Scholarships awarded in excess of $1 million
Over $1 million in college scholarships was awarded to the class of 2003 Thursday afternoon, with even more expected to trickle in over the coming weeks.
In all, over 90 students, or approximately 25 percent of the senior class, were offered some amount of post-secondary money.
Leading the pack with a $150,000 U.S. Navy ROTC scholarship was class historian Ethan Rutledge. Other big winners included Jaime Chavez, who was awarded a scholarship to the University of the South worth $103,000 and Allison Boyd, who picked up a Freed Hardeman University scholarship worth $70,000.
Tennessee State University offered seven local students full rides worth $30,000 each. Recipients include Brittany Beaty, Cody Campbell, Holly Denton, Justin Grissom, Nicole Grissom, Clint Lusk and Dustin Scott.
Additional winners include, Amanda Stubblefield, Stacy Parkhurst, Rutledge, Megan Miller, Lacey Griffith, Lindsey Walker, Lusk, Natalie Best, Lucas Griffith and Jonathan Schmaltz, Dr. Barun Mukerji Top 10 Scholarships; Boyd and James Mitchell, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship; Dana Neal, Dean Gillespie Jr. Memorial Scholarship; Best, Vara Grey Scholarship; Kate Medley, WCMS Student Council scholarship; Jason Roberts, Barry Guthrie Memorial Scholarship; Best, Ashley Pendleton, Linsey Cornelius, Cynthia Huber and Misty Dove, HOSA scholarships; Jasmine Ware, Joe Stewart Basketball Scholarship; Tyler Jeremy Hillis and Kayla LaNae Black, Joe Stewart Education Scholarship;
Carson McNeal, WCEA scholarship; Jennifer D. Lewis and Haley Miranda Kuhn, Sportsman and Businessman Scholarships; Crystal Jones, TSSAA Scholarship; Cornelius, Kennesaw State University; Katie Simpson, University of Alabama at Huntsville; Lacey Griffith, Cumberland University scholarship; Walker and Lucas Griffith, Oglethorpe University; Catherine E. Dyson, Judson; William C. Parker and Abby Hildreth, River Park Hospital Scholarships; Randal Harrell, Belmont University; Neal, Rutledge and Chris Basham, ETSU; Eric Fisher and Zach Martin, Freed Hardeman University; Martin, Christopher Todd Boyd Memorial Scholarship; Olivia McGregor, Parker and Terran Pennington, Lipscomb University;
Kasey Tinsley, Asbury College ; Candace Dix, Austin Peay University; Crystal Caffee, Union College ; Cameron Gonder, Courtney Bouldin, Daniel Odineal, Rebecca Holcomb, Roberts and Miller, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ; Emily Hallum and Danielle Weir, University of Memphis; Parkhurst, Marsha Taylor and Lindsey Helton, MTSU; Amanda D. Langston, Neill Sandlar Scholarship; Faith Cooper, Scarlett Boyd, Kayla Black, Ashley Holder and Glenn Rogers, Motlow State; James Mitchell, McNeal, Tiffany Yancy, Trey Bell, Robert Thatch and Trista Robinson, Tennessee Tech ; Huber, Trent Pelham, Pendleton and Blake Parker, Tennessee Technology Center; Brittany Patterson, Tennessee Wesleyan University;
Stubblefield, Schmaltz and Michael Moore, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Moore and Sheena Truong, Russell Watson Agricultural Memorial Scholarship; Brittani Freeze and McGregor, AAUW scholarship; Amanda Winfree, New Age Beauty Academy; Martin, ADK scholarship; Parker, Mike Harper Leadership Scholarship; Lori Padget and Greg Barnes, Robert H. Jones DDS PC Scholarship; David Bradshaw, AYSO Soccer Scholarship; Pennington and McGregor, Nora Ausbrook Scholarship; Moore, Ben Lomand Longbeards Scholarship; Best, Tuck Bigbee Memorial Scholarship; Brooke Taylor, James Bomar Interact Scholarship; Parker and Lacey Griffith, Rotary Club of McMinnville Scholarship; Dove, Breakfast Rotary Motlow Scholarship; Harrell, Breakfast Rotary Tennessee Tech Scholarship;
Hildreth and Taylor, Bridgestone/Firestone Scholarship; Holcomb and Rutledge, National Merit-Bridgestone/Firestone Scholarship; Lindsay Heather Rowe and Chavez, Evening Exchange Scholarship; Kaylee Michelle Willson, Deanna Grayson Memorial Scholarship; Hilary Phillips, Pioneerette Scholarship; Weir, Leonard Gwyn, Jr. Memorial Scholarship; Rutledge, Leadership Warren Youth Scholarship; Cody Mitchell, James H. Mansfield, Jr. Scholarship; Scott, Masonic Lodge Scholarship; Andrew M. Hibsham, Women of the Moose Scholarship; Campbell, Jaycees Shannon Moore Leadership Scholarship; Rowe, Lions Club Scholarship; Helton, Morrison Ruritan Scholarship;
Campbell, Noon Exchange Scholarship; Thatch, Retired Teachers’ Scholarship; Jeremy B. Vandagriff, Security Federal Savings Bank Business Scholarship; Rob Andrew Williams, Warren County Family and Community Scholarship; Melissa Rose Killian, Jonah Fitch Scholarship; Christina Farley, James C. Haley Scholarship; McGregor, Kiwanis Key Club Scholarship; and Candace Sweet and Tracey Medlen, Warren County Educational Scholarships.