The Elkhart High School Class of 2008 was awarded $536,194 in scholarship moneys. The list is as follows:
• Alexis Allen — Baylor University, $107,428; Elkhart Band Boosters “John Phillip Sousa” Award, $1,000.
• Jerry Angton — Montgomery GI Bill, $39,000.
• Jace Boykin — Army College Fund and Montgomery GI Bill, $69,600.
• Lacey Chapin — Altrusa International of Anderson County, $500; Joni Rogers Memorial, $300; Palestine Evening Lions Club J.D. Lightfoot Scholarship, $2,000; TVCC Superintendent’s Scholarship, $3,000.
• Chris Crawford — Career Colleges and Schools of Texas, $1,000; South Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, $500.
• Cassey Edwards — Elkhart Athletic Booster Club, $500; Elkhart Parent Teacher Association, $300; St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, $2,400.
• Jordan Farley — Aubrey and Alda Lively Mosley Memorial, $500; Elkhart Athletic Booster Club, $1,000.
• Bryan Franklin — Houston County Dorothy Godrum Scholarship, $1,000; Matthew Molandes Memorial, $500; Stephen F. Austin State University, $5,200.
• Jesse Gause — Elkhart Student Council, $250.
• James Gaylord — Elkhart Parent Teacher Association, $300; Palestine Regional Medical Center, $2,000; Tyler Junior College Music and Dance Scholarship, $2,000.
• Kelly Griffith — East Texas Baptist University, $28,000.
• Rodney Grimsley — Johnny Parker Memorial, $500.
• Brittany Hamby — Tyler Junior College Music and Dance Scholarship, $2,000.
• Sam Henry — Palestine Rotary Club, $1,000.
• Katie Horrell — East Texas State Fair Scholarship, $3,000; Elkhart Parent Teacher Association, $300; Tyler Junior College Music and Dance Scholarship, $6,000.
• Amber Lankford — South Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, $500.
• Holly Ledbetter — Elkhart Congregational Methodist Church, $4,000.
• Katherine Lemus — Matthew Molandes Memorial, $500; South Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, $500.
• Chris Maciel — Elkhart Masonic Lodge, $500; Geraldine Davidson Memorial Fund Scholarship-Grace United Methodist Church, $500; Northwestern State University, $32, 312.
• Katie Mays — Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Delta Gamma, $750; Dorothy Norris Scholarship by CARS of Palestine, $500; Elkhart Masonic Lodge Lamar Award, undisclosed; Jones Scholarship of First United Methodist Church in Palestine, undisclosed; Joni Rogers Memorial, $300; TVCC Memorial Fund, $400; TVCC Superintendent’s Scholarship, $3,000; St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, $2,400.
• Jordan McCann — Geraldine Davidson Memorial Fund Scholarship-Grace United Methodist Church, $500; Sam Walton Community Scholarship, $1,000.
• Melissa Mendiola — Elkhart Beta Sigma Phi Chapter, $300; St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, $2,400.
• Amanda Molandes — Nucor Academic Scholarship — $12,000; St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, $2,400.
• Randall Reeves — East Texas Baptist University, $74,504; Elkhart Athletic Booster Club, $500.
• Ryan Rogers — Corey Blackmon Memorial, $400; Daughters of the American Revolution, $50; Elkhart Antler Newspaper, $250; Palestine Rotary Club, $1,000; Stephen F. Austin State University, $3,000.
• Kayelee Russell — Academic Excellence in Mathematics ad Science through Competition, $800; Baylor University, $40,000.
• Scarlett Spacek — Elkhart Alumni Association, $500.
• Katherine Tyer — Elkhart Athletic Booster Club, $1,000; Palestine Rotary Club, $1,000.
• Matt Williams — U.S. Air Force, $66,000.
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