$129,750 in scholarships handed out to graduates
By Melinda L. Lucas
Dozens of local scholarships were presented to members of the Albany High School Class of 2023 during commencement exercises held last Friday, May 26.
There were well over 100 separate awards for the class of 32, with some scholarships split among more than one recipient, amounting to almost $130,000.
The awards were given by just under 50 local churches, clubs, organizations, foundations and individuals.
The oldest of the awards is the Robert Nail Scholarship given by the Ex-Students Association for the first time in 1967 for a total of $100.
The Henry Martin Rockwell Endowment Fund administers several scholarships, the largest in honor of John and Nell Carter. This year, there were six $2,500 scholarships from that fund alone, totaling $15,000.
The Albany ISD Education Foundation, now in its 14th year, gave 22 scholarships in the amount of $1,000 for each student per year.
Several new awards were added to the list this year, including one to be given up to eight semesters in memory of former Albany educator and superintendent Buddy R. Dulin and his wife Elizabeth.
Also given was the “The Next Man” scholarship in memory of Boone Askew, who was a member of this class of seniors until he and his family moved from Albany several years ago, and the Lisa Warne Glasmann Memorial Scholarship, honoring an Albany High School graduate.
Scholarships
The 2023 commencement ceremony was held in the Albany High School gymnasium before a large crowd of friends and relatives.
Class valedictorian Ella Webb and salutatorian Presley Green each addressed those attending the event.
Awards totaling $129,750 given to graduating seniors during the 2023 graduation ceremony include the following:
•City of Albany - Henry Martin Rockwell Endowment Scholarship - First National Bank Albany/Breckenridge, $5,000 to the Valedictorian Ella Webb.
•City of Albany - Henry Martin Rockwell Endowment Scholarship - First National Bank Albany/Breckenridge, $5,000 to the Salutatorian Presley Green.
•City of Albany - Henry Martin Rockwell Endowment Fund - John E. and Nellie K. Carter Scholarships, $2,500 each to Gracie Price, Cole Chapman, Ashley Richards, Haily Cox, Mayson Garcia, and Leddie Leech.
•Robert Nail Ex-Student Scholarships, $1,500 each to London Fuentes, Cole Chapman, Briley Tabor, and Brooke Kayga.
•Lions Club Scholarship, $1,500 to Briley Tabor.
•Kiwanis Club Scholarships, $1,750 each to Brooke Kayga, Michael Sadler, and Sierra Sanchez.
•Fandangle Scholarships, $1,000 each to Chelsy Parsons, Leddie Leech, Briley Tabor, and Brooke Kayga.
•Kevin Ruff Memorial Scholarships administered by the Church of Christ, $500 each to London Fuentes and Miles McCloy.
•Xi Chi Pi Scholarships,$1,000 to Haily Cox, and $500 each to Chelsy Parsons and Chloe Daugherty.
•J.B. Montgomery Jr. Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 each to Leddie Leech and London Fuentes.
•Mary/Martha Permanent Endowed Scholarship given by the late Marguerite and I.M. Chism, administered by the First Baptist Church, $1,000 to Damian Little.
•Carolyn Waller Memorial Scholarship, $4,500 to Haily Cox.
•PTO College Scholarships, $2,000 Briley Tabor.
•PTO Trade School/Vocational Scholarship, $2,000 to Tye Edgar.
•Shelley Cleveland Memorial Scholarships, $1,500 to Coy Lefevre, $750 to Ashley Richards.
•Bill Webb Memorial Student Fund, Rev. J.A. Owen Scholarship, $400 to the Valedictorian Ella Webb.
•Bill Webb Memorial Student Fund, Rev. J.A. Owen Scholarship, $200 to the Salutatorian Presley Green.
•Iron-Bars, Inc. Scholarships, administered through the Old Jail Art Center, $1,000 each to Chloe Daugherty, Briley Tabor, and Melissa Olivarez.
•AZE Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship given in memory of Joanna Sullivan, $500 to Briley Tabor, $250 to Haily Cox.
•Alice Edington Memorial Scholarship administered through First Baptist Church, $1,000 to Presley Green.
•John and Carol Huffman Memorial Scholarships, $1,000 each to Chloé Anderson and Cole Chapman.
•Albany Study Club Scholarships, $400 each to Haily Cox and Michael Sadley.
•The Feed Store Scholarships, $500 each to Briley Tabor and Gracie Price, and $250 each to Ella Webb, Leddie Leech, Chloe Daugherty, Tye Edgar.
•Billy Wayne Boland & Son Memorial Scholarship administered through the First Baptist Church, $1,000 to Mayson Garcia.
•Turner/Williams Memorial Scholarship given by the Lower Clear Fork of the Brazos, $1,000 to Leddie Leech.
•Masonic Lodge Scholarships, $1,000 each to London Fuentes, Presley Green, Brooke Kayga, Gracie Price, Michael Sadler, and Briley Tabor.
•Sedwick/Rockwell Nursing Scholarship given through First National Bank, $1,000 to Brooke Kayga.
• The Resource Care Summer Day Camp Scholarship in the amount of $500 each to Briley Tabor, Chloe Daugherty, and Damian Little.
•Sam and Ellen Webb Albany Heritage Scholarship, $1,000 to Leddie Leech.
•Lioness Club Scholarships, $500 to Briley Tabor.
•Albany Softball Association Scholarships, $300 each to Haily Cox and Gracie Price.
•Monte Lewis Memorial Scholarships, $500 each to Gracie Price, Leddie Leech, Briley Tabor, Chelsy Parsons, and Tye Edgar.
•Doug Neece Scholarship, $1,000 to London Fuentes.
•The Keith and Steve Carlile Memorial Scholarship, $250 to Presley Green.
•Loren and Betty Williams Scholarships given through First Christian Church, $1,000 each to Caden Price and Gracie Price.
•The Hugh and Joanna Ayers Scholarships, Laura Elliott Scholarship, and Wylie Scholarship, administered by the Matthews Memorial Chuch, $1,500 each to Leddie Leech and Ella Webb.
•Albany Academic Booster Club Technical/Trade School Scholarships, $1,500 each to Miles McCloy and Tye Edgar.
•Friendship Baptist Church Scholarship, $500 to Damian Little.
•Ragin’ Red Band Booster College Scholarship, $500 to Michael Sadler.
•“The Next Man” Scholarship in memory of Boone Askew, $1,000 to Miles McCloy.
•Albany Live Scholarship, $2,500 to Michael Sadler.
•Lisa Warne Glasmann Scholarship, $1,750 to Presley Green.
•Joe Foran Scholarships, $2,500 in honor of Doris Miller and Don Fitzgibbons to Brooke Kayga, $1,250 in honor of Jane Hooker to Coy Lefevre.
•Buddy R. Dulin & Elizabeth H. Dulin Memorial Scholarship, $2,000 per semester, up to 8 semesters, to Chloe Daugherty.
•Closet Angels Servant’s Heart Award, $500 to Leddie Leech.
•Hogan Well Service Award, $250 to Tye Edgar.
•Albany ISD Education Foundation Scholarships, $1,000 each, to be given $500 per semester, to Koy Cauble, Haily Cox, Chloe Daugherty, Tye Edgar, London Fuentes, Mayson Garcia, Presley Green, Brooke Kayga, Leddie Leech, Coy Lefevre, Damian Little, Miles McCloy, Melissa Olivarez, Chelsy Parsons, Gracie Price, Keatin Russell, Michael Sadler, Shaelyn Shaffer, Gineveve Soders, Briley Tabor, Hunter Vickers, and Ella Webb.
