In 2024: $241,800 awarded in 93 scholarships to 77 students.
Pictured are the 34 graduating high school seniors who received Community Foundation scholarships this spring. Three COA Dare Guarantee graduates also received scholarship support.
In addition, 40 returning college students applied for and received renewal scholarship awards for the 2024 – 2025 year.
L-R, Top to Bottom: Grace Albarty, Curren Breiholz, Alyssa Bryan, James Dudek, Gitzelle Enciso-Ramirez, Marilyn Espinosa Monter, Grace Garman, Benjamin Hanusik, Jamie Holcomb, Zane Hughes, Carolyn James, Alayna Jester, Austin Jones, Dylan Jones, Elsie Kattenburg, Savannah Lawton, Taylor Mabry, Amelia Maner, Sherlyn Mendieta-Lozano, Kellen Morris, Ava Nultemeier, Abby O’Neal, William Pearce, Grace Rusk, Lucy Stecher, Campbell Summerton, Mariah Temple, Isabella Thorn, Anna Tynch, Catherine Tyre, Samantha Vargas-Aparicio, Grace Vernesoni, Josephine Voight, and Brandon Woods
Outer Banks Community Foundation 2024 Scholarship Recipients
| Barbara Barnes Sherman Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Kate Hamilton | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Best Family Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Catherine Tyre | Manteo High School | $1,000 |
| Bill Jones Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Chloe Clark | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Renewing Student | Ivy Godwin | Manteo High School | $1,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Jamie Holcomb | Manteo High School | $1,000 |
| Renewing Student | Kate Hamilton | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Renewing Student | Jeni Hooper | Manteo High School | $1,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Isabella Thorn | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Catherine Carrington Clawson Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Jordan Holcomb | Manteo High School | $2,000 |
| Charles H. & Dorothy S. Luedemann Art Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Aiden Beard | First Flight High School | $3,500 |
| Renewing Student | Thomas (Tommy) May | First Flight High School | $3,500 |
| Renewing Student | Fernanda Perez-Chavarria | Manteo High School | $3,500 |
| Renewing Student | Loxley Wayland | First Flight High School | $3,500 |
| Courtney M. Burgess Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Kayla Hallac | First Flight High School | $1,500 |
| Renewing Student | Chloe Wienert | First Flight High School | $1,500 |
| Curtis Creech Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Alonah Austin | Manteo High School | $1,700 |
| Dare County Association of Fire Officers Scholarship Fund in Memory of Douglas A. Remaley | |||
| Graduating Senior | James Dudek | NC School of Science and Math | $2,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Jamie Holcomb | Manteo High School | $2,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Carolyn James | First Flight High School | $2,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Grace Rusk | First Flight High School | $2,000 |
| Dr. Frederic B. Jr. and Ernestine H. Westervelt Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Marilyn Espinosa Monter | Ocracoke High School | $1,500 |
| Duck Woods Ladies Golf Founders Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Campbell Summerton | First Flight High School | $2,000 |
| Duck Woods Ladies Tennis Association Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Grace Garman | Manteo High School | $3,000 |
| Duck Woods LTA First Year Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Jamie Holcomb | Manteo High School | $3,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Amelia Maner | Manteo High School | $3,000 |
| Edwin Miller Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | William Pearce | Manteo High School | $2,000 |
| Elizabeth and Wayne Evans Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Benjamin Hanusik | Manteo High School | $5,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Alayna Jester | First Flight High School | $5,000 |
| Renewing Student | Daisy Morales Bravo | First Flight High School | $5,000 |
| Renewing Student | Mya Salch | First Flight High School | $5,000 |
| Frank M. Cahoon Memorial | |||
| Graduating Senior | Taylor Mabry | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $1,600 |
| Gayle Grinstead Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Samantha Vargas-Aparicio | First Flight High School | $3,000 |
| Renewing Student | Anita Lin | JP Knapp Early College High School | $3,000 |
| Glenn & Pat Eure Endowment Fund for Arts Education | |||
| Renewing Student | Savannah Sawin | First Flight High School | $1,700 |
| George W. Neighbors Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Kellen Morris | First Flight High School | $1,400 |
| Greg & Eden Honeycutt Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Mariah Temple | Ocracoke High School | $10,000 |
| Renewing Student | Alan Garcia Velazquez | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $1,000 |
| Hanft McDevitt Family Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Andrew Austin | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $2,200 |
| Howell Revier Shearouse, Jr. Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Jeni Hooper | Manteo High School | $5,000 |
| Inez Daniels Austin Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Abby O’Neal | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $3,500 |
| Irene Nolan Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Grace Shoemaker | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $1,000 |
