$123,250 handed out to AHS Class of 2022
By Melinda L. Lucas
Dozens of local scholarships were presented to members of the Albany High School Class of 2022 during commencement exercises held in the Albany High School gymnasium before a large crowd of friends and relatives last Friday, May 27.
There were well over 100 separate awards for the class of 34, with some scholarships split among more than one recipient, amounting to more than $120,000.
The awards were given by about 40 local churches, clubs, organizations, foundations and individuals.
The oldest of the awards is the Robert Nail Scholarship given by the Ex-Students Association, with $100 given for the first time in 1967.
One of the newest of the donating organizations is the Albany ISD Education Foundation, which in its 13th year is giving 30 scholarships in the amount of $1,000 for each student per year.
The Henry Martin Rockwell Endowment Fund administers several scholarships, the largest in honor of John and Nell Carter. This year, there were eight $2,000 scholarships from that fund alone, totaling $16,000.
Scholarships
Awards totaling $123,250 were given to graduating seniors during the 2022 graduation ceremony include the following:
•The City of Albany - Henry Martin Rockwell Endowment Scholarship - First National Bank Albany/Breckenridge, $5,000 to the Valedictorian Luke Ivy.
•The City of Albany - Henry Martin Rockwell Endowment Scholarship - First National Bank Albany/Breckenridge, $5,000 to the Salutatorian Sarah Cotter.
•City of Albany - Henry Martin Rockwell Endowment Fund - John E. and Nellie K. Carter Scholarships, $2,000 each to Clara Holson, Brooks Neece, Tyler Everitt, Susie Cormack, Ryan Mark, Allison Lemond, Samantha Peeples, and Ana Balliew.
•Robert Nail Ex-Student Scholarships, $1,500 each to Brooks Neece and Kamryn Browning.
•Lions Club Scholarship, $1,000 to Caitlan Lee.
•Kiwanis Club Scholarships, $1,750 each to Ryan Mark, Sara Smith, and Rylan Roberson.
•Fandangle Scholarships, $500 each to Luke Ivy, Brooks Neece, Tyler Everitt, and Susie Cormack.
•Kevin Ruff Memorial Scholarships administered by the Church of Christ, $1,000 each to Ana Balliew, Tyler Everitt, Cooper Fairchild, Luke Ivy, and Brooks Neece.
•Xi Chi Pi Scholarships,$1,000 each to Luke Ivy and Taren Farmer, and $500 each to Rylan Roberson and Pepper Martin.
•J.B. Montgomery Jr. Memorial Scholarship , $1,000 to Sarah Cotter.
•Mary/Martha Permanent Endowed Scholarship given by the late Marguerite and I.M. Chism, administered by the First Baptist Church, $500 each to Robert Bailey and Jaheim Newton.
•First Baptist Church Scholarships, $750 each to Clara Holson, Allison Lemond, and Tristen Brown.
•PTO Scholarships, $1,000 each to Luke Ivy, Cooper Fairchild, and Taren Farmer.
•Shelley Cleveland Memorial Scholarships, $750 each to Bryce Asher, Savannah Hobbs, and Cooper Fairchild.
•Bill Webb Memorial Student Fund, Rev. J.A. Owen Scholarship, $400 to the Valedictorian Luke Ivy.
•Bill Webb Memorial Student Fund, Rev. J.A. Owen Scholarship, $200 to the Salutatorian Sarah Cotter.
•Iron-Bars, Inc. Scholarships, administered through the Old Jail Art Center, $500 each to Susie Cormack, Sarah Cotter, and Caitlan Lee.
•AZE Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship given in memory of Joanna Sullivan, $500 each to Sara Smith and Savannah Hobbs and $250 each to Taren Farmer, Caitlan Lee, Rylan Roberson, and Ryan Mark.
•Alice Edington Memorial Scholarship administered through the First Baptist Church, $750 to Sara Smith.
