RHS Honors Night
The following RHS students were awarded scholarships and other recognitions during the Honors Night ceremony on May 7, 2015. The total amount of grants and scholarships awarded was $1,511,000.
Alabama American Legion Boys State – Niles Butt
Alabama American Legion Girls State – Ashley Morgan
American Red Cross Scholarship – Samantha Ramirez
Alabama Superintendent’s Scholarship – Daniel Pitt
Annual Staff Service Awards – Madelyn Price, Lynsi Bragwell, Ally Willis, Ashley Brown
Athletic Scholarships – Ashley Dunstan, Jacob Hamilton, Blake Hovater, Jacob Green
Bryant-Jordan Award – Skyler Stephens
Balfour Award – Hannah George
Bishop Family Memorial Scholarship – Lauren Alford
Bob Grissom Masonic Memorial Scholarship – Ashley Dunstan, Chance Fretwell, Morgan Hovater, Lexie Lamon, Sam Lynch, Anna C. Smith, Caitlyn Tompkins
Book Lovers Club (third highest GPA) – Anna C. Smith
AFWC District I Scholarship – Michaela Fish
AFWC Past Presidents Scholarship – Ashley Dunstan
AFWC Yearbook Scholarship – Casey Brandenburg
Billy Bowling/First Metro Scholarship – Peyton Vaughn
Sylvia McCarver Memorial Award – Lauren Alford
Cecil Greenhill Memorial Award – Chloe Brownell
Outstanding Business Student – Ally Willis
FBLA Service Award – Lauren Alford, Bryce Scruggs
Cattlemen’s Association Scholarships – Daniel Pitt, Jacob Green, Ryan Mitchell, Sam Lynch, Lynsi Bragwell, Savannah Mills, Angela Woods, Madelyn Price
Thomas Harbin Memorial Scholarship – Morgan Hovater
Alabama Cattlemen’s Assoc. “Tagged for Greatness” Scholarship – Morgan Hovater
Civitan Scholarship – Morgan Willingham
Class of ’64 (June Mayfield Hester) – Michaela Fish, Morgan Hovater, Anna C. Smith
DAR Good Citizen Award – Anna C. Smith
Tim Bowling and James Whitfield Memorial Scholarship – Peyton Vaughn
David Sibley Memorial Scholarship – Angela Woods
Curt Cody Thorne Memorial Football – Hunter James
Franklin County DHR Memorial Scholarship – Jacob Wallace, Peyton Vaughn, Savannah Mills
English Dept. Jane Shamblin Memorial – Abby Holcomb
Franklin County Arts Council – Daisy Fuentes
Reverend C. D. Hamilton Memorial Scholarship – Cedric Freeman
Walston and Jewel Hester Memorial – Sam Johnson
Patti Kimbrough Choral Scholarship – Luke Bendall
Hellen Keller Hospital Auxillary Scholarships – Peyton Vaughn, Morgan Hovater
Scott D. Hamilton Memorial Scholarship – Jacob Hamilton
Kiwanis Club B. E. Lee Memorial – Morgan Willingham
Kiwanis Club Neil Taylor Sr. Honorary Scholarship – Andrea Machic
Curtis Ikard Music Scholarship – Anna C. Smith
Chucky Mullins Memorial Scholarship – Cedric Freeman
Chucky Mullins Never Quit Award – Evelyn Garcia, Hunter James
NWSCC – Dylan Bales (performing arts), Savannah Mills (performing arts), Jordan Cantrell (performing arts), Sam Johnson (performing arts), Hunter James (academic), Madelyn Price (academic), Lesley Gonzalez (acadademic), Mercedes Darby (academic), Sadie Wade (academic), Lorie Nix (academic), Jacob Wallace (technical and ambassador), Cindy Jiminez (technical), Belen Paniagua (technical), Miguel Mojica Osorio (technical), Kallysta Kilpatrick (technical), Brooke Bowden (technical), Blake Bendall (full tuition employee scholarship), Nelda Otzoy (ambassador), Bradley Kennedy (talent search scholarship)
