RICHMOND, Va., May 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast
Foundation today announced the 2017 recipients of its annual
Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program awards in
Virginia. The program, funded by
the Comcast Foundation, recognizes the best and brightest high
school seniors for their community service, academic performance
and leadership skills.
"Congratulations to this year's scholarship winners for their
outstanding achievements in both the classroom and their
communities," said Governor Terry
McAuliffe. "Education is essential to a brighter future for
our students and for the economy they will enter after graduation.
I thank Comcast for their commitment to education and look forward
to the impact these winners will have for years to come."
Comcast, joined by Deputy Attorney General: Transportation, Real
Estate & Construction Division for the Commonwealth of
Virginia, Stephen A. Cobb and school administrators,
recognized the students at a special event held Thursday, May 18, at the Virginia State Capitol.
Fifty-nine recipients of the 2017 Virginia Leaders and
Achievers® scholarships received $1,000 scholarships. Chrinique Christian, a
senior at Matoaca High School in Chesterfield County was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship – instituted
in honor of Ralph J. Roberts,
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation – for a total
of $69,000 awarded this year to
Virginia high school students.
"It is an honor to be a part of an event that celebrates such
exceptional young adults," said Cobb. "These high school
seniors have proven to be leaders in their communities, and the
Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship program is giving them
the recognition they deserve. I look forward to following these
students' successes in the years to come."
"Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners are committed to
academic excellence and community service," said Mary McLaughlin, Senior Vice President of
Comcast's Beltway Region. "We are honored to recognize their
achievements, and are excited to support them as they continue
their educational journeys."
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides
scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full
potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their
communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as
models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program
is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future
and to engage them in their communities. The program also
demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value
placed on civic involvement by the business community.
Since 2003, Comcast has awarded nearly $800,000 in Leaders & Achievers Scholarships
to more than 760 students in Virginia. This year, the program
will award more than $2 million in
scholarships to more than 2,000 students across the country to help
them pursue higher education. Visit here to learn
more.
2017 Comcast Leaders and Achievers®
Scholarship Recipients from Virginia
Alexandria
Rachel
Price of Bishop Ireton High
School
Adele Reardon of St. Stephen's &
St. Agnes School
Arlington
Veronica Olivera of Arlington Mill
High School Continuation Program
Augusta County
Brett Hostetler of Riverheads High
School in Staunton
Charlottesville
Kibiriti Majuto of Charlottesville High School
Chesterfield County
Shaquille Carmichael of Cosby High School in Midlothian
Chrinique Christian of Matoaca High School
Cana Clark of Thomas Dale High School in Chester
Isobel Harrison of Midlothian High
School
Emilia Lizama Garay of Meadowbrook
High School
Alexandria Markiewicz of Monacan
High School
Eva Melendez of L.C. Bird High School
Vivian Tran of Manchester High
School in Midlothian
Culpeper County
Brooke Bonfadini of Culpeper County
High School
Danville
Amanda Liggon of George Washington High School
Dinwiddie County
Brooke Winn of Dinwiddie High School
Emporia
De'Ja
Mangrum of Greensville County High School
Fairfax County
Jenna Hirshfeld of South Lakes High
School in Reston
Frederick County
Kristen Enns of James Wood High School in Winchester
Abigail Esslinger of Millbrook High
School in Winchester
Mitchell Skowbo of Sherando High
School in Stephens City
Hanover County
Zachary Berenson of Atlee High School in Mechanicsville
Mikayla Mason of Hanover High School
in Mechanicsville
Harrisonburg
Genevieve Cowardin of Harrisonburg
High School
Henrico County
Unity
Bowling of Glendale Home School
Madison Bradley of Godwin High School
Pratyusha Chaluvadi of Henrico High
School
Christopher Gothard of John Randolph Tucker High School
Sara Hamilton of Douglas S. Freeman High School
Clare Shupack of Deep Run High
School in Glen Allen
Asia Farmer of Varina High School
Loudoun County
Jaden Edmonds of Broad Run High
School in Ashburn
Ashley Jain of Freedom High School
in South Riding
Lauren Moore of Loudoun County High
School in Leesburg
Camille Nau of Briar Woods High
School in Ashburn
Lynchburg
Jonathan Bumgarner of Central Virginia Governor's School for Science
and Technology
Jasmine Fuqua of Heritage High
School
Catherine McCord of E. C. Glass High
School
Manassas Park
Andrew Taylor of Manassas Park High School
Pittsylvania County
Reid Brown of Chatham
High School
Prince William
County
Savannah
Gaillard of Battlefield High School in Haymarket
Jordyn Harrell of Gar-Field High
School in Woodbridge
Norman Jones of Stonewall Jackson
High School in Manassas
Richmond
Jovannah Alston of St. Catherines
School
Akayla Anderson of John Marshall High School
Jonae' Crump of Richmond Community High School
Andrea Culotta of St. Gertrude High
School
Andrea Eichenberger of Trinity Episcopal School
Jonathan Essex of St. Christopher's
School
Autumn High of Open High School
Jasmine Jones of Franklin Military
Academy
Demetrice Morgan of Armstrong High
School
Le'Tyra Roberson of Huguenot High School
Harish Tekriwal of Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
Evan Tunstall of Hermitage High
School
Roanoke
Megan Whitney of Roanoke Valley Christian
Schools
Salem
Ashlyn Pugh of Salem High School
Spotsylvania County
Lindsay Stynes of Massaponax High
School in Fredericksburg
Stafford County
Caroline Posillico of Mountain View
High School
Waynesboro
Rebecca
Pereles of Waynesboro High
School
About Comcast Corporation
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(Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two
primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable
is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed internet, and
phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand,
and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides
wireless and security and automation services to residential
customers under the XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal operates news,
entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo
broadcast networks, television production operations, television
station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
information.
About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation
was founded by Comcast Corporation in June
1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit
organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs
intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their
communities. The Foundation has three community investment
priorities—promoting service, expanding digital literacy, and
building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast
Foundation has donated nearly $200
million to organizations in the communities nationwide that
Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its
programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
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