In 2022: $191,100 awarded in 76 scholarships to 56 students
Pictured below are the 27 graduating high school seniors who received Community Foundation scholarships this spring, and one dual-enrolled senior/College of the Albemarle (COA) student. Three COA students also received scholarship support. In addition, 26 returning college students applied for and received renewal scholarship awards for the 2022 – 2023 year.

1st row L-R: Ana Karen Alvarez-Isadoro, Emily Bayne, Jose Briones Avila, Ivy Cage, Chloe Clark, Versailles D’Alessio, Emma Del Monte. 2nd row L-R: Isaac Drummond, Kirra Folb, Eric Fulcher, Sydney Guns, Kayla Hallac, Kate Hamilton, Jordan Holcomb. 3rd row L-R: Isabella Lettieri, Grayson Lewis, Maggie McNinch, Clara Oden, Morgann Owens, Regan Parker, Jobell Porter. 4th row L-R: Kathleen Quigley, Mya Salch, Maggie Sherman, Jackson Strange, Yoselyn Trejo-Gabriel, Hart Vandzura, Loxley Wayland.
Outer Banks Community Foundation 2022 Scholarship Recipients
* represents renewal scholarship awards
Barbara Barnes Sherman Scholarship Fund
$2,500 Kate Hamilton, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Bill Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund
$1,000 Kate Hamilton, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Chloe Clark, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Catherine Carrington Clawson Scholarship
$2,000 Jordan Holcomb, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
Charles H. & Dorothy S. Luedemann Art Scholarship
$3,500 *Isabella Bartell, Manteo High School, Class of 2020
$3,500 *Aiden Beard, First Flight High School, Class of 2021
$3,500 *Zane Fish, First Flight High School, Class of 2019
$3,500 Loxley Wayland, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Courtney M. Burgess Memorial Scholarship
$1,500 *Cassidy Dietz, First Flight High School, Class of 2020
$1,500 Kayla Hallac, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Curtis Creech Memorial Scholarship
$1,700 *Aiyana Mourino, Manteo High School, Class of 2019
Dare County Association of Fire Officers Scholarship
$1,500 Chloe Clark, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
$1,500 Emma Del Monte, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
$1,500 Eric Fulcher, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
$1,500 Morgann Owens, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
Duck Woods Ladies Golf Association Founders Scholarship
$2,000 Kirra Folb, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
Duck Woods Ladies Tennis Association Scholarship
$1,300 Grayson Lewis, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
Elizabeth and Wayne Evans Scholarship
$5,000 Ana Karen Alvarez-Isidoro, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
$5,000 *Laya Barley, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2020
$5,000 *Josefine Harmon, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2019
$5,000 Mya Salch, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Frank M. Cahoon Scholarship
$1,600 Hart Vandzura, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
George W. Neighbors Memorial Scholarship
$1,300 *Maximilian Janesik, Manteo High School, Class of 2020
Glenn & Pat Eure Scholarship for Arts Education
$1,400 *Savannah Sawin, First Flight High School, Class of 2021
Greg and Eden Honeycutt Scholarship
$1,000 *Maria Bradley, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2021
$3,000 *Mason Fuller, Ocracoke High School, Class of 2021
Hanft McDevitt Family Scholarship
$2,000 Jeffrey Gard, Manteo High School, COA Class of 2021
Howell Revier Shearouse, Jr. Scholarship
$5,000 *Hannah Ellington, First Flight High School, Class of 2019
Inez Daniels Austin scholarship
$3,500 Clara Oden, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
Jerry & Arlene Davis Scholarship
$6,000 *Brianna Curi, First Flight High School, Class of 2019
$6,000 Versailles D’Alessio, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
$6,000 *Ivanna Gonzalez-Sanchez, First Flight High School, Class of 2021
$6,000 *Sara-Rae Midgett, First Flight High School, Class of 2020
John T. Daniels, Lois Pearce Smith, & J. Bryan Smith Scholarship
$1,000 Kate Hamilton, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Josephine A. Oden Scholarship
$5,000 *Eliza Quidley, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2021
Lillian W. Riddick Scholarship
$2,000 Yoselyn Trejo-Gabriel, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
Lucian Griffin Scholarship
$1,000 *Colleen Dongarra, NC School of Science and Math, Class of 2021
$1,000 Regan Parker, Currituck High School, Class of 2022
Mabel O. Cooper Scholarship
$1,500 *Camden Crook, First Flight High School, Class of 2020
$1,500 *Josefine Harmon, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2019
Milton A. Jewell Academic Scholarship
$6,000 *Isabel Estes, First Flight High School, Class of 2019
$6,000 Maggie McNinch, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
