Catherine Elizabeth Keel, a senior at Franklin Academy High School, has been awarded the $2,000 Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship by Wake Electric Membership Cooperative.
Sixteen area students were awarded Touchstone Energy Scholarship worth $1,250 each. The 17 scholarships totaled $22,000, and the funds were made possible by Wake Electric members and employees through the cooperative’s Operation Round-Up Program.
The Touchstone Energy Scholarship winners are:
1. Allie Kristin Mobley of Wake Forest High School
2. Taylor Erin Williams of Franklinton High School
3. Savannah Jane Bower of Appalachian State University (hometown is Wake Forest)
4. Christina Miller of East Wake High School of Health & Science
5. Scottlin Olivia Davis of Wake Forest High School
6. Abby Grace Trotter of Appalachian State University (hometown is Youngsville)
7. Sinclair Donye Lennon of Heritage High School
8. Andrew Rather of NC State University (hometown is Wake Forest)
9. Brittany Mechel Champion of Vance Granville Community College
10. Morgan Bishop Wilder of East Wake School of Engineering Systems
11. Tara Elizabeth Williams of UNC Chapel Hill (hometown is Youngsville)
12. Shannon Elizabeth Stephens of Wake Forest High School
13. Jala Monique Robinson of Wake Forest High School
14. Amanda K Levy of UNC Pembroke (hometown is Zebulon)
15. Cassidy Adele Young of Franklinton High School
16. Emily Gordon McGhee of Franklinton High School
Wake Electric is a non-profit electric utility serving more than 38,000 consumers in parts of Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance and Wake counties.
