First Flight High School 2026 Scholarship Recipients

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Seventeen First Flight High School seniors will start college next fall with financial assistance from Outer Banks Community Foundation funds established by local donors and organizations. Many scholarships will follow these students through all four years of school, as long as they complete the renewability requirements.

Twenty 2026 scholarship awards for these students total $39,000. Ten of the twenty scholarships are renewable, making a potential additional commitment of $69,000 to these students over the next four years.

Outer Banks Community Foundation scholarship recipients from First Flight High School. Photo courtesy of Biff Jennings.

2026 First Flight High School Recipients are:

  • Violet Adams received the inaugural Ben Birindelli Memorial Scholarship
  • Hayden Ambrose received the inaugural renewable Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts Scholarship
  • Reid Cerino received the Osborne Scholarship and the Outer Banks Association of Realtors Scholarship
  • Charlotte Chappelle received the Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts Scholarship and the Outer Banks Association of Realtors Scholarship
  • Jasmine Cook received the Wallace H. McCown Scholarship
  • Rich Curry received the Rex Sample Fund for Courage and Determination Scholarship
  • Addison Greene received the Outer Banks Association of Realtors Scholarship
  • Saxon Heuneman received the inaugural First Flight Rotary Scholarship
  • Gray Hudspeth received the Duck Woods Ladies Golf Founders Scholarship
  • Jaylen Lindsey received the Jerry & Arlene Davis Scholarship
  • Bianca Nason received the Courtney M. Burgess Memorial Scholarship
  • Clare Preisser received the Duck Woods Ladies Tennis Association Scholarship
  • Emma Siegel received the Dare County Association of Fire Officers Scholarship in Memory of Douglas A.
    Remaley
  • Johnny Thomas received the Robert E. Rollason, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
  • Sophie Vaught received the Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts Scholarship
  • Lana Walters received the Jerry & Arlene Davis Scholarship Fund and Osborne Scholarship
  • Laila Williamson received Barbara Barnes Sherman Scholarship

The awards were presented at First Flight High School Awards Night on April 15, 2026. Congratulations to these students! 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.