$6,000 *Siena Nason, NC School of Science and Math, Class of 2021
$6,000 *Judith Williams, First Flight High School, Class of 2020
NC Press Club Bettye Neff Award for Journalism
$700 Jackson Strange, Ocracoke High School, Class of 2022
OBX Scholars Programs
$4,000 Ana Karen Alvarez-Isidoro, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
$4,000 *Albert DeMarco, First Flight High School, Class of 2019
$4,000 *Ivanna Gonzalez-Sanchez, First Flight High School, Class of 2021
OBX Scholars – After Prom
$1,000 Sydney Guns, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
OBX Scholars COA
$2,000 Isabella Lettieri, Cape Hatteras Secondary School/COA Class of 2022
Osborne Scholarship
$1,000 *Dylan Gray, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2020
$1,000 *Eliza Quidley, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2021
$1,500 Mya Salch, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Outer Banks Association of Realtors Scholarship
$1,000 Ivy Cage, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Versailles D’Alessio, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Emma Del Monte, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Kate Hamilton, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Grayson Lewis, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Morgan Owens, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Jobell Porter, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Kathleen Quigley, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Mya Salch, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Maggie Sherman, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Ana Karen Alvarez-Isidoro, Manteo High School, Class of 2022
$1,000 Maggie McNinch, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
R. Stewart Couch Hatteras Island Scholarship
$8,800 Jose Briones Avila, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
R. Wayne Gray Memorial Scholarship
$1,100 Lane Stevenson, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, COA Class of 2022
Ralph & Ida Lee Saunders Scholarship
$1,000 *Hannah Dozier, Currituck High School, Class of 2020
Rex Sample Scholarship for Courage and Determination
$1,000 Versailles D’Alessio, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Robert E. Rollason, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
$1,900 Maggie McNinch, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Sawyer Scholarship
$5,000 *Ethan Thorn, First Flight High School, Class of 2021
Scott Day Family Scholarship
$1,000 *Jillian Webster, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2019
$1,000 Jobell Porter, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
Wallace H. McCown Memorial Scholarship
$1,500 Emily Bayne, Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Class of 2022
$1,500 Mya Salch, First Flight High School, Class of 2022
Warren and Jane Davis Memorial Dare Math/Science Scholarship
$1,800 Isaac Drummond, Home Schooled, Class of 2022
*represents renewal scholarship awards
Partner scholarships:
Managed by The College of Albemarle Workforce Development and Career Readiness Department (Continuing Education):
Billy G. Roughton Memorial Scholarship for Tourism and Hospitality
Joe Riddick Trade & Technical Scholarship
Milton A. Jewell Trade & Technical Scholarship:
William Scott Peden – OSHA Const Safety
Aaron Burgess – Intro to Electrical
Milton A. Jewell Trade & Technical Scholarship for Hospitality
Vocational Opportunity Scholarship
Arturo Lazaro – HVAC
Managed by The College of Albemarle Foundation:
Billy G. Roughton Memorial Scholarship for Medical Professions
Oshin Dixon
College of The Albemarle Scholarship
Cristian Cortes
Dorothy Scott Townsend Fletcher Memorial Scholarship
Litzy Velazquez Tovar
Hristina Trajkoska
ECB Land of Beginnings Living Legend Scholarship
Kevin Hoffman
First Flight Society Scholarship
Austin Thompson
First Flight Rotary Lacy J. McNeill Memorial Scholarship
Linda Porter’s Shear Genius Scholarship
Sasha Frink
North Banks Rotary Scholarship
Erika Tatiana Cardenas Suarez
Peggy O’Brien Scholarship
Sgt. Earl Murray Scholarship
Leah Zeman
Tom O’Brien Scholarship
Managed by the Manteo Rotary:
Jennette U. McOwen Memorial Scholarship: Amanda Hernley, Manteo High School Class of 2022
Kellogg Cuthrell Manteo Rotary Scholarship: Iva Morgann Owens, Manteo High School Class of 2022
Manteo Rotary Club Scholarship: Hart Vandzura, Manteo High School Class of 2022
Manteo Rotary Club Sonny Albarty Memorial Scholarship Fund: Ivy Cage, Manteo High School Class of 2022
Manteo Rotary Meekins Scholarship: *Adam Reed, Manteo High School Class of 2019
Managed by Mount Olivet United Methodist Church:
Karen Phillips Memorial Scholarship:
Yoselyn Trejo-Gabriel, Cape Hatteras High School Class of 2022
Andrea Miller, college student
Genesis Gregory, college student
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