Echo Heritage Association announces scholarship winners
Published 4:00 pm Thursday, May 30, 2024
- Musicians set the tone during Echo Oktoberfest on Oct. 20, 2018. The annual event supports the Echo Heritage Association scholarship program. The association announced May 29, 2024, that it awarded a total of $7,000 to three Echo High School seniors.
ECHO — The Echo Heritage Association presented three scholarships to graduating seniors during Echo High School’s awards event on May 29 at the school.
According to a press release, the association awarded a $3,000 scholarship to McKenzie Rose and a pair of $2,000 awards to Nevaeh Thew and Creed Russell. Each of the students maintained a 4.0 grade point average.
Rose is heading to southern California to attend the University of Redlands this fall with a focus on environmental studies and journalism. Thew plans to continue her athletic endeavors in college while studying nursing. Russell hopes to attend Trinity Western University to study biology.
Mike Duffy, EHA scholarship committee chairman, said all of the applicants “showed exemplary skill and ethical capacity in their own way.” He said it made the selection process especially competitive.
The Echo Heritage Association was established in 2018. Funds for the scholarships were generated through the annual Echo OktoberFest and a mailing campaign. For more information, email echo.heritage@gmail.com.
