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Community Foundation Board Approves 2009 Scholarships

The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region (CFRRR) is pleased to have recently awarded over $27,000 in academic scholarships to 24 outstanding area high school students. The awards were given from Foundation funds created by area citizens to memorialize or to honor family members, friends and colleagues. The Community Foundation is a 11 year old public foundation that builds endowed charitable funds to give to the community in the form of charitable grants.


The Mary E. Berger Scholarship was awarded to Ana Fairchild, EC Glass High School. Ms. Fairchild plans to study English at the University of Virginia.

Ana Fairchild
The Baron P. “Deuce” Braswell II Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Dominic Aldridge of Chancellor High School, Christian Armstrong of Spotsylvania High School, Caitlin Duffy of James Monroe High School and Sarah Frohnapfel of Colonial Forge High School. Mr. Aldridge plants to attend Radford University and study Political Science. Mr. Armstrong plans to study Engineering at Bridgewater College. Ms. Duffy will be attending the University of Virginia. Ms. Frohnapfel plans on pursuing journalism at Lafayette College.
Dominic Aldridge     
Dominic Aldridge                  Christian Armstrong           Caitlin Duffy

Sarah Frohnapfel 

The Brian Conner Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Nkosana Moyo, Chancellor High School. Mr. Moyo plans to study communications at Liberty University.

Nkosana Moyo


The Christine and Will Dickinson Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Virginia Keith, Chancellor High School. Ms. Keith plans on studying Psychology at Roanoke College.

Virginia Keith

The Jeremy Daniel Hawley Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Elijah Paul Sodegren, Fredericksburg Christian High School. Mr. Sodegren plans to enroll in the Associated Training Services.

Elijah Paul Sodegren

The James Monroe High School 1992 Girls Athletic Scholarship was awarded to Allison Blake Wood, James Monroe High School. Ms. Wood will be attending Virginia Tech and will be studying Biology. In addition, Ms. Wood was also awarded The Bill Lontz Science Scholarship and the Paul E. Neri Memorial Scholarship.

Allison Blake Wood

The Peter D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Jessica Cheek, Courtland High School. Ms. Cheek will be studying pediatric therapy at the University of Mary Washington.

Jessica Cheek

The Brandon Thomas Lawn Memorial Scholarship
was awarded to Kaitlyn Ardnt, Colonial Forge High School. Ms. Ardnt will be studying Political Science and Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico.

Kaitlyn Ardnt

The Betty Merrill Scholarship for Excellence in Latin was awarded to Chuhern Hwang, James Monroe High School. Mr. Hwang plans to study Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia.

Chuhern Hwang

The Horace A. Rivercomb Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Amy Loudin, King George High School. Ms. Loudin plans to study Music Performance and Education at George Mason University.

Amy Loudin

The Chris Ross Memorial Scholarship was awarded to two Spotsylvania High School graduates, Christian Armstrong and Kylie Graham. Both Mr. Armstrong and Ms. Graham will be attending Bridgewater College. Mr. Armstrong plans on studying Engineering and Ms. Graham plans on studying Chemistry and Art.

Christian Armstrong           Kylie Graham

The George A. and Lucy Mae Scott Scholarship was awarded to Caitlin Duffy of James Monroe High School. Ms. Duffy plans on attending the University of Virginia this fall.

Caitlin Duffy

The Seay Family Scholarship was awarded to Joshua Cruse. Mr. Cruse plans on attending George Mason where he will pursue his study of Music and Music Technology.

Joshua Cruse

The Sophia Silva Scholarship was awarded to Katelyn Smith of Courtland High School. Ms. Smith plans to attend the University of Virginia and receive a degree in nursing.



The Steven Snyder Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Kylie Schrade of Colonial Forge High School and Sarah Young of North Stafford High School. Ms. Schrade will be attending Brigham Young University’s pre-med program with a focus on Physiology and Developmental Biology. Ms. Young will be attending the College of William and Mary.

Kylie Schrade                    Sarah Young

The Crittenden R. Sullivan, Jr., Memorial Scholarship was awarded to James Monroe High School Graduate Emily Eason. Ms. Eason will be studying International Relations at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Emily Eason

The Georgia Willis Caroline High School Scholarship was awarded to Brittany Jackson, a recent graduate of Caroline High School. Ms. Jackson plans to attend the University of Virginia and study to become a nurse.

Brittany Jackson

 

 
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