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McKinney Education Foundation Tops Last Year with Record Scholarship Awards Friday Night
McKINNEY, TX, June 1, 2009 – The McKinney Education Foundation defied the recession by awarding a record amount in scholarships at its annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony Friday night.
In all, MEF awarded 244 scholarships totaling $324,425.
“This community has shown its commitment to education by contributing in such a significant way during these economic times,” says MEF Executive Director Melanie Perkins. “This year, more than ever, these scholarships can make the difference for these students to be able to attend college.”
The scholarships awarded at Friday night’s ceremony were a combination of the proceeds from endowments as well as one-time or annual scholarships from dozens of businesses, individuals, parent/student groups, service organizations and MISD staff contributions.
“In addition to helping with the costs of attending college, a scholarship is a way to tell a student that somebody believes in them and supports their pursuit of a higher education,” says Ashley Walton, MEF Advisor at Boyd High School. “Some students are unsure about their ability to succeed at college, but are so encouraged to know that some businessperson, teacher or booster club believed in them enough to give them a scholarship.”
MEF is a non-profit education foundation created to centralize, simplify and enhance the process of raising money for and awarding scholarships to deserving graduates of the three McKinney high schools, as well as Serenity High and LINC. MEF also has advisors who specialize in higher education admissions at all of the McKinney high schools to help students apply for and find additional funding for college.
If you would like to help young people achieve their dreams of attending college by starting a scholarship for your PTA, PTO, booster club or business, please contact Melanie Perkins at 469-742-6314.
2009 MEF Scholarship Receipients
Catherine Wehba -- A. M. Scott Jr. Memorial
Kunnell Zachariah -- Alex Clark Memorial
Olivia Rehrman -- Atmos Energy
Blaine Gibson -- Baggett-Leonard Family - Toni Lou Baggett Memorial
Alana Staton -- Ben and Elisabeth Garrison Endowment
Dana Johnson -- Ben Whisenant - Bank of Texas Endowment
Jay Hicks -- Bob and Barbara Tomes/Bob Tomes Ford Endowment
Ethan Pulliam -- Bobby Younger Memorial
Sae Iwata -- Boyd Aces
Parker Boleneus -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Jacob Coffey -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Brandon Dugall -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
William Fletcher -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Colton Fries -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Chris Garrison -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Randy Mann -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Ryan Parker -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Ethan Pulliam -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Kyle Scherer -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Andrew Welsh -- Boyd Baseball Boosters
Zachary Adamczyk -- Boyd Football Boosters
Nolan Clemmons -- Boyd Football Boosters
Daniel Edgar -- Boyd Football Boosters
Weston Eubanks -- Boyd Football Boosters
Grant Gibson -- Boyd Football Boosters
Phillip Richardson -- Boyd Football Boosters
Brent Wyke -- Boyd Football Boosters
Max Mullen -- Boyd PTO
Colleen Reidy -- Boyd PTO
NaaAsheley Ollennu -- Boyd Softball Boosters
Kelci Dudine -- Boyd Student Council
Emily Warren -- Brooks Family Endowment
Whitney Warren -- Brooks Family Endowment
Logan Boone -- Burks PTO Soaring Eagle
Kasi Koppa -- Burks PTO Soaring Eagle
Michael Clark -- Charlie Qualls Memorial
Jerrod Coker -- Churner Family Endowment
Emma DeBoer -- Daughters of the American Revolution, John Abston Chapter
Garrett Beasley -- Dick and Lori Stevens
Mariana Diaz -- Don Day District One
Rikki Foster -- Dr. J. J. Rafie Memorial
Kayla Giles -- Dr. Lyn Mefford Endowment
Angela Kim -- Dr. Maurice M. Weikel Memorial
Blake Cronin -- Drew Carlisle Memorial
Brittany Hood -- Durham Transportation
Hannah Yohn -- Durham Transportation
Phillip Delarosa -- Durham Transportation
Charles Gonsalves -- Durham Transportation
Miguel Quintana -- Durham Transportation
Eimy Bermudez -- Durham Transportation
Chloe Damukaitis -- E.F. Lewis Family Limited Partnership Endowment
Stacy Burrell -- El Chico of McKinney
Alec Baum -- Emerson Process Management Endowment
Justin Montgomery -- Emerson Process Management
Christopher Kraft -- Evans Middle School Athletic Booster Club
Diana Ayala -- Faubion Middle School PTO Endowment honoring Harvey Oaxaca
Christina Rhea -- Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon & Roberts, P.C.
