To date, 50 out of approximately 300 seniors have been offered 69 scholarships totaling $2,148,543. A total of 18 different colleges and universities from nine states contributed to this year’s class total. Presently, they have accepted $1,978,343 of that amount. This includes all types of scholarships, such as academic, athletic, military and merit-based offers. This does not include the HOPE scholarship, which is calculated separately. The class total also includes 31 local scholarships donated through 21 different organizations totaling over $32,000.
Students who were offered three or more scholarships include: Tequilla Gray, Kimberly Rary and Mary Wright.
Russell Oliveri had the highest scholarship total with over $150,000 in scholarship offers. He plans to enroll in either St. Mary’s University or Southern Polytechnic University in the fall. Mary Wright, Alcovy High’s salutatorian, had the second highest scholarship total with over $82,000 in offers. This includes a full tuition scholarship to the University of Alabama, where she plans to enroll this fall. Tequilla Gray also received $82,000 in scholarship offers. She plans to attend Wesleyan College. Kimbery Rary is Alcovy High School’s Class of 2009 valedictorian and STAR student. She received five local scholarships and plans to attend the University of Georgia, where she has been accepted into the Honors Program.
These outstanding seniors, along with many others, were honored Thursday, May 7, at Alcovy High School’s Honors Night program.
The following is a list of student scholarships that were accepted.
Ashley Alvarez: Covington Pilot Club and William Manson Miller
Leslie Armistead: Stanley & Nancy Jones Memorial
Raegan Barton: Women’s Council of Realtors, Metro East Chapter
Gabrielle Belcher: Army
Larry Bowers: Marines
Nicholas Cavender: National Guard and Georgia Military College
Brandy Cole: Rotary Academic
Christopher Conner: Marines
Paige Dillard: National Guard and Georgia Military College
Macy Dowdy: NMC Health Careers
Elisabeth Duke: NMC Health Careers
Henryetta East: Covington Pilot Club and East Metro Christian Writers Club
Julian Gardner: Mississippi State University
Kayla Garrison: Georgia Southwestern State University
Tequilla Gray: Wesleyan College – Academic Scholarship and Wesleyan College – Merit Scholarship
Patrick Gray: Army
Matthew Gunnels: University of the Cumberlands
Sherry Hall: Jackson Lake Homeowners and NMC Health Careers
Ashley Holliday: Otis Spillers Rotary Vocational
Chakira Hollingsworth: Susan White Memorial
Malaceo Ivey: Southern Heartland Arts, Inc.
Robert Jones: Stanley & Nancy Jones Memorial and Better Business Bureau
Verlinda King: Agnes Scott College
Lonniel King: Marines
Sunni Lee: Georgia Southern University
Brenique Lewis: Covington Junior Women’s Club
Melissa Mantecon: Mercer University
Alissa Marsh: Shorter College
Bryan Mathis: Maxx Computers
Joel McKibben: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Jawan McWhorter: Army
Seth Naquin: Navy
Russell Oliveri: St. Mary’s University and NSA
Malachai Outlaw: Apprentice School
Ebony Patrick: SSEME All Around Student
Kristina Poku: Johnson & Wales University
Eric Prendergast: Chase Cain Memorial and SSEMC JE Robinson
Kimberly Rary: Georgia Elks Northeast, Edgar Wood Memorial, Newton County Homebuilders, Kiwanis Club and SSEMC JE Robinson
Angelique Roland: Tennessee Wesleyan College
Audrey Slutsky: IT Research/Georgia Tech
Robert Snipes: American Legion Auxiliary and Kiwanis Club
Joshua Stewart: William Manson Miller
David Terry: Marines
Brandon Thomas: Morehouse College
Marcus Thomas: East Metro Board of Realtors
Torrieana Triplett: Agnes Scott College
Jessica Uzzo: Mercer University
Sedric Williams: Reinhardt College
Altoine Wilson: Tusculum College
Mary Wright: University of Alabama – President’s Scholarship, SSEMC JE Robinson and University of Alabama – Alumni Scholar
