Almost $637,000 in scholarships were awarded to forty three members of the Class of 2011 at DeKalb County High School during Thursday’s annual Senior Awards Day program.
Representatives of colleges, universities, branches of the armed services, businesses, civic groups, and other organizations made the presentations.
Three of the largest scholarship awards were presented by branches of the military. Dillion Brown will receive an award totaling $130,000 for his enlistment in the United States Air Force. Mitch Young was presented a scholarship in the amount of $100,000 for his enlistment in the United States Air National Guard and a U.S. Navy award for $63,000 went to John Counts.
Meanwhile, Martha Webb and Elicia Cantrell received two of the largest college scholarships. Maryville College presented Webb an award for $60,000 and Cantrell received a scholarship in the amount of $52,000 from Charleston Southern University.
Other scholarship award recipients and the amounts are as follows:
Clark Adcock:
Agee Oil- $1,500
Anthony Duane Trapp Memorial- $1,000
DeKalb Firefighters- $500
DeKalb Soil Conservation District- $500
Jessica Alderman:
Liberty State Bank- $1,000
Caleb Bain:
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home- $500
Dillion Brown:
USAF Enlistment- $130,000
Wesley Burchfield:
Smithville Rotary- $750
Tyler Caldwell:
Cumberland University- $18,200
David Wayne Alexander Memorial- $1,000
Britney Campbell:
DCHS Beta Club-$500
Tennessee Tech Academic Service- $10,000
Tennessee Tech Phi Delta Kappa- $500
Elicia Cantrell:
Charleston Southern University- $52,000
DeKalb Democratic Party- $500
Jolly Angels- $1,000
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home- $500
Jessica Cantrell:
Amvets Auxiliary- $250
Logan Clark:
Cumberland University- $10,500
Jeff Garrett Memorial- $500
John Counts:
U.S. Navy- $63,000
Kelly Cubbins:
Smithville Business & Professional Women’s Club- $500
Ethan Duke:
CIC Foundation- $10,800
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Excellence- $10,000
Brady Evans:
DeKalb Fire Fighters- $500
DTC McAllen Foutch Memorial- $8,000
Jolly Angels- $1,000
Tennessee Tech University Avo Anderson Memorial- $1,000
Tennessee Tech University Golden Eagle Excellence- $10,000
Tennessee Tech University Tommy Burks Memorial-$750
Dalton Fish:
Leadership DeKalb- $750
Katie Frazier:
DeKalb Farmers Coop- $500
DeKalb Funeral Chapel- $500
Eddie Crips Memorial-$1,000
Forever Friends Scholarship- $1,500
Nick Hale:
Rotary Math Award- $100
Tennessee Tech University Golden Eagle Excellence- $10,000
Randall Hansard:
BASF Scholarship- $20,000
Kyle & Kenny Robinson Memorial- $1,000
Cole Hawker:
CIC Foundation- $10,800
Rachel Hendrixson:
Smithville Rotary- $750
Jessica Hodges:
Dailey & Vincent-$2,000
DeKalb Community Hospital- $500
Ditcharo & Johnson Orthodontics-$500
Jolly Angels- $1,000
Smithville Business & Professional Women’s Club-$500
Dane Holeton:
Amvets- $250
Nioakah Johnson:
Jolly Angels-$1,000
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Excellence- $10,000
Cameron Lester:
Scottish Rite- $1,000
Samantha Lewis:
DeKalb Retired Teachers- $750
Brittany Malone:
Class of 1966- $500
DeKalb Funeral Chapel- $500
Kyle & Kenny Robinson Memorial- $1,000
Shelby Mulloy:
Elzie & Nell McBride Scholarship- $500
Olivia Norton:
Jolly Angels- $1,000
Mentor Scholarship- $5,000
Smithville Women’s Club- $500
DCHS Student Council Scholarship- $500
Heather Owens:
Mentor Scholarship-$5,000
Weston Rhody:
Class of 1969- $250
Dylan Roller:
Crowley’s Ridge College- $2,200
Shane Salley:
Roane State Athletic- $7,000
Tyler Seymour:
Mentor Scholarship- $5,000
Devin Thomas:
Clay Edwards Memorial Tiger Pride- $500
Lucille Stewart Memorial- $8,000
Zach Vantrease:
DeKalb PTO- $300
Tennessee Tech University Alumni- $4,000
Trent Vickers:
Dailey & Vincent- $2,000
Vickey Vickers:
DeKalb Retired Teachers- $750
FCCLA- $200
Tennessee Tech University W. Clyde & Marie Hyder Scholarship- $1,000
Doyle & Melford Stone Smith Scholarship- $750
Lucille Stewart Memorial- $8,000
Martha Webb:
Maryville College- $60,000
Smithville Rotary- $750
Camry White:
DeKalb Republican Women- $500
First Bank- $500
Michael Whitefield:
Rotary Vocation Award- $100
Destry Wiggins:
Alan Hooper Memorial- $500
Roane State Athletic- $7,000
Quincie Winchester:
CIC Foundation- $10,800
Liberty State Bank- $1,000
Mitch Young:
USNG Enlistment- $100,000