Allison Frizzell -- Goldie Webb Memorial
Maria Alacacio -- Grace Rivera Memorial
Eduardo Hernandez -- Grace Rivera Memorial
Sarah Birdsong -- Health Occupations Students of America
Chloe Damukaitis -- Health Occupations Students of America
Emily Warren -- Independent Bank Endowment
Whitney Warren -- Independent Bank Endowment
Emily Cooper -- Jack and Eddie Faubion Memorial
Aaron Converse -- Jennifer Dill Rienhard Memorial
Emily Judd -- Jewell Abernathy Scholarship Fund
Tyler Terrill -- John S. and Rachel Heard Award
Lincy George -- Joplin Family Endowment
Erika Brown -- Judy and Carey Cox Family Endowment
Alisa Bovda -- Kaizen
Amanda Hurley -- Kiwanis Club of McKinney
Sunakshi Sethi -- Kiwanis Club of McKinney
Katharine Donner -- KONE
Kimberly Stephens -- Laud and Virginia Howell Endowment
Jon Piatt -- Legacy Bank Endowment
Samantha McKnight -- Leslie Geer Memorial
Vanessa Ramirez -- LULAC
Megan Coffin -- Lynn Sperry Endowment
Lamar Peeples -- Lynn Sperry Endowment
LaKeisha Jones -- Lynn Sperry Endowment
Nick Hernandez -- Lynn Sperry Endowment
Brittany Rhinebarger -- Lynn Sperry Endowment
Zachery Schendt -- Lynn Sperry Endowment
Gage Tynes -- Lynn Sperry Endowment
Diedra Estrella -- Mark and Geralyn Kever/UBS
Dexter Farlough -- Mark and Geralyn Kever/UBS
Ashley Kelly -- Mark and Geralyn Kever/UBS
Matthew Stepan -- Matthew Palmatier Memorial
Darius Coleman -- MBHS Varsity Basketball Boosters
Justin Davenport -- MBHS Varsity Basketball Boosters
Colton Fries -- MBHS Varsity Basketball Boosters
Christopher Sivells -- MBHS Varsity Basketball Boosters
Magen Scott -- McKinney Cooperative Gin Endowment
Kelsey Turman -- McKinney Education Foundation Achievement Award
Thor Lund -- McKinney Education Foundation Achievement Award
Jenny Lee -- McKinney Education Foundation Achievement Award
Haley Hickman -- McKinney Ex-Student Association
Tayler Burnside -- McKinney Ex-Students Association
Sana Mahmood -- McKinney Lions Club
Robby Karl -- McKinney Police Association
Kelsey Higgins -- McKinney Rotary Club - Al Ruschhaupt Memorial
Lauren Griffin -- McKinney Rotary Club - Carey Cox Memorial
William Hamlett -- McKinney Summer Musicals
Rebecca Bezak -- McKinney Summer Musicals
Olivia Cope -- McKinney Summer Musicals
Maria Whelan -- Medical Center of McKinney Endowment
Adam Cislo -- MEF Memorial (This year’s MEF Memorial Scholarship is composed of donations made through April 30, 2009, in memory of Mark E. Smith, Peggy Cathey, Herman Lawson, Roberta Floyd, Glen Savage and Jerry Miller.)
Daniel Moore -- MEF Staff
Chistopher Ofiokpa -- MEF Staff
Rahsheema Reed -- MEF Staff
Christopher Haga -- MEF Staff
Kelly Miller -- MHS Athletic Booster Club
Eric Prinslow -- MHS Athletic Booster Club
Victoria Brenna -- MHS Band Endowment
David Cullinan -- MHS Band Endowment
Paige Calodney -- MHS Cheer
Jessica Carver -- MHS Cheer
Georgia David -- MHS Cheer
Emily Warren -- MHS Cheer
Haleigh Warren -- MHS Cheer
Madelyn Wilson -- MHS Cheer
Connie Zurbuch -- MHS Cheer
Hadley Million -- MHS Pride, Leadership and Traditions
Maria Alcacio -- MHS PTO Endowment
Jose Franco -- MHS PTO Endowment
DeVaughn Goulbourne -- MHS PTO Endowment
Jordan Hicks -- MHS PTO Endowment
Meredith Thomas -- MHS PTO Endowment
Elizabeth Brannon -- MHS Soccer Boosters
Jonathan Smith -- MHS Soccer Boosters
Jeff Tarrant -- MHS Student Council
Katherine DeMarke -- MHS Volleyball Boosters
Brenna Garbelman -- MHS Volleyball Boosters
Brittany Johnson -- MHS Volleyball Boosters
Kelly Miller -- MHS Volleyball Boosters
Jessica Peralta -- Minnis Family Endowment
Abbey Baxter -- MISD Staff Fund
Evan Bogard -- MISD Staff Fund
Martin Garcia -- MISD Staff Fund
Ashton Gelat -- MISD Staff Fund
Taylor Hodgkinson -- MISD Staff Fund
Melissa Ingebretsen -- MISD Staff Fund
Lauren Manson -- MISD Staff Fund
Devin McDaniel -- MISD Staff Fund
Tyler McLaughlin -- MISD Staff Fund
Ashley Minei -- MISD Staff Fund
