Comcast Awards $119,000 In Scholarships To 110 Maryland High School Seniors
BALTIMORE, May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation today announced the 2017 recipients of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program awards in Maryland. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, recognizes the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.
"I would like to congratulate these remarkable students who are dedicated to creating a positive impact in their communities and who strive to reach their fullest potential," said Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. "With this support from partners in the business community, these students will have the opportunity to continue their education and develop into exemplary leaders of tomorrow."
Comcast, joined by Dr. Carol Williamson, Deputy Superintendent, Office of Teaching and Learning at the Maryland State Department; Maryland House Speaker, Michael E. Busch; and other local elected officials and school administrators, recognized the students at a special event held Wednesday, May 10, at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis. One hundred and nine recipients of the 2017 Maryland Leaders and Achievers® scholarships received $1,000. Cienna Bell, a senior at Bowie High School in was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship – instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation – for a total of $119,000 awarded this year to Maryland high school students.
"Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners are committed to academic excellence and community service," said Mary McLaughlin, Senior Vice President of Comcast's Beltway Region. "We are honored to recognize their achievements, and are excited to support them as they continue their educational journeys."
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
Since 2009, Comcast has awarded nearly $825,000 in Leaders & Achievers Scholarships to more than 750 students in Maryland. This year, the program will award more than $2 million in scholarships to more than 2,000 students across the country to help them pursue higher education. Visit here to learn more.
2017 Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Recipients from Maryland
Anne Arundel County Olivia Bailey of Chesapeake High School in Pasadena Savannah Edmonds of Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn Allison Gingerich of Broadneck High School in Annapolis Scott Howarth of Arundel High School in Gambrills Cameron Laque of North County High School in Glen Burnie Hiro Motta of Glen Burnie High School Ian Robertson of Annapolis High School Kealsey Sajol of Old Mill High School in Millersville
Baltimore City Tabitha Blackston of Merganthaler Vocational-Technical High School Jenae Burrell of Reginald F. Lewis High School Kayla Carr of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Michael Cheng of Gilman School Kayla Demeritte of Coppin Academy High School Anthony Evans of Edmondson-Westside High School Lauren Fink of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Tselani Huntley of Baltimore Renaissance Academy Sheila Mcmorris of Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Ifetayo Jabari-Kitwala of Baltimore School for the Arts David Medlin of Forest Park Senior High Jamie Mintz of Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove Jonah Myers of Greater Grace Christian Academy Patrice Newsome of National Academy Foundation High School Morgan Pettus of Frederick Douglass High School Shemar Shields of AugustaFells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School
Abeni Teal of Mercy High School Bria Thomas of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Yarnee Whitaker of The REACH! Partnership School
Baltimore County Vasiliki Argeroplos of Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills Mya Buschman of Maryvale Preparatory School in Lutherville Annalea Cascio of Parkville High School Natassia Celnik of St. Timothy's School in Stevenson Trinadee Coates of Randallstown High School Patrick Fuller of Perry Hall High School Benjamin Glaser of Western School of Technology Moshe Gordon of Israel Henry Beren High School in Pikesville Abigail Hauer of Eastern Tech High School Rachel Krakat of Concordia Preparatory School in Towson Emily Lane of Loch Raven High School Satia Longe of Patapsco High School Alyse Messafi of Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School Annalise Michaelson of McDonogh School in Owings Mills Michael Millin of Jemicy School in Owings Mills Rebecca Olusola of New Town High School in Owings Mills Justin Perkins of Owings Mills High School Jamie Van Wyk of Pikesville High SchoolCailyn Walter of Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson
Calvert County Kristen Almuete of Calvert High School in Prince Frederick Armani Claggett of Patuxent High School in Lusby
Carroll County Adam Fairchild of Manchester Valley High School Yuchen Luo of Carroll Christian Schools in Westminster Madison Storm of Westminster Senior High School
Charles County De'John Broadwater of Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf Taylor Covington of Maurice J. McDonough High School in Pomfret Lindsey Johnson of North Point High School for Science, Technology & Industry in Waldorf Niki Kelley of St. Charles High School in Waldorf Andrei Maderazo of Westlake High School in Waldorf Zachary McDonough of Southern Maryland Christian Academy in White Plains Riley Weinberg of La Plata High School
Frederick County Brooke Bennett of Frederick County Career & Technology Center Catharine Dietrich of Linganore High School Gabriella Farrell of Frederick High School Miriam Tirado of Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Harford County Ryan Brownfield of C. Milton Wright High School in Bel Air Sara Decker of Aberdeen High School Bethany Ingram of Bel Air High School Marissa Smith of Havre De Grace High School
Howard County Marcus Anderson of Hammond High School in Columbia Samuel Chan of La Salle Homeschool Academy Mikayla Dixon of Wilde Lake High School in Columbia Vanneshja Hill-Edwards of Atholton High School in Columbia
Xiao Kuang of Long Reach High School in Columbia Claire Lee of Centennial High School in Ellicott City Yizuan Liu of Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville Aaron Luther of Mt. Hebron High School in Ellicott City Cire Nicholson of Oakland Mills High School in Columbia Jennifer Zhang of River Hill High School in Clarksville
Montgomery County Jimmy Allah-Mensah of Northwest High School in Germantown Nicole Averinos of Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg Boaz Bamiro of Gaithersburg High School Autumn Barber of Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville Rudaelle Elien of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring Anurudh Ganesan of Clarksburg High School Liam Gil of Wheaton High School in Silver Spring Michael Katski of Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville Nina Lao of Seneca Valley High School in Germantown Flosha Diliena Liyana Saran Arachchige Don of Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Rockville Rose Makor of Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring Taylor McDaniels of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney Wendy Medrano of Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park Matthew Millstein of James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring Natalie Mogrovejo of Thomas Edison High School of Technology in Silver Spring Elizabeth Olaiya of Northwood High School in Silver Spring Jacob Rains of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda Brandon Rodriguez of Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg
Prince George's County Akehnji AchiriMofor of Laurel High School Cieanna Bell of Bowie High School Juwan Blocker of Parkdale High School in Riverdale Trevante Brown of Oxon Hill High School Gexi Chavez Bonilla of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt Taylor Custis of Grace Brethren Christian School in Clinton Erin Farley of Bishop Mcnamara High School in Forestville Skylar Johnson of St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel Bedelina Miller of New Hope Academy in Landover Hills Samuel Morgan of From the Heart Christian School in Suitland Andrea Nickens of Crossland High School in Temple Hills Maya Sullivan of Elizebeth Seton High School in Bladensburg Tatyanna Sutton of Riverdale Baptist School in Upper Marlboro Carlotta Tyler of Progressive Learning Academy
Wicomico County Jason Hentschel of James M. Bennett Senior High School in Salisbury Onya Turner of Wicomico High School in Salisbury
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