| Jeannette U. McOwen Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Jordan Haywood | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Renewing Student | Amanda Hernley | Manteo High School | $1,000 |
| Jerry & Arlene Davis Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Samantha Vargas-Aparicio | First Flight High School | $6,000 |
| Renewing Student | Ebony Orgsbon | Manteo High School | $6,000 |
| Renewing Student | Ivanna Gonzalez-Sanchez | First Flight High School | $6,000 |
| Renewing Student | Versailles Dalessio | First Flight High School | $6,000 |
| John T. Daniels, Lois Pearce Smith, and J. Bryan Smith Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Kate Hamilton | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Josephine A. Oden Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Sherlyn Mendieta-Lozano | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $5,000 |
| Karen Willis Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Isabella Thorn | First Flight High School | $5,000 |
| Lillian W. Riddick Scholarship Fund for Nurses | |||
| Graduating Senior | Alyssa Bryan | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $2,000 |
| Renewing Student | Casia Ensenat | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $2,000 |
| Lucian Griffin Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Colleen Dongarra | NC School of Science and Math | $1,000 |
| Renewing Student | Regan Parker | Currituck High School | $1,000 |
| Mary Anne McKay Memorial Scholarship | |||
| COA Graduate | Adrian Simpson | Manteo High School | $2,500 |
| COA Graduate | Graham Godwin | Manteo High School | $2,500 |
| Milton A. Jewell Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Maggie McNinch | First Flight High School | $6,000 |
| Renewing Student | Siena Nason | NC School of Science and Math | $6,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Catherine Tyre | Manteo High School | $6,000 |
| Renewing Student | Colson Walker | Manteo High School | $6,000 |
| NCPC Bettye Neff Merit Award in Communications | |||
| Renewing Student | Jackson Strange | Ocracoke High School | $700 |
| OBX Scholars | |||
| Graduating Senior | Grace Vernesoni | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $2,000 |
| Renewing Student | Ivanna Gonzalez-Sanchez | First Flight High School | $4,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Josephine Voight | First Flight High School | $4,000 |
| Renewing Student | Charlotte Ernst | First Flight High School | $4,000 |
| OBX Scholars Fund – COA | |||
| Renewing Student | John Cook | Manteo High School | $2,000 |
| Osborne Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Savannah Lawton | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Renewing Student | Mya Salch | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Renewing Student | Kiana Willis | Manteo High School | $1,000 |
| Outer Banks Association of Realtors Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Grace Albarty | Manteo High School | $1,500 |
| Graduating Senior | Gitzelle Enciso-Ramirez | Manteo High School | $1,500 |
| Graduating Senior | Dylan Jones | Manteo High School | $1,500 |
| Graduating Senior | Elsie Kattenburg | Ocracoke High School | $1,500 |
| Graduating Senior | Sherlyn Mendieta-Lozano | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $1,500 |
| Graduating Senior | Ava Nultemeier | First Flight High School | $1,500 |
| Graduating Senior | Isabella Thorn | First Flight High School | $1,500 |
| Graduating Senior | Anna Tynch | First Flight High School | $1,500 |
| R. Stewart Couch Hatteras Island Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Austin Jones | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $8,000 |
| R. Wayne Gray Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Lane Stevenson | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $1,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Katie Thompson | Wanchese Christian Academy | $1,000 |
| Ralph & Ida Lee Saunders Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Joshua Royals | Currituck High School | $1,000 |
| Rex Sample Fund for Courage and Determination | |||
| Graduating Senior | Lucy Stecher | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Robert E. Rollason, Jr. Memorial Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Curren Breiholz | First Flight High School | $1,500 |
| SAGA Community Focus Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Kevin Gonzalez-Herrera | Manteo High School | $1,000 |
| Sawyer Scholarship Endowment | |||
| Renewing Student | Ethan Thorn | First Flight High School | $5,000 |
| Scott Day Family Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Abby O’Neal | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $1,000 |
| Renewing Student | Alexis Zavala-Roldan | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $1,000 |
| Smith-Cooper Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Zane Hughes | First Flight High School | $5,000 |
| Teddy and Savory Garrett Veterinary Medicine Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Brandon Woods | First Flight High School | $2,000 |
| Wallace H. McCown Scholarship | |||
| Graduating Senior | Grace Garman | Manteo High School | $1,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Lucy Stecher | First Flight High School | $1,000 |
| Graduating Senior | Grace Vernesoni | Cape Hatteras Secondary School | $1,000 |
| Warren and Jane Davis Memorial Dare Math/Science Scholarship | |||
| Renewing Student | Isaac Drummond | Home Schooled | $2,000 |
