TWENTY-FIVE CHS GRADS RECEIVE AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

(05/31/2008)
Twenty-five Calhoun High graduates have received scholarships and awards, all of them recognized during graduation ceremonies Friday evening.

Nine students received Promise Scholarships valued at $4,098 for four years.

Cecil Bell: Michael P. Whipkey II, gift certificate for a tool set

Briana Blankenship: Promise*, McKelvey Foundation $3000 per year, A Michael Perry Freshman Scholarship $750 per year, MU Department of Music Tuition Waiver, Governor's Honor Academy $500 per year, Governor's School for the Arts $1000 per year, American Baptist Women $800 per year, Calhoun Banks $750, Lions Club $300, Calhoun County Band $200

Amie Carilli: Promise*, McKelvey Foundation $3,000 per year, Mountaineer Parents Club $1000, WVU Mountaineer $1,500 per year, Traders Bank $500, Calhoun Banks $375, Lions Club $300, W.P. Black $1000, Carl Morris $1000, Danny and Luke Hickman $500

Kenneth Carpenter: Melissa Oshoway $1000, Class of' 55 $750, WVU Achievement $1000, Calhoun Gilmer Career Center $100

Jocelyn Cunningham: Drexell Ice $500

Miranda Cunningham: J&B Memorial $500, Cunningham Wilson $500 per year

Sierra Dawson: B.F. Goodrich $350

Joshua Deweese: Alumni Association $500, WVU Tech

Jeffrey Goodrich: Promise*, Randy Brannon Memorial $500, Danny and Luke Hickman $500, J&B Memorial $500

Kayla Hixon: Hidden Promise $1000, Lions Club $300, GSC Cross Country Scholarship (room waiver), Mu Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma Recruitment Grant $150

Matthew Houchin: Promise*, Calhoun United Methodist Parish $500

Melissa Jarvis: Leggett Reeg $1500 per semester, Claudia Kelly Hays Memorial $1100

Sabrina King: Asa Andrew Stemple $1400, Eula Houchin Hall Kerns $1000, Calhoun Gilmer Career Center $100

Hayli McKinstry: Promise*, McKelvey Foundation $3,000 per year, WVU Mountaineer $1500 per year

Amber Miller: W.P. Black $1000, Glenville State College Tuition Assistance, Brooksville Baptist Church (purchase of textbooks), George A. Johnson Memorial $500, McKelvey Foundation $3,000 per year

Kayla Miller: Promise*, GSC General Meritorious $1300, Leonard & Gladys Marshall $300, Lions Club $300, HSTA (tuition and fee waiver entire college career)

Sarah Moore: Promise*, Lions Club $300, W.P. Black $1000, WVU Achievement $1000, HSTA (tuition and fee waiver entire college career)

Cassie Mullins: McKelvey Foundation $3,000 per year

Jessica Pauley: Calhoun County Committee on Aging $250

Beth Richards: Promise, McKelvey Foundation $3000 per year, Les and Verna Evans $1000, WVU Opportunity Scholar $3000 per year, HSTA (tuition and fee waiver entire college career), Calhoun Band $200, RAZE $1000

Stephanie Stacy: Randy Brannon Memorial $500

Emily Thomas: Promise*, WV Wesleyan Academic Presidential $14,000 per year, Lions Club $300, W.P. Black $1000, Calhoun Band $200

Kayla Wilson: Dairy Products $400, Cunningham/Wilson $300

Zachary Yeager: B.F. Goodrich $350

Michaela Yoak: HSTA (tuition and fee waiver entire college career),WVU Achievement $1000, Lions Club $300, United Methodist Parish $250, Olin Hill $300

* Promise Scholarship maximum $4,098 per year for 4 years