•John and Carol Huffman Memorial Scholarships, $1,000 each to Sarah Cotter and Tyler Everitt.
•Albany Study Club Scholarships, $500 to Taren Farmer.
•The Feed Store Scholarships, $300 each to Tyler Everitt, Brooks Neece, Ana Balliew, and Sarah Cotter, and $150 each to Savannah Hobbs, Kelly Manning, Cooper Fairchild, Rylan Roberson, and Jaylynn Roberts.
•Billy Wayne Boland & Son Memorial Scholarship administered through the First Baptist Church, $500 each to Robert Bailey, Jaheim Newton, and Taren Farmer.
•Turner/Williams Memorial Scholarships given by the Lower Clear Fork of the Brazos, $500 each to Kamryn Browning and Allison Lemond.
•Masonic Lodge Scholarships, $1,000 each to Elizabeth Chavez, Taren Farmer, Caitlan Lee, Ryan Mark, and Sara Smith.
•Sedwick/Rockwell Nursing Scholarship given through First National Bank, $1,000 to Jaylynn Roberts.
• The Resource Care Summer Day Camp Scholarship in the amount of $500 to Allison Lemond and Rylan Roberson.
•Sam and Ellen Webb Albany Heritage Scholarship, $1,000 to Susie Cormack.
•Lioness Club Scholarships, $400 each to Ana Balliew and Taren Farmer.
•Albany Softball Association Scholarships, $250 each to Ana Balliew, Kamryn Browning, Ansleigh Garcia, and Sara Smith.
•Monte Lewis Memorial Scholarships, $500 each to Kamryn Browning and Tyler Everitt
•Doug Neece Scholarship, $1,000 to Brooks Neece.
•The Keith and Steve Carlile Memorial Scholarship, $250 to Allison Lemond.
•Loren and Betty Williams Scholarships given through First Christian Church, $1,000 each to Luke Ivy and Sarah Cotter.
•The Hugh and Joanna Ayres Scholarships, Laura Elliott Scholarship, and Wylie Scholarship, administered by the Matthews Memorial Chuch, $1,500 each to Sarah Cotter and Susie Cormack.
•Albany Academic Booster Club Technical/Trade School Scholarships, $750 each to Richard Moreno, Isabel Alvarez, and Pepper Martin.
•Friendship Baptist Church Scholarships, three in the amount of $500 each, Bob & Darlene Davis/Sonny Davis Memorial Scholarship to Rylan Roberson, Alan Oden Memorial Scholarship to Taren Farmer, and Friendship Baptist Church Scholarship to Christopher Hensley.
•Ragin’ Red Band College Scholarship, $500 to Clara Holson.
•Ralph & Maurice Snyder Scholarship, $500 to Jaylynn Roberts.
•Sam & Mary Anna Snyder Scholarship, $500 to Caitlan Lee.
•James & Doris Garrett Scholarship, $500 to Cooper Fairchild.
•Joe Foran Scholarships, $1,500 in honor of Doris Miller and Don Fitzgibbons to Ana Balliew, $2,000 in honor of Jane Hooker to Clara Holson, and $100 each to Allison Lemond, Ryan Mark, Brooks Neece, and Tyler Everitt.
•Albany ISD Education Foundation Scholarships, $1,000 each, to be given $500 per semester, to Bryce Asher, Robert Bailey, Ana Balliew, Tristen Brown, Kamryn Browning, Elizabeth Chavez, Susie Cormack, Sarah Cotter, Nathanuel Dickson, Tyler Everitt, Cooper Fairchild, Taren Farmer, Ansleigh Garcia, Savannah Hobbs, Clara Holson, Luke Ivy, Avery Kleiner, Caitlan Lee, Allison Lemond, Kelly Manning, Ryan Mark, Pepper Martin, Richard Moreno, Brooks Neece, Jaheim Newton, Samantha Peeples, Rylan Roberson, Jaylynn Roberts, Sara Smith, and Aimee Vazquez.
