Wake Electric has awarded college scholarships to 17 young people in its service area for a total of $22,000.
The top scholarship of $2,000, the Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship, went to Morgan Darrow who attends Wakefield High School.
Touchstone Energy Scholarships of $1,250 each were awarded to the following young people:
- Chad Kibbe of Wake Technical Community College
- Stephanie Jackomin of Wake Forest High School
- Cory Halterman of Franklinton High School
- Emily Berrier of North Raleigh Christian Academy
- Taylor Rossman of Wake Forest High School
- Cameron Jarvis of Heritage High School
- Annis Morris of Franklinton High School
- Matthew Watts of Wake Forest High School
- Abigail Richter of South Granville
- Erin Lemin of Wake Forest High School
- Taryn Hoffman of Franklinton High School
- Robert Richter of Enloe High
- Robert Mishler of Middle College High School
- Brittaney Dahle of Methodist University
- Jovanhy Trejo of Granville Central High School
- Miranda Brauns of NC State University
Funding for scholarships is made possible by Wake Electric members and Wake Electric employees through the Operation Round-Up Program. For more information on Operation RoundUp or the scholarship program, visit www.wemc.com. Wake Electric is a non-profit electric cooperative serving 39,000 members in parts of Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance and Wake counties.