Miss RHS Scholarship – Hannah Prince
RCS Foundation Scholarship – Abby Holcomb, Hunter James, Ryan Mitchell, Morgan Willingham
Dr. Wayne Ray Scholarship – Bryce Scruggs
Casey Stockton Memorial Scholarship – Luke Bendall
There’s A Way – Lauren Alford, Casey Brandenburg, Abby Holcomb, Hunter James, Anna C. Smith, Luke Bendall, Evelyn Garcia, Morgan Hovater, Ryan Mitchell, Peyton Vaughn, Madelyn Price
There’s A Way Teacher of the Year – Sandra Copeland
Auburn University – Lynsi Bragwell (AU Achievement Scholarship), Anna C. Smith (AU Spirit of Auburn Scholarship, Dudley University, Presidential Technology, COSAM Scholarship)
University of Alabama – Casey Brandenburg (UA Presidential Scholarship, UA Bookstore scholarship, UA Financial Aid scholarship)
Huntingdon University – Jacob Hamilton
University of Montevallo – Ashley Dunstan
University of Alabama-Birmingham – Peyton Vaughn
University of Alabama-Huntsville – Morgan Hovater, Evan Swinney, Madison Thompson
University of North Alabama – Lauren Alford, Ashley Brown, Chloe Brownell, Chance Fretwell, Evelyn Garcia, Brooklyn Hall, Peyton Hester, Abby Holcomb, Allie Mitchell, Kennedy Palmer, Daniel Pitt, Hannah Prince, Stacy Putman, Bryce Scruggs, Ally Willis, Morgan Willingham, Alex Winstead
NUCOR Steel Scholarship – Daniel Pitt
Other scholarships – Taylor Hollimon (National Foundation Gun Rights Association), Antonio Salgado-Lemus (Alabama Home Builders Foundation), Anna C. Smith (DYM)
MLK Scholarship – Cedric Freeman, Morgan Willingham
Tritt Martin FFA Memorial Scholarship – Jacob Green
Academic Excellence Awards – Lauren Alford, Ricky Aragon, Dylan Bales, Maritza Baltazar-Tomas, Blake Bendall, Luke Bendall, Brooke Bowden, Lynsi Bragwell, Casey Brandenburg, Ashley Brown, Chloe Brownell, Mercedes Darby, Ashley Dunstan, Michaela Fish, Cedric Freeman, Jr., Chance Fretwell, Leslie Garcia, Evelyn Garcia-Delgado, Lesley Gonzalez, Jacob Green, Brooklyn Hall, Mollie Hester, Peyton Hester, Abby Holcomb, Taylor Hollimon, Morgan Hovater, Hunter James, Samuel Johnson, Kallysta Kilpatrick, Samuel Lynch, Savannah Mills, Juan Miranda-Ojendiz, Allie Mitchell, Ryan Mitchell, Miguel Mojica-Osorio, Lorie Nix, Belen Paniagua-Sanchez, Madelyn Price, Hannah Prince, Makayla Prince, Stacey Putman, Samantha Ramirez, Antonio Salgado-Lemus, Bryce Scruggs, Maria Sebastian-Tomas, Anna C. Smith, Evan Swinney, Madison Thompson, Peyton Vaughn, Irvin Velez Serna, Sadie Breanne Wade, Jacob Wallace, Morgan Willingham, Ally Willis, Alex Winstead, Angela Woods
President’s Award for Educational Excellence – Ricky Aragon, Lynsi Bragwell, Casey Brandenburg, Chloe Brownell, Abby Holcomb, Morgan Hovater, Hannah Prince, Anna C. Smith, Evan Swinney, Madison Thompson, Ally Willis
Presidential Award for Educational Achievement – Dylan Bales, Blake Bendall, Luke Bendall, Chance Fretwell, Peyton Vaughn
Valedictorian – Casey Brandenburg
Salutatorian – Morgan Hovater
