarship,” said Nancy Sugg, Co-Chair of the Community Foundation’s Scholarship Committee. “She has worked hard at school, has participated in clubs, and volunteered in the community as a student board representative for both the Currituck Board of Education, and Currituck Kids, where she also serves as volunteer coordinator. She plans to study nursing at ECU this fall, and will be working this summer teaching life skills to two autistic children.”

Ms. Sugg continued, “Katlyn brings a special kindness and empathy to her chosen profession which will make a significant difference in the lives of her future patients.”

When asked what this scholarship meant to her, Katlyn said, “There was a time in my life when I worried that I would not be able to attend college. But it was my passion, my dream, my goal. I decided that I would make it work, no matter what. This scholarship makes my dream so much easier to accomplish.”

Among the scholarship winners this year is Trey Cunningham, at Cape Hatteras Secondary School, who received the R. Stewart Couch Hatteras Island Scholarship, the Community Foundation’s largest one-year award, totaling $9,000. This scholarship combines a generous bequest left to the Community Foundation by the late Stewart Couch, along with donations raised by the Outer Banks Association of Realtors in memory of Mr. Couch after his death in 2012.

Scott Brown, Co-Chair of the Scholarship Committee explained, “The need-based Stewart Couch Scholarship looks for a ‘diamond in the rough,’ a Hatteras student who just needs a little help to achieve his or her educational dreams. The committee felt that he was the perfect recipient for this generous award.”

Trey played varsity basketball in school for three years and devoted over 300 hours to the Hatteras Volunteer Fire Department and the Frisco Volunteer Fire Department. He has done all this while keeping up with his studies and working multiple jobs to help his family with expenses.

Trey was also awarded three other Community Foundation scholarships: the North Banks Rotary Scholarship, the Dare County Association of Fire Officers Scholarship in Memory of Douglas Remaley, and the Outer Banks Association of Realtors Scholarship. Trey will be attending Cape Fear Community College in the fall, with future plans to pursue an engineering degree at N.C. State University.

The Community Foundation manages 45 scholarship programs on behalf of families, churches, civic groups, nonprofits, and businesses across the Outer Banks. Anyone can establish a scholarship endowment with the Community Fund, or contribute to one of our existing scholarship funds. Since the organization’s inception in 1983, the Community Foundation has awarded more than $1.75 million in scholarships to over 1,400 Outer Banks students. For more information, call 252-261-8839 or visit www.obcf.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outer Banks Community Foundation 2016 Scholarships

Catherine Carrington Clawson Scholarship
Rebecca Boyce: $1,000 (Manteo Class of 2016)

Charles H. & Dorothy S. Luedemann Art Scholarship
Gage Clawson: $1,200 renewable (Manteo Class of 2014)
Natasha Fink: $1,200 renewable (First Flight Class of 2015)
Matthew Harrington: $1,200 renewable (First Flight Class of 2015)
Amelia Kasten: $1,200 (final year of four-year award) (First Flight Class of 2013)
Morgan Leatherwood: $1,200 (final year of four-year award) (First Flight Class of 2013)
Nickolas Nelson: $1,200 (final year of four-year award) (First Flight Class of 2013)
Anastasia Ratti: $1,200 renewable (First Flight Class of 2015)
Haley Rea: $1,200 renewable (Manteo Class of 2016)
Andrew Sanchez: $600 (final year of four-year award) (First Flight Class of 2013)
José Valle: $1,200 renewable (First Flight Class of 2014)
Summer Warrington: $1,200 renewable (First Flight Class of 2014)

College of the Albemarle Foundation Scholarship
Francesca Marie: $615 (College of the Albemarle)
Olga Blyum: $620 (College of the Albemarle)

Courtney M. Burgess Memorial Scholarship
Carla Hardy: $1,500 renewable (First Flight Class of 2016)
Lia Raves: $1,000 renewable (Manteo Class of 2015)

Curtis Creech Memorial Scholarship
Columbus Dong: $1,700 (Manteo Class of 2016)

Dare County Association of Fire Officers Scholarship in Memory of Doug Remaley
George (Trey) Cunningham: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)
Rebecca Hite: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)
Ian Kenny: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)
Macy Quidley: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)

Dare County Outer Banks Jaycees Scholarship
Cheyanne Wescott: $600 (final year of four-year award) (Manteo Class of 2013)

Dare Math & Science Scholarship
Victoria Moore: $1,200 renewable (Manteo Class of 2015)

Dorothy Scott Townsend Fletcher Scholarship
Aaron Riffe: $1,000 (College of the Albemarle)
Robert Williams: $1,000 (College of the Alb

Duck Woods Ladies Tennis Association Scholarship
Haley Rea: $1,500 (Manteo Class of 2016)

ECB Land of Beginnings Living Legend Scholarship
Maria Shishova: $347 (College of the Albemarle)

Founders Scholarship (Duck Woods Ladies Golf Association)
Ashtyn Felthousen: $2,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)

Frank M. Cahoon Memorial Scholarship
Hannah Deringer: $1,500 (Manteo Class of 2016)

