2023 Community Foundation Scholarship Recipients BY ROWS, L-R:
1) Alonah Austin, Andrew “Shank” Austin, Blake Austin, Tyler Babcock, Emily Benton, Gwendalyn Botson, John Cook, Tatum Dermatas.
2) Mackenzie Edwards, Charlotte “Charlie” Ernst, Alan Garcia Velazquez, Ella Gardiner, Ivy Godwin, Kevin Gonzalez-Herrera, Jordan Haywood, Jeni Hooper.
3) Briana Lee, Anita Lin, Kyla Mallory, Tommy May, Maggie Miller, Daisy Morales Bravo, Rachel Oesting, Ebony Orgsbon.
4) Carlee Paramore, Fernanda Perez-Chavarria, Maleia Quidley, Lilian Ratliff, Joshua Royals, Grace Shoemaker, Olivia Sugg, Delany Swain.
5) Trent Sylvia, Dylan Talley, Gavin Thompson, Peyton Turner, Colson Walker, Chloe Wienert, Kiana Willis, Rylee Young.
6) Alexis Zavala-Roldan.
(Outer Banks Community Foundation)
The Outer Banks Community Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $198,800 in 81 scholarships to 70 students this spring, the most awards ever in the Community Foundation’s expanding scholarship program’s history.
Forty-four percent of this year’s 41 senior scholarship recipients are the first in their families to attend college. Scholarships were awarded to three COA students and 38 graduating seniors from Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Currituck County High School, First Flight High School, J.P. Knapp Early College High School, and Manteo High School. Of these students, 24 received awards that are renewable for up to four years of college. The Community Foundation also has renewed financial support to 29 current college students who earned multi-year, renewable scholarships.