Amy Reed -- MISD Staff Fund
Katherine Benham -- MISD Staff Fund
Robert Benjamin -- MISD Staff Fund
Spencer Bennett -- MISD Staff Fund
Curtis Christian -- MISD Staff Fund
Jonathan Dharamraj -- MISD Staff Fund
Samuel Evans -- MISD Staff Fund
Gretchen Gupton -- MISD Staff Fund
Loren Hamilton -- MISD Staff Fund
Curtis Horvath -- MISD Staff Fund
Brittany Johnson -- MISD Staff Fund
Brittani Jones -- MISD Staff Fund
Spencer Kunz -- MISD Staff Fund
Matthew Parkman -- MISD Staff Fund
Melanie Richards -- MISD Staff Fund
Gwendolyn Wolfe -- MISD Staff Fund
Sarah Birdsong -- MISD Staff Fund
Jordan Carter -- MISD Staff Fund
Ryan Cunningham -- MISD Staff Fund
Jared Datzman -- MISD Staff Fund
Lane Davis -- MISD Staff Fund
Shelby Huffman -- MISD Staff Fund
Meghan Knowles -- MISD Staff Fund
Alexander Laudenslager -- MISD Staff Fund
Stephen McAnally -- MISD Staff Fund
Travis Peebles -- MISD Staff Fund
Angela Starrett -- MISD Staff Fund
Daniella Hill -- MISD Trade and Industrial Endowment
Steven Byrd -- MNHS Boys Basketball Boosters
Jared Stenstrud -- MNHS Boys Basketball Boosters
Sara Herbel -- MNHS Cheer
Jemema Crayton -- MNHS Girls Basketball Boosters
Asa Livingston -- MNHS Girls Basketball Boosters
Trenton Bloedel -- MNHS Gridiron Club Endowment in memory of Austin York
Vincent Stanko -- MNHS Gridiron Club Endowment in memory of Matthew Self
Alyssa Isaguirre -- MNHS PTSO
Kate Onofrey -- MNHS PTSO
Garrett Tucker -- MNHS PTSO
Sarah Becker -- MNHS Softball Boosters
Tayler Burnside -- MNHS Softball Boosters
Lindsey Collings -- MNHS Softball Boosters
Amy Kilpatrick -- MNHS Softball Boosters
Meghan Knowles -- MNHS Softball Boosters
Kathy Shelton -- MNHS Softball Boosters
Kara Ashley -- MNHS Tennis Booster
Michael Bedgood -- MNHS Tennis Boosters
Jessica Wellman -- MNHS Volleyball Booster
Kathy Shelton -- MNHS Volleyball Boosters
Andrew Ericson -- Nissan of McKinney
John Oneill -- Nissan of McKinney
Lauren Thompson -- Nissan of McKinney
Apinya Pantages -- Nissan of McKinney
Ashley Riccardi -- Nissan of McKinney
Ericka Clendening -- Nissan of McKinney
Colton Robbins -- Nissan of McKinney
Justin Beegle -- Nissan of McKinney
Ashley Ward -- North Central Women's Health Partners
Austin Chase -- Pay It Forward
Reid Garcia -- Pete and Nancy Huff Endowment
Doris Lee -- Pete and Nancy Huff Endowment
Ryan Parker -- Phil and Kathy Parker Family Endowment
Alisa Bovda -- Pogue, Inc. Endowment
Mia Ward -- Presidential Award honoring Patti Churner
Kenny George -- Primo Endowment
Charles Parker -- Primo Endowment
Aimi Tanada -- Primo Endowment
Daniel Benitez -- Radean Herron Memorial
Carlos Florez -- Raytheon
Alex Ruiz -- Raytheon Hispanic Employees Association
Janet Franco -- Rebecca Oaxaca Endowment
John Wilson -- Robert Reed Memorial
DeVaughn Goulbourne -- Ron Poe Football Scholarship
Brett Heldt -- Ron Poe Football Scholarship
Jacoby Johnson -- Ron Poe Football Scholarship
Kelsey Curran -- Ruth Dowell Memorial
Abby Bishop -- Ruth LeVan Endowment
Briann Dorris -- Sexton Family Academic Endowment
Areli Mendoza -- Sexton Family Academic Endowment
Brenda Perales -- Shannon Barnett Memorial
Zach Bitting -- Spencer Taylor Memorial
Nicole Cassidy -- Spencer Taylor Memorial
Brett Peters -- Square One Mortgage, a division of Independent Bank
Eduardo Hernandez -- Stephanie Arno Memorial
Jasmine Marshall -- Stephanie Smith Memorial
Casey Carroll -- Stonebridge Ranch Ladies Association
Natasha Delgadillo -- Stonebridge Ranch Ladies Association
Darren Mills -- Strikz Entertainment
Daniel Parker -- Tate Financial Group
Austin Butts -- Texas State Optical - Dr. Jonathan Sher
David Oleson -- Texas State Optical - Dr. Jonathan Sher
Nicole Cassidy -- Texas State Optical - Dr. Jonathan Sher
Caleb Dunson -- United Methodist Women - Botsy McClanahan
Trevor Bouck -- Valley Creek PTA
Rachel Levy -- Valley Creek PTA
Edgar Pineda -- Webb PTO
Michael Krause -- Wichmann Family
