Around $150,000 in scholarships were awarded to Graham High School seniors as part of the 39th annual GHS Scholarship Awards Ceremony.
The scholarship presentation was held Tuesday, April 29 at Graham Memorial Auditorium with parents, staff and visitors present to support the local students.
Around 200 local scholarships were provided by 71 different local benefactors, clubs and agencies.
Student recipients
• Brihanna Aben – Dorothy M. Street Memorial Music Scholarship, First Presbyterian Church-Peggy and Joe McKinley Memorial Scholarship, Harrison Brown Memorial Scholarship, To the Moon: Cindy Berend Memorial Scholarship
• Jazlyn Van Alstyne – Mary Lillian Blackstock Poetry Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship
• Astacia Alvarez – Red River Promise Cords
• Paul Andrade – Kodi Hill Degler Memorial Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Lidia Ariana Baeza – S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship
• Daniel Barrios – Bertha Foundation Scholarship
• Caden Bobbitt – Red River Promise Cords
• Jase Brisco – Red River Promise Cords
• Brailey Brooks – Brandon Bailey Memorial Scholarship, Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Randy Finney Memorial Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Young County Farm Bureau Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Hayden Burrows – Derek Liles Memorial Tennis Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Jack Caddell – S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship
• Mason Clayton – Red River Promise Cords
• Benjamin Davidson – Bertha Foundation Scholarship
• Sara Dospapas – Graham Ladies’ Golf Association, Graham Leader Media Scholarship, Rotary Club of Graham Texas Academic Scholarship, Jack Cody Drama Scholarship, Lee Allen Hunnewell Reading Scholarship, Graham Youth Cheer Scholarship
• Brooklyn Edwards – Bertha Foundation Scholarship
• Tyler Ewing – Movelda E. Rhine Memorial Scholarship
• Hailey Fuentes – Class of 1958 Scholarship, Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship
• Thomas Gage – Graham Interbank Scholarship, Jean and Harry Bettis Educational Foundation Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Jimmy Rogers Memorial Masonic Scholarship, Salutatorian Scholarship
• Parker Garrett – Bertha Foundation Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Rebekah Gilbertson – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Graham Leader Media Scholarship, Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Club Emma le Veaux Parrish English Scholarship, Harrison Brown Memorial Scholarship, Jean and Harry Bettis Educational Foundation Scholarship, Jeff Lowery Memorial Scholarship, Young County Warrior Ranch Scholarship, Bettis, Boyle, Stovall and Street Valedictorian Scholarship, Graham Noon Lions Academic Scholarships
• Emilee Gordy – First Presbyterian Church-Peggy and Joe McKinley Memorial Scholarship, First State Bank Scholarship, Graham Regional Medical Center Fallen Healthcare Heroes Scholarship, Jeff Lowery Memorial Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Mike Brewer Memorial Masonic Scholarship, All-Around Girl Brooke Woodruff Cherry Memorial Scholarships, Lu Allen Memorial Scholarship
• Hallie Gough – Brazos Communications Scholarship, Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Eugenia D. Howell Scholarship
• Charlii Haak – Class of 1958 Scholarship, Texas Tech Lake Country Scholarship, Bailey Pippin Memorial Scholarship, Lu Allen Memorial Scholarship
• Matthew Hazzard – S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Tom Hughes Memorial Scholarship
• Jayton Hearne – Bailey Pippin Memorial Scholarship, Growing Chords: Bryan Odom and Dough Loesch Memorial Scholarship
• Easton Hedge – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Hunnewell Religious Foundation Scholarship, Best All-Around Boy Brooke Woodruff Cherry Memorial Scholarships
• William Henry – Red River Promise Cords
• Camila Hernandez – Red River Promise Cords
• Roberto Hernandez – Red River Promise Cords
• Aneida Huerta – Donnie Choate Memorial Scholarship Club, Graham Savings and Loan Vocational Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Mary and Louis Pitcock, Jr. Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Valerie Herrera-Jimenez – Bertha Foundation Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Marigale Jordan – Red River Promise Cords
• Brazier Joy – DAR Good Citizen Scholarship, Young County Farm Bureau Scholarship
