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Luther Ingram (right) presents LaFayette High School student Avery Davis with a GNTC Foundation High School Graduate Scholarship. Ingram is president and executive director of Roper Corporation and a member of the GNTC Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) awarded 48 scholarships totaling more than $37,000 to 47 graduating high school seniors in the northwest Georgia region.
Listed below are the scholarship recipients, showing (from left) the student’s name, city of residence, and high school.
The Chattooga High School Alumni Scholarship is awarded to five Chattooga High School seniors.
- Zayne Adams, Summerville, Chattooga High School
- Izabella Burdick, Summerville, Chattooga High School
- Kasen Elsberry, Summerville, Chattooga High School
- Jonas Hardy, Lyerly, Chattooga High School
- Ruby Kilgore, Trion, Chattooga High School
The Hix Family Scholarship is awarded to one senior from Coosa High School.
- Montserrat Cruz Pizano, Rome, Coosa High School
The McDaniel Family Scholarship is awarded to one Murray County High School senior and one North Murray High School senior for two years.
- Chloe Davenport, Chatsworth, Murray County High School
- Jonathan Luna Rubio, Chatsworth, North Murray High School
The Kirby Patterson Scholarship is awarded to one senior at Murray County High School and one from North Murray High School who reflect the values of the Patterson family: well-rounded individuals actively engaged in extracurricular activities, committed to giving back, and dedicated to their communities.
- Autumn Baker, Chatsworth, Murray County High School
- Jonathan Luna Rubio, Chatsworth, North Murray High School
The David Adam Scholarship is awarded to two Cedartown High School seniors, covering costs for four semesters.
- Keilyn Gomez Castaneda, Cedartown, Cedartown High School
- Anthony Pizano-Guzman, Lindale, Cedartown High School
The Foundation’s High School Graduate Scholarship is awarded to one senior at each public high school, college and career academy in GNTC’s nine-county service area.
- Zulmy Ambrocio, Trion, Trion High School
- Anna Bradberry, Ringgold, Heritage High School
- Mackenzie Brooks, Kingston, Model High School
- Destiny Bujosa, Tunnel Hill, Phoenix High School
- Braylon Calhoun, Chatsworth, Pleasant Valley Innovative School
- Noe Chavez-Cortes, Cedartown, Cedartown High School
- Leah Cochran, Trion, Chattooga High School
- Avery Davis, LaFayette, LaFayette High School
- Blayton Davis, Rockmart, Rockmart High School
- Rihanna Davis, Chickamauga, Walker LAUNCH College and Career Academy
- Brittany Green, Trenton, Dade County High School
- Lillan Howell, Rome, Rome High School
- Christian Huerta, Dalton, Northwest Whitfield High School
- Gabriela Huijon, Dalton, Coahulla Creek High School
- Houston Johnson, Calhoun, Calhoun High School
- Nevaeh Johnson, Menlo, Mountain Education Charter High School – Chattooga Campus
- Robert “Riley” Lindemann, Rome, Floyd County College and Career Academy
- Amaya McDermott, Rossville, Ridgeland High School
- Shaelyn Morales, Dalton, Northwest Georgia College and Career Academy
- Brooklyn Ngeth, Rossville, Catoosa County College and Career Academy
- Bianca Nunez, Dalton, The Dalton Academy
- Monica Pena, Calhoun, Calhoun College and Career Academy
- Lily Perez, Calhoun, Gordon Central High School
- Ella Purser, Cedartown, Polk County College and Career Academy
- Ambree Quarles, Sugar Valley, Sonoraville High School
- Shawn Rivera, Chatsworth, Gordon County College and Career Academy
- Daniela Rodriguez-Navarro, Dalton, Southeast Whitfield High School
- Nicholas Slade, Crandall, North Murray High School
- Lanie Spence, Chatsworth, Murray County High School
- Kerigan Stewart, Ringgold, Ringgold High School
- Danna “Camila” Tierrablanca-Valle, Dalton, Dalton High School
- Erika Touchstone, Rome, Armuchee High School
- Seanna Turner, Cave Spring, Coosa High School
- Callie Vreeland, Silver Creek, Pepperell High School
- Edwin Weatherborn, Rossville, Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School
- Makayla Wilcox, Trion, Mountain Education Charter High School – Chattooga Campus.
The GNTC Foundation Trustees are Valerie Brown, Whitfield County; Phillip Burkhalter, Floyd County; Linda Case, Dade County; Steven M. Henry, Catoosa County; Luther Ingram, Walker County; Amy L. Jackson, Catoosa County; Jay LeGrande, Polk County; Craig McDaniel, Floyd County; Paul Meredith, Chattooga County; Sherrie Patterson, Murray County; Damon Raines, Walker County; Becky Redd, Gordon County; and Doris White, Walker County.
