Release date: April 18, 2008 News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-2919Neill-Sandler Scholars at MTSU contact: Kippy Todd, 615-898-5756
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Neill-Sandler Scholars at MTSU Awards Event April 22in Kennon Sports Hall of Fame
(MURFREESBORO) — Ten special high-school seniors who have endured and overcome life’s hardships will be recognized Tuesday, April 22, when they will receive Neill-Sandler Scholars at MTSU awards. The event will start at 6 p.m. in the Emmett and Rose Kennon Sports Hall of Fame.
Eight recipients will earn a $5,000 scholarship. One recipient will be awarded the $10,000 Ray and Judy Danner Scholarship; the $7,500 Sidney and Elizabeth McPhee Scholarship will be awarded to a second recipient.
This year's Neill-Sandler Scholars at MTSU will include Lacey Parchman of DeKalb County High School in Smithville; Courtney Ashburn of Huntland High School in Franklin County; Kristen Bay of Lebanon High School; Amy Elizabeth Hutton of Warren County High School in McMinnville; Macie Mayberry of Tullahoma High School; Mistee Harris of Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro; Ashley Ramsey of Cannon County High School in Woodbury; Matthew Bain of Cascade High School in Wartrace; Kenneth James Trader of Brentwood High School; and Bridget Snell of Coffee County Central High School.
Obstacles they have overcome include: deaths of parents, a brother or a friend; health problems; learning disabilities; family separations and more.
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