State Awards $175,000 in Merit Scholarships to High School Seniors
(Wilmington, Del.) The Delaware Higher Education Commission (DHEC) has announced the recipients of five state merit scholarship programs for the 2009-2010 academic year. Merit scholarships are competitive and awarded based on a student’s academic performance, participation in school activities, and service to the community. Students can apply for Delaware merit scholarships in their senior year of high school. All five awards are renewable. Three of the programs are memorial scholarships that honor state legislators and provide full tuition, fees, room, board, and books at the public colleges in Delaware. Those scholarships are:
- The B. Bradford Barnes Memorial Scholarship, in honor of the former Speaker of the State House of Representatives, is awarded to one student each year enrolling at the University of Delaware. Christine Gregg of the The Charter School of Wilmington is the recipient of the B. Bradford Barnes Memorial Scholarship.
- The Herman M. Holloway, Sr. Memorial Scholarship, in honor of the first African-American State Senator in Delaware, is awarded to one student each year enrolling at Delaware State University. Valerie Irma Hyett of Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School in Newark received the Herman M. Holloway, Sr. Memorial Scholarship.
- The Charles L. Hebner Memorial Scholarship, in honor of the former Speaker of the State House of Representatives, is awarded annually to one student at each school who is majoring in the humanities or social sciences. (Preference is given to political science majors.) Dylan Cole Oakes of Christiana High School in Newark and Chantel S. Sessoms of Caravel Academy in Bear are the recipients of the Charles L. Hebner Memorial Scholarship.
The Diamond State Scholarship and the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship assist students attending regionally accredited colleges in any state. Winners of the Diamond State Scholarship receive $1,250 per year while Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship recipients receive $1,500 per year (based upon funding from the U.S. Congress). For the 2009-10 academic year, 50 students were awarded Diamond State Scholarships while 28 students received the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship. A list of the winners for these awards follows.
2009-10 Robert C. Byrd Recipients
| Aaron, Lenny | Brandywine High School |
| Binsted, Kaitlin Elizabeth | Indian River High School |
| Cain, Zachary Noah | Seaford Senior High School |
| Deinert, Katie | Smyrna High School |
| Fang, Karen L. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Galgano, Katie Marie | Caesar Rodney High School |
| Godwin, Rebecca Anne | Milford Senior High School |
| Gorman, Henry Grey | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Hammond, Christopher Daniel | Concord High School |
| Izzo, Michael Zachary | Indian River High School |
| Kapadia, Shefali | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Lim, Alane Ocampo | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Lin, Charlotte | Middletown High School |
| Ling, Phoebe Y. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Loney, Emily Lynn | Mount Pleasant High School |
| Mchale, Lindsay Anne | Glasgow High School |
| Miller, Ian T. | Cape Henlopen High School |
| Mishra, Divya | Newark High School |
| Natrin, Benjamin R. | Smyrna High School |
| Olezene, Cameron | Caesar Rodney High School |
| Ostroff, Hannah Sophia | Dover High School |
| Parker, Mariah E. | Mount Pleasant High School |
| Polu, Suvidha Reddy | Caravel Academy |
| Rawding, Jennifer M. | St. Mark's High School |
| Roelofs, Rebecca Dawn | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Sun, Crystal Lee | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Tao, Rae | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Wells, Nicole Marie | Middletown High School |
2009-10 Diamond State Scholarship Recipients
| Abraham, Leanne F. | Middletown High School |
| Amin, Dhara | Newark High School |
| Baca, Ellen | Christiana High School |
| Bhatti, Hamza Amer | Middletown High School |
| Boyett, Carla Ann | Middletown High School |
| Carey, Kevin Andrew | Concord High School |
| Caton, Daniel R. | Salesianum School |
| Cox, Chelsea Nichole | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Davis, Andrew J. | Dover High School |
| Desch, Jacquelyn M. | Ursuline Academy |
| Dodge, Sarah R. | Ursuline Academy |
| Dumigan, Paul | Cape Henlopen High School |
| Fan, Albert B. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Feick, John | St. Mark's High School |
| Gearhart, Katrina Rose | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Gianakon, Ruthie Elise | The Tatnall School |
| Joson, Jacqueline Katherine | Red Lion Christian Academy |
| Kmetz, Zachary David | Indian River High School |
| Lee, Catherine Sumiko | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Lundy, Simone | Caesar Rodney High School |
| Lynch, William Clarke | Indian River High School |
| Markham, Alan Stuart | Caravel Academy |
| Mclaughlin, Amy Corinn | Mt. Sophia Academy |
| Medoff, Katrina G. | Sanford School |
| Merlo, Hilary | Cape Henlopen High School |
| Mullen, Jessica A. | John Dickinson High School |
| Neff, Jack B. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Nguyen, Thien-Huong Ngoc | Concord High School |
| Notigan, Lindsey | Christine Middletown High School |
| Oyola, Jose Rodolfo | Woodbridge High School |
| Prisco, Elise N. | Dover High School |
| Reinicker, Polly K. | Alexis I. duPont High School |
| Roesch, Torey | Allan Middletown High School |
| Ruoff, Colleen | Claire Brandywine High School |
| Sawyer, Adrian | John Newark High School |
| Saxton, Lauren Nicole | Lake Forest High School |
| Schwartz-Glassner, Sara Danielle | Newark High School |
| Stevens, Andrea | Ursuline Academy |
| Stevenson, Natalie A. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Stoakley, Blair | William Caesar Rodney High School |
| Strickland, Mark | Milford Senior High School |
| Teeshad, Shantanu A. | William Penn High School |
| Thorp, Kyle Robert | Mt. Sophia Academy |
| Tuhy, Steven M. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Walker, Tyler Lucas | Caravel Academy |
| Way, Leah S. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Weidner, Erik | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Weiner, Adam M. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
| Wisniewski-Barker, Amelia Rose | The Tatnall School |
| Wu, Daniel L. | The Charter School of Wilmington |
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