Forty-four (44) high school seniors will enroll in a four-year college/university, community col- lege, and/or vocational school in Alabama this year with help from the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) and its 11 Members through the 2019 AMEA Scholarship Program.
Each of the 44 scholarship recipients will receive a $2,500 scholarship for a total of $110,000 awarded in this year’s program. AMEA received 206 scholarship applications in the 2019 pro- gram.
Since 1992, AMEA and its Members have provided over $2.5 million in scholarships to the grad- uating high school seniors who receive their electric service from AMEA Members, including Alexander City, Dothan, Fairhope, LaFayette, Lanett, Luverne, Opelika, Piedmont, Riviera Utilities (Foley), Sylacauga and Tuskegee.
To be eligible for the AMEA scholarships, a student’s family must receive electric service from an AMEA Member city electric utility and the student must attend an Alabama college/university or vocational school.
“We take our role as a good corporate citizen seriously,” said Fred D. Clark, Jr., AMEA President & CEO. “That’s why we, along with our Members, support education initiatives, like the AMEA Scholarship Program, that contribute to making our state economically competitive. We congrat- ulate this year’s scholarship winners.”
This year’s AMEA Academic Scholarship recipients are:
Margaret Hollis Harvey, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City Faith Imani McClendon, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City Dylan Scott Riley, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City Lauren Mackenzie Watts, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City Margaret Holley Crim, Providence Christian School, Dothan
Micah Samuel Dorsey, Providence Christian School, Dothan William Lovard Lee, V, Houston Academy, Dothan
Jonathan Edward Strickland, Ridgecrest Christian School, Dothan Erica Elizabeth Kercher, Fairhope High School, Fairhope
Claire Olivia Klumpp, Fairhope High School, Fairhope Andrew Paul Yingst, Fairhope High School, Fairhope Gordon Kaydon Mills, Daphne High School, Riviera Utilities John Declan Mulkerne, Daphne High School, Riviera Utilities
Cassidy Noelle Schneider, Spanish Fort High School, Riviera Utilities Savannah Grace Street, Fairhope High School, Riviera Utilities Krineisha Zy’Kia Daniel, LaFayette High School, LaFayette
Aerial Latreice Holloway, LaFayette High School, LaFayette Mary Tate Reese, Chambers Academy, LaFayette
Me’Kevion Sandrago Shealey, LaFayette High School, LaFayette Tairrque Roquawn Baker, Lanett High School, Lanett
Areyonna Shameshia James, Lanett High School, Lanett Princess Shardae Mallory, Lanett High School, Lanett Mitchum Grady Smith, Springwood School, Lanett
Callie Elizabeth Armstrong, Luverne High School, Luverne Haley Alexis Barnes, Brantley High School, Luverne
John Tobey Powell, Luverne High School, Luverne Hayden Bryant Rushing, Luverne High School, Luverne Katherine Ann Dudley, Lee-Scott Academy, Opelika Caroline Richie Hawkins, Opelika High School, Opelika
Thomas Whittaker Krehling, Opelika High School, Opelika Jacob Hamilton Walker, Opelika High School, Opelika Tristan Charles Donaldson, Piedmont High School, Piedmont Tyler James Farmer, Piedmont High School, Piedmont
Alexis BreeAnn Jenkins, Piedmont High School, Piedmont Erin Olivia McCord, Piedmont High School, Piedmont
Payton Nicole Barnett, B.B. Comer Memorial High School, Sylacauga Utilities Board
Zackery Lee Elliff, Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga Utilities Board
Leslie Paige Hemby, Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga Utilities Board
Nichole Alexandrea McNeill, Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga Utilities Board Avery Dawn Johnson, Macon East Academy, Utilities Board of Tuskegee JaMyia Thelma McNeil, Booker T. Washington High School, Utilities Board of Tuskegee
This year’s AMEA Vocational School Scholarship recipients include:
Madelyn Grace Banks, Fairhope High School, Fairhope
Abrewon Semaj De’Mona Lewis, Booker T. Washington High School, Utilities Board of Tuskegee
Ty’Rique K. Stinson, Booker T. Washington High School, Utilities Board of Tuskegee