George W. Neighbors Memorial Scholarship
Cole Breit: $1,200 renewable (First Flight Class of 2016)

Glenn Eure Arts Education Scholarship
Kaitlynne Ludolph: $1,100 (Manteo Class of 2016)

Greg & Eden Honeycutt Scholarship
Arianna Trejo Contreras: $3,000 (Ocracoke School Class of 2016)
Bryan Gray: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)

Inez Daniels Austin Scholarship
Carisa Rausch: $2,600 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)

Jerry & Arlene Davis Scholarship
Jodi Awtrey: $5,000 renewable (First Flight Class of 2016)
Madeline Bailey: $5,000 renewable (First Flight Class of 2014)
Charity Durand: $2,500 renewable (First Flight Class of 2015)
Charles Shotton: $5,000 (final year of four-year award) (First Flight Class of 2013)

John T. Daniels, Lois Pearce Smith and J. Bryan Smith Scholarship
Suzanne Mullins: $1,000 renewable (Currituck Class of 2014)

Kellogg-Cuthrell Manteo Rotary Scholarship
Arturo Lara: $1,400 (Manteo Class of 2016)

Kiwanis Leo Sheetz Memorial Scholarship
Audrey Bunn: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)
Haley Rea: $1,000 (Manteo Class of 2016)

Lacy J. McNeill First Flight Rotary Scholarship
Amber Copeland: $1,600 (Manteo Class of 2016)

Linda Porter’s Shear Genius Scholarship
Hannah Lofty: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)

Lucian Griffin Scholarship
Hannah McClellan: $1,100 (Currituck Class of 2016)

Mabel O. Cooper Scholarship
Audrey Bunn: $1,500 renewable (First Flight Class of 2016)
Lia Raves: $1,500 renewable (Manteo Class of 2015)
Paige Twyne: $1,500 renewable (Manteo Class of 2014)
Cheyanne Wescott: $1,500 (final year of four-year award) (Manteo Class of 2013)

Milton A. Jewell Academic Scholarship
Taylor Cecil: $6,000 renewable (Manteo Class of 2014)
Ian Kenny: $6,000 renewable (First Flight Class of 2016)
Zachary Owen: $3,000 (final year of four-year award) (First Flight Class of 2013)
Margaret (Maggie) Roberts: $4,000 one-time award (First Flight Class of 2016)
Matthew Thibodeau: $6,000 renewable (First Flight Class of 2015)
Molly Weybright: $2,000 renewable (First Flight Class of 2014)

Milton A. Jewell Trade & Technical Scholarships
$4,000 awarded in 2015 to COA for continuing education scholarships

NCPC Bettye Neff Merit Award in Communications
Brennan Anthony Ivey: $600 (Whiteville Class of 2016)

North Banks Rotary Scholarship
Cole Breit: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)
George (Trey) Cunningham: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)
Ian O’Neal: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)
Sarah Mandis: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)
Haley Rea: $1,000 (Manteo Class of 2016)

Ocracoke Island Realty and Village Realty Scholarship
Madeline Bailey: $1,000 renewable (First Flight Class of 2014)
Maclean Frazier: $1,000 renewable (First Flight Class of 2015)
Amanda Gaskins: $1,000 renewable (Ocracoke Class of 2014)
Madeline Nance: $1,000 renewable (Manteo Class of 2015)
Caitlyn Silvio: $1,000 renewable (Currituck Class of 2015)
Courtney Silvio: $1,000 renewable (Currituck Class of 2015)
Daniel Garza Salazar: $1,000 renewable (Beaufort County Community College Student)
José Valle: $1,000 renewable (First Flight Class of 2014)

Outer Banks Association of Realtors Scholarship
Kaitlynne Ludolph: $1,000 (Manteo Class of 2016)
Dora Tovar: $1,000 (Manteo Class of 2016)
Macy Quidley: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)
George (Trey) Cunningham: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)
Nathan Butcher: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)
Lauren Mahler: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)
Jodi Awtrey: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)
Cole Breit: $1,000 (First Flight Class of 2016)

Peggy O’Brien Scholarship
David Boswood: $1,304 renewable (College of the Albemarle)

Stewart Couch Cape Hatteras Island Scholarship
George (Trey) Cunningham: $9,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)

Ralph and Ida Lee Saunders Scholarship
Ryan Carter: $1,000 (Currituck Class of 2016)

Robert E. Rollason, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Ian Kenny: $1,200 (First Flight Class of 2016)

Sawyer Scholarship
Katlyn Phillips: $5,000 renewable (J.P. Knapp Class of 2016)
Aaron Zeigler: $7,000 (final year of four-year award) (First Flight Class of 2013)

Scott Day Family Scholarship
Ian O’Neal: $1,000 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)

Sgt. Earl Murray Memorial Scholarship
Hannah Deringer: $350 (Manteo Class of 2016)

Tom O’Brien Scholarship
Csaba Siska: $1,239 renewable (College of the Albemarle)

Wallace H. McCown Scholarship
Elijah Midgette: $1,200 (Cape Hatteras Class of 2016)
Jennifer (Alex) White: $1,200 (Manteo Class of 2016)