Wake Electric Awards $22,000 in College Scholarships to Local Students
Every year, Wake Electric awards scholarships to high school seniors who are planning to continue their education at a college, university, community college or technical school. This year, Wake Electric awarded 16 $1,250 Touchstone Energy scholarships and one $2,000 Fred M. Alford Memorial scholarship. Altogether, Wake Electric awarded $23,250 in college scholarships to local students. Funding for scholarships is made possible by Wake Electric members and Wake Electric employees through WECare’s Operation RoundUp Program. For more information about Wake Electric’s college scholarship program, visit: wemc.com/scholarships
The Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship ($2,000) was awarded to:
Renee Stevens
Franklinton High School
The Wake Electric Scholarship ($1,250) winners are:
- Sophia Abbott, Heritage High
- Logan Allen, Granville Early College
- Rebecca Burgess-Wise, Wake STEM Early College
- Janice Bynum, Franklin County Early College
- Alyssa Dadon, UNC Charlotte
- Elijah Esslinger, Falls Lake Academy
- Emma Haynes, University of Mount Olive
- Sydney Hockaday, Meredith College
- Zara Kemp, Wake Forest High
- Allison Lavrack, South Granville High
- Elizabeth League, UNC Chapel Hill
- Eric Neugebauer, Wake Early College
- Lindsay Phillips, Franklin Academy
- Addison Preddy, Granville Early College
- Nicola Thompson, Vance Early College
- Harold Timberlake IV, Vance County High