KILLEEN, TX — 53 Killeen ISD students are receiving $68,000 in scholarships from the KISD Alumni Association and the KISD Education Foundation.
The Killeen ISD Education Foundation's partners are set to award $67,400 in scholarships to 53 seniors that will graduate from high school.
In addition to honoring a new class of distinguished alumni and awarding scholarships to seniors, the event provides Education Foundation leaders a chance to thank its donors.
Since 2000, the KISD Education Foundation has awarded $831,214 in campus classroom grants and rebates, $411,589 in professional learning grants and $471,228 in scholarships to 314 graduating seniors.
The KISD Alumni Association with Central Texas College and numerous Education Foundation partners will host its annual Student Reception and Distinguished Aluni Awards event at CTC's Anderson Campus Center on Thursday at 5:15 p.m.
This year’s scholarship recipients include the following:
Central Texas College Scholarships – Erin Brown, Cassie Reyher, Jaquelin Rodriguez, Carolina Rosario and Alexia Wilkinson
Alumni Association Scholarships – Chantelle Cancel, Victoria Hicks, Audrey Lucey, Baylee McGuire and Alana Ruff
Barr Family Scholarship – Hakim Scott
Vicky Cooke Johnson Emerald Award – Kylei Vale
De Los Santos Academic Scholarship – Izja Lopez
Joni Lutz De Los Santos Education Scholarship – Carolyn Orona
Cohen Diem Special Education Scholarship – Laura Manglona
Educated Angels Scholarship in Memory of C. Zachary Sheppard – Naomi Whitfield
Andreas Garza Memorial Scholarship – Joceline Ballesteros
Norma Gray Memorial Scholarship – Nevaeh Christie
Hargus Family Scholarship – Brennan “Tucker” Sills
Dr. Jim and Nancy Hawkins Scholarship – Toranz James
Heart of a Lion Scholarship – Avery Parker
Maxine Hemenway and Joyce Wright Music Scholarship – Aliya Gonzalez
Margaret Hunt Memorial Scholarship – Faith Mason
Hunter Rentals Educational Scholarship – Kamyah Barnes
Killeen High School Class of 1975 Scholarship – Leyhma Leban
Killeen High School Class of 1977 Scholarship – Brittaney Rivera-Orsini
KISD Educational Foundation Board Scholarship – Youstina Soliman and Jannel Hayden
KISD Education Foundation Campus Scholarship – Peyton Heidtbrink, Mohammad Khan, Jaylah Rawles, Dinev Rosales and Isaiah Sears
Killeen School Retirees’ Association Scholarship – Jean Cerezo-Pujol
Lions Pride Exemplifying Character Scholarship – Juan Villafana
Juanell Byrd Skidmore Memorial Scholarship – Cheyenne Carpenter and You Na Kim
Subhani Foundation Scholarship – Pasche Malone
Jack A. Wells Memorial Scholarship – Alejandro Vega
Whitis Foundation Scholarship – Esther Dashevsky
Al “Doc” Wilson Scholarship – Cesar GaribayBartolo
Lolly Buckley Memorial Scholarship – Natalia Goodman
Cleaver Family Scholarship – Gabrielle Clemente and Joseph Denton
Ace M. Connell Music Scholarship – Elizabeth Mattson
John and Gladys Driver Scholarship – Erika Closson and Isabella Trujillo
Harriet C. Jackson Scholarship – Haley Brown
Dr. Henry A. Mayer, Jr. Memorial Scholarship – Alejandra Collier
Brad Pfiester Memorial Scholarship – Lydia Scott
Gary and Helen Purser Family Scholarship – Adia Orduna
Mike Russell Eagle Scout Memorial Scholarship – Stephanie Espinosa Hernandez
