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 2020 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 192 scholarship applications in the 2020 program.
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 congratulate this year’s scholarship winners.”
This year’s AMEA Academic Scholarship recipients are:
Camryn Marie Benefield, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City
James Andrew Caldwell, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City
Kathryn Elizabeth Crutchfield, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City
Anna Lauren Baldwin, Providence Christian School, Dothan
Katherine Olivia Griffin, Providence Christian School, Dothan
Maggie Lynn Janney, Houston Academy, Dothan
Morgan Hanson Blosser, Fairhope High School, Fairhope
Bethany Grace Graham, Fairhope High School, Fairhope
Rosa Jolie Mastin, Fairhope High School, Fairhope
Kyndall Brady Nelms, Fairhope High School, Fairhope
Max Burton Brown, Daphne High School, Riviera Utilities
Anna Elizabeth Turner, Daphne High School, Riviera Utilities
Jackson Spencer Ward, Daphne High School, Riviera Utilities
Tytiana Keriana Bell, LaFayette High School, LaFayette
Anquavion Jamal Presley, LaFayette High School, LaFayette
Cayla Cheyenne Nelson, Springwood School, Lanett
Jordan Bennett Plank, Springwood School, Lanett
Shamesia Ashanti Pruitt, Lanett High School, Lanett
Rebecca Leigh Billings, Crenshaw Christian Academy, Luverne
Aaliyah Ashanti Monique Harris, Luverne High School, Luverne
Hope Elizabeth Bearden, Opelika High School, Opelika
Dozier Howard Smith T, Opelika High School, Opelika
Hannah Claire Wilson, Opelika High School, Opelika
Elizabeth Grace Goss, Jacksonville Christian Academy, Piedmont
Christian Trey McFarland, Piedmont High School, Piedmont
Adelynn Loraine Straub, Piedmont High School, Piedmont
Silas Christopher Thompson, Piedmont High School, Piedmont
Nicholas Ray Mauldin, Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga Utilities Board
Ashlyn Grayce Tyler, Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga Utilities Board
Ashleigh Susan Harrison, Booker T. Washington High School, Utilities Board of
Tuskegee
Lane Carter Johnson, Macon East Academy, Utilities Board of Tuskegee
Kaitlyn Michelle Roberts, Edgewood Academy, Utilities Board of Tuskegee
Rachel Wilson Sargent, Macon East Academy, Utilities Board of Tuskegee
This year’s AMEA Community College/Vocational School Scholarship recipients include:
Braxton Lee Ray, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City
Stephen Philip Holliman, Dothan High School, Dothan
Samuel Austin Miller, Daphne High School, Riviera Utilities
Tamara Denise Presley, LaFayette High School, LaFayette
Jordan Jarentae Wallace, LaFayette High School, LaFayette
Judson Dennis Garner, Valley High School, Lanett
Kayonnie Elise Smith, Luverne High School, Luverne
Shakira Alise Upshaw, Luverne High School, Luverne
Zachary Hunter Pierce, Opelika High School, Opelika
Kylie Alexis Loftis, Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga Utilities Board
Marlie Elizabeth Sims, Knollwood Christian School, Sylacauga Utilities Board
AMEA, a joint action agency formed in 1981, is the wholesale power provider for 11 public power utilities in Alabama, which serve approximately 350,000 customers in the cities of Alexander City, Dothan, Fairhope, Foley, LaFayette, Lanett, Luverne, Opelika, Piedmont, Sylacauga and Tuskegee.