Annual scholarship awards ceremony presents nearly $100K

Eighty-five local scholarships from around 73 local benefactors, clubs and agencies were given out to the graduating class of 2018 during the 32nd Graham High School Scholarship Awards Ceremony held Monday at Memorial Auditorium. Around $100,000 in scholarships were provided to seniors at the event, with many walking away with more than one. Graham High School Principal Joe Gordy thanked all of those for the contributions they made to the students of Graham. “We are grateful to live in a community that chooses to honor their graduating seniors in such a generous way,” he said. Scholarships Awarded • Dylen Mack Allred: NCTC Foundation Scholarships • Lizbeth Anaya Anaya: Todd Hall Memorial • Kolton Americus Carmichael: Jimmie Mae Bennett Golf Scholarship • Aniane Gonzales Cervantes: Agnes C. Deats and PK Deats Memorial Scholarship, Class of 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957, Graham Noon Lions Club Academic, Ciera Bank-Employees’ Scholarship, Helen F. Hawkins Scholarship • Lainey Sarah Choate: Fort Belknap Electric Co. Scholarship, Graham Evening Lions Club • John Wyatt Collins: S.H.A.R.E. • Tyler Joe Cook: Randy Finney Scholarship • Rachel Danae Criswell: Dorothy M. Street Memorial Music • Jeb Morgan Curry: J.D. Burke Scholarship, Graham Noon Lions Club Academic, Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, First Presbyterian Church: Peggy and Joe McKinley Memorial Scholarship • Alize Lashawn Dragoo: Amber Lindley Memorial Scholarship, Delta Kappa Gamma/Willie Allen Memorial • Katie Elizabeth Ferguson: Class of 1958, Delta Kappa Gamma/Willie Allen Memorial, Graham High School Thespian, Corey Valliant Memorial Scholarship, Betty Richie Honorary Scholarship by Young County Democratic Association • Codie Elizabeth Fields: Brazos Communications • Alejandra Fuentes: Candice Martin Memorial Scholarship “What Matters Most” • Ashley Nicole Gallaway: Karen McBride Memorial Scholarship, Libby Fellows Memorial • Shanna Rae Gleason: Fort Belknap Electric Co. Scholarship, Young County 4-H Parents Club, Sheri Lea Burkett, Randy Finney Scholarship • Aine Gonzalez: Movelda E. Rhine • Kolton Alan Gough: Tom Hunnewell, First State Bank Scholarship • Makenzi Elizabeth Graham: Amber Lindley Memorial Scholarship • Adam Wayne Groves: Ray Herring Memorial-Graham Noon Lions Club-P. K. Relays • Christopher Knox Guinn: Donny Choate Memorial Kiwanis Club • Jeffrey William Hazlett: Harrison Brown Memorial Scholarship, First Presbyterian Church-Peggy and Joe McKinley Memorial Scholarship, Mary Lillian Blackstock Poetry Award, Jack Cody Drama • Jake Wade Holland: Graham InterBank Scholarship, Brazos Communications • Rankin Cy Holt: Agnes C. Deats and PK Deats Memorial Scholarship, Kenneth G. Knox-Class of 1952 Memorial, Ciera Bank Scholarship, Jimmy Guinn Memorial • Tucker Ryan Horn: Best All-Around Boy Shockwatch Scholarship • Libby Kate Johnston: Helen F. Hawkins Scholarship • Joel Kent Jones: Amber Lindley Memorial Scholarship, Dr. Aaron Purdy Distinguished Honor Graduate Scholarship • Ryan Eric Karper: S.H.A.R.E. • Kody Mac Keeter: Karen McBride Memorial Scholarship • Nicole Paige King: Candice Martin Memorial Scholarship “What Matters Most” • Jake Turner Lanham: Bettis, Boyle, Stovall & Street Valedictorian Scholarship • Kasey Danielle Lawson: Graham High School Thespian, Jack Cody Drama • Taylor Renea Wade Marsh: Lee Allen Hunnewell Reading Scholarship, Young County Masonic Lodge #485 • Callen Leslie Mills: Jimmie Mae Bennett Golf Scholarship, Class of 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957, Terry Hawkins Memorial Masonic Scholarship, Candice Martin Memorial Scholarship “What Matters Most” • Alyxandria Nicole Moore: Graham High School Thespian • Nicholas Alexander Moore: DAR Good Citizen Scholarship, Graham High School Thespian, H.A. and Dorothy Hefner • Margaret Charis Nunley: Jimmie Mae Bennett Golf Scholarship, Graham Ladies’ Golf Association, C.L.S.C. Emma Le Veaux Parrish English Scholarship/Award • Alicia Olvera Rubio: Kiwanis Scholarship, Eunice and Joe B. Friedel • Cameron Eison Parker: Kenneth G. Knox-Class of 1952 Memorial • Gustavo Ramirez: Candice Martin Memorial Scholarship “What Matters Most” • Kathryn Paige Riggins: Libby Fellows Memorial • Elizabeth Dianne Routon: Texas Tech Alumni-Lake Country Chapter, Rotary Club of Graham-Texas Academic, Graham Savings & Loan, Brandon Bailey Memorial, Best All-Around Girl Graeme Stewart Shannon Memorial, Eugenia D. Howell, Echo Production Salutatorian Scholarship • Emily Paige Schaefer: Ray Herring Memorial-Graham Noon Lions Club-P.K. Relays, Graham Lions Club Youth Contest-Diabetes Awareness, Graham Lions Club Youth Contest-Outstanding Youth • Bryan Noel Sierra: Movelda E. Rhine • Jasmine Rose Sims: Tommy Littlepage Memorial Scholarship • William Cade Smith: Edgar Scholarship, Young County Bar Association, Rhogenia Kindley, Graham High School Thespian, Jack Cody Drama • Kristin Lee Spring: Graham High School Thespian, Jack Cody Drama • Evan McQuillin Stewart: Young County 4-H Parents Club • Lainey Skylar Stull: Brandon Bailey Memorial, Forrest Burnham Memorial Masonic Scholarship • Emily K Tennant: Todd Hall Memorial • Cady Rae Vandyke: Lee Allen Hunnewell Reading Scholarship • Sydney Alese Widner: Derek Liles Memorial Tennis Scholarship • Alexis Rae Williams: S.H.A.R.E