• Jackson Kidd – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Dorothy M. Street Memorial Music Scholarship, Young County Warrior Ranch Scholarship, Lew and Barbara Allen Scholarship
• Luis Lucio – Bertha Foundation Scholarship
• Vanessa Lucio – Ciera Bank Scholarship, Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Graham Leader Media Scholarship, Graham Noon Lions Club Academic Scholarships, Graham Savings and Loan Scholarship, J. Duff Pitcock Scholarship, Sheri Lea Burkett Memorial Scholarship by the Burkett Family, Jeff Lowery Memorial Scholarship, Libby Fellows Memorial Scholarship, To the Moon: Cindy Berend Memorial Scholarship, Forrest Burnham Memorial Masonic Scholarship
• Georgia Martin – Lu Allen Memorial Scholarship
• Braylee Mayes – Bailey Pippin Memorial Scholarship, Graham Noon Lions Club P.K. Relays Ray Herring Memorial Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Lu Allen Memorial Scholarship, Tommy Littlepage Memorial Scholarship
• Devin McCall – Tom Hunnewell Memorial Scholarship, Honor Graduate Scholarship
• Rebecca McGregor – Jean and Harry Bettis Educational Foundation Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Forrest Lasater Memorial Masonic Scholarship
• Annemarie McHenry – Brazos Communications Scholarship, Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Lu Allen Memorial Scholarship
• Mason Milton – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Graham Leader Media Scholarship, Graham Regional Medical Center Fallen Healthcare Heroes Scholarship, Jimmy Guinn Memorial Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Eric Montano – Red River Promise Cords
• Lillian Noble – Lu Allen Memorial Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Young County Warrior Ranch Scholarship
• Carlos Olalde – Movelda E. Rhine Memorial Scholarship, Bertha Foundation Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Damariz Ortiz – Red River Promise Cords
• Daniela Perez – Larry Evans Memorial Scholarship
• Grace Rios-Perkins – Red River Promise Cords
• Olivia Pettus – Rob Puryear Memorial Scholarship
• Rylee Ranger – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Graham Ladies’ Golf Association, Harrison Brown Memorial Scholarship, J.D. Burke Memorial Scholarship, Jean & Harry Bettis Educational Foundation Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Eugenia D. Howell Scholarship
• Brayden Riggins – Amber Lindley Memorial Scholarship, Brazos Communications Scholarship
• Hugo Rincon – Annie Ozella Jones Memorial Scholarship, Bertha Foundation Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Christian Ritchie – H.A. and Dorothy Hefner Memorial Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Tristen Roberts – Hunnewell Religious Foundation Scholarship, J.D. Burke Memorial Scholarship
• Brycen Rogers – Kenneth G. Knox, Class of 1952 Memorial Scholarship
• Mateo Sanguines-Rodriguez – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Dorothy M. Street Memorial Music Scholarship, Graham Noon Lions Club P.K. Relays Ray Herring Memorial Scholarship, Kenneth G. Knox, Class of 1952 Memorial Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Alexia Santos – Bertha Foundation Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Nayan Sarinana – Bertha Foundation Scholarship, Red River Promise Cords
• Diana Simental – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Todd Hall Memorial Scholarship, Bertha Foundation Scholarship
• Scout Smith – Randy Finney Memorial Scholarship
• Ryder Taylor – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship
• Ty Thompson – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship
• Camden Thorne – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, Lu Allen Memorial Scholarship
• Mario-Gael Trejo – Red River Promise Cords
• Oziel Trejo – Denny Bryan Memorial Scholarship, Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Graham Evening Lions Club, Jimmie Mae Bennet Golf Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship, To the Moon: Cindy Berend Memorial Scholarship
• Macee Wilde – Amber Lindley Memorial Scholarship, Jean and Harry Bettis Educational Foundation Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship
• Lexi Wolf – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship
• Bruin Wright – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship
• Heather Wright – Desk and Derrick Club Scholarship, Kiwanis Scholarship, S.H.A.R.E. Scholarship
• Silas Yoder – Red River Promise Cords
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