The Wooster/Orrville NAACP awarded five scholarships to area students totaling $7,400.
Recipients and their post-secondary education choices are Wooster High School graduates Aiden Holford, son of Ian and Alicia Holford, University of Cincinnati; Zhade Ellis, son of Sterivon and Misha Ellis, University of Akron; and Jackson Readinger, son of Alma Readinger. Ashland University.
Also awarded scholarships were Wayne County Career Center graduate Journey Keleal, daughter of Janet and Jonathan Kaleal,- The Wayne County Career Center; and Smithville High School graduate, Shayna Lowe, daughter of Rex and Connie Lowe, Charleston Southern University.