Almost $548,000 in scholarships were awarded to members of the Class of 2010 at DeKalb County High School during Friday’s annual Senior Awards Day program.
Representatives of colleges, universities, the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marines, businesses, civic groups, and other organizations made the presentations.
Payne Denman received one of the largest scholarship awards of the day, an $85,000 Athletic Scholarship to play golf at the University of Florida. State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver also presented Denman a proclamation adopted by the Tennessee House of Representatives last December honoring Denman for his achievements as a student athlete.
Other scholarship awards are as follows:
MTSU Scholarships:
$8,000 Provost- Jared Adams
$8,000 Provost- Kyle Hogue
$8,000 Provost- Dakota Dexter
$12,000 Academic Service- Lindsey Harden
University of Florida:
$85,000 Athletic Scholarship-Payne Denman
Cumberland University:
$6,000 Golf Scholarship- Austin Garrett
$5,750 Academic Scholarship- Austin Garrett
Tusculum College:
$32,000 Scholarship- Abram Edwards
Tennessee Tech University Scholarships:
$1,000 Ezra H. Carwile- Axyl Chalfant
$10,000 Golden Eagle Excellence- Caleb Spencer
$10,000 Golden Eagle Excellence- Hunter Tramel
$10,000 Golden Eagle Excellence- Tyler Harbaugh
$12,000 Academic Service-Wesley Blair
$12,000 Academic Service- Tiffany Young
$3,000 Grand Prize Science Fair- Tiffany Young
$1,500 Reserved Grand Prize Science Fair- Tiffany Young
$1,500 Reserved Grand Prize Science Fair- Tiffany Young
$500 W. Doyle & Melford Stone Smith Scholarship- Tyler Harbaugh
$1,000 Internship- Sabrina Griffin
Freed-Hardemen Scholarships:
$24,000 Athletic- Cynthia Woodward
$21,600 Academic- Cynthia Woodward
$32,000 Athletic- Jodi Curtis
$4,000 Academic- Jodi Curtis
Roane State Scholarships:
$5,800 Athletic- Jaylen Garrett
$5,800 Athletic- Morgan Page
Centre College Scholarships:
$18,900 Merit Award- Hunter Poteete
$5,000 Alumni Endowment Award- Hunter Poteete
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Scholarship:
$16,200 Pledge Scholarship- Zach Odom
St. Mary’s College Scholarship:
$60,000 Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Achievement- Hayley Snyder
Carson-Newman Scholarship:
$8,500 Award- Meagan Sullivan
Fite First Choice Award Scholarship- $3,000- Meagan Sullivan
Lettie Pate Whitehead- $1,000- Meagan Sullivan
Vocal Music Talent Scholarship- $3,500- Meagan Sullivan
Band Talent Scholarship- $1,000- Meagan Sullivan
U.S. Marine Corps Awards:
Enlistment Recognition- Frank Morris
Distinguished Student Athlete Award- Hunter Poteete
Distinguished Student Athlete Award- Morgan Page
Semper Fidelis Musical Excellence Award- Hunter Tramel
Scholastic Excellence Award- Tiffany Young
U.S. Army Awards:
Enlistment Recognition- John Strayn
Distinguished Student Athlete Recognition Award- Cynthia Woodward
Distinguished Student Athlete Recognition Award- Payne Denman
U.S. Navy Awards (totaling more than $90,000 combined)
Jessica Fox
Daniel Kosirog
Katelyn Vanwinkle
Tennessee Gas Association Scholarship
$1,000- April Hale
DeKalb Soil Conservation District Scholarship:
$500- Lindsey Harden
Kyle & Kenny Robinson Memorial Scholarship:
$1,000- Amanda Ours
$1,000- Kendra Foutch
Class of 1969 Scholarship:
$250- Caroline Carter
Agee Oil Scholarship:
$1,500- Payne Denman
DeKalb Fire Fighters Scholarship:
$500- Gabby Byford
Jolly Angels Scholarship:
$1,000- Tiffany Young
$1,000- Joe Vickers
$1,000- Hayley Snyder
$1,000- Ashley Owen
$1,000- Kayla Hubbard
Clay Edwards Memorial Tiger Pride Scholarship:
$500- Abram Edwards
DeKalb Republican Women Scholarship:
$500 Abram Edwards
Liberty State Bank Scholarships-
$1,000-Ethan Hale
$1,000- Grant James
Jeff Garrett Memorial Scholarship:
$500- Austin Garrett
Smithville Business & Professional Women’s Club Scholarships:
$500- Abby Laprad
$500- Tiffany Young
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home Scholarships:
$500-Cynthia Woodward
$500-Hunter Tramel
Alan Hooper Memorial Scholarship:
$500- Micah Prichard
AmVets Scholarship
$250- Austin Garrett
AmVets Auxiliary Scholarship:
$250-Ethan Hale
CIC Foundation Scholarship:
$10,000- Grant James
First Bank Scholarship:
$500- Hunter Poteete
Smithville Rotary Club Awards:
$750-Nick Goff
$750-Amanda Ours
$750- Joe Vickers
$100 Math Award- Tiffany Young
$100 Vocational Award- Joe Vickers
DeKalb PTO Scholarship:
$250- Seth Willoughby
Scottish Rite Scholarship:
$1,000- Ashley Owen
DeKalb Community Hospital Scholarship:
$500- Sabrina Griffin
Class of 1966 Scholarship:
$500- Abigail Laprad
DeKalb Farmers Coop Scholarship:
$500- Myra Tramel
Lucille Stewart Memorial Scholarship:
$2,000- Brandon Haas
$2,000-Meagan Sullivan
Elzie & Nell McBride Memorial Scholarships:
$500-Nick Goff
Leadership DeKalb Award:
$750- Abby Laprad
FCCLA Award:
$200- Katie Nixon
DCHS Student Council Award:
$250- Jared Adams
Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship:
$1,000- Nick Goff
Eddie Crips Memorial Scholarship
$1,000- Abram Edwards
DeKalb Retired Teachers Scholarship:
$750- Heather Lee
$750- Macey Cantrell
Smithville Women’s Club Scholarship:
$500-Katie Nixon
$500-Erica Neely
Hunter Davis Memorial Scholarship:
$500- Joe Vickers
Central High School Alumni Association Scholarship:
$3,000- Lindsey Harden
DeKalb Democratic Party Scholarship;
$500- Schuylar Allen
$500- Kristian Puckett
$500-Tiffany Young
Georgia Career Institute Scholarship:
$1,000- Brittany Collier
Nashville Auto Diesel College Scholarship:
$1,000- Brandon Dyer
DeKalb Funeral Chapel Scholarships:
$500- Sabrina Griffin
$500- Elicia Cantrell
$500- Macey Cantrell
$500- Gabby Byford