Updated 8/25/09 at 2:25 PM

2009 SC STATE FAIR "THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE" SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

A total of $125,000 was awarded 2009 SC State Fair "The Ride of Your Life" Scholarship recipients.

Congratulations to the fifty (50) 1st Year Scholarship Recipients of a 2009 South Carolina State Fair Academic Scholarship selected from hundreds of applicants. Scholarship recipients were selected based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities, citizenship, and need. Each recipient will receive a $2,000 academic scholarship for the 2009-2010 school year.

Also, congratulations to the ten (10) 2nd Year Scholarship Recipients selected from the fifty (50) 2008 scholarship recipients receiving a $2,500 academic scholarship for their sophomore year in college (2009-2010 school year).

The 2010 Scholarship program will be announced in mid-February, 2010 at www.scstatefair.org. Inquiries should be directed to Lauren Funderburk at laurenf@scstatefair.org.

1st YEAR RECIPIENTS receiving $2,000 Scholarship   Courtney Amber Amos Laurens District 55 High School Heather M. Andrews Blacksburg High School Emmanuel J. Bankston Battery Creek High School Eric P. Blacks Ridge Spring - Monetta High School Molly J. Brady North Myrtle Beach High School Kathleen Miranda Brand Lugoff-Elgin High School Emmanuel D. Brown C.E. Murray High School Monzleishia Renee Brown Broome High School Stiles Harrison Brunson Great Falls High School Jonathan W. Chay Southside Academy Carlton Allen Cohen St. John's High School Dale L. Collier, II White Knoll High School Melissa Virginia Colvin Wagener-Salley High School Margaret Deans' Richardson Fawcett Hammond School Morgan E. Fletcher North Augusta High School Jennifer Diane Floyd Aynor High School Angelica K. Fowler Walhalla High School Richard Quentin Gaddy Latta High School Benjamin Kirkland Green Union County High School Grace Lakeisha Griffin Chester Senior High School Aaron S. Gruber Waccamaw High School Andrew Michael Herring Carolina Forest High School Isaiah Maurice Heyward Aiken High School Alexander Guy Hubbard Sumter High School Devin Montrel Jackson-Patrick Ben Lippen High School Steven M. Jeffcoat Conway High School Lauren D. Jensen Landrum High School Mercedes S. Jeter Woodruff High School Alexis Monique Johnson Cheraw High School Erskine Cramwealth Johnson, III Conway High School Jack Leland LaFrage Camden High School Leon M. Lee, II Manning High School Brandon M. McFadden Kingstree High School Ashland Brooke McGuire Swansea High School Carey Elizabeth Mears AC Flora High School Christina L. Morton West Ashley High School Gustavo Ignacio Nieves-Lugo Hampton Park Christian School (High School) Jordan Lee Plumblee Blue Ridge High School Andrea C. Ponder Ware Shoals High School Carson Aline Poplin Hilton Head Island High School Elise Jean Porter Glenbrooke School Emily D. Poston West Florence High School Freddie Jamal Ratliff Marlboro High School Preston Reid Schwartz Wilson Hall School Sarah Kyle Scott Swansea High School Emily A. Shaw South Aiken High School James Andrew Singletary Midlands Christian Academy Caroline D. Stalvey Georgetown High School Robert James Wolfe Spartanburg High School Sally R. Yon Ridge Spring-Monetta High School

2nd YEAR RECIPIENTS receiving $2,500 Scholarship   Lane Lenwood Aulander Boone          University of South Carolina - Aiken Adam A. Gill                                               University of South Carolina Chelsea Kay Granger                     Winthrop University John Demetrius Hill                              Claflin University Megan Elizabeth Jennings     Presbyterian College Raymond Donald Lavigne, Jr.     University of South Carolina Julia Faith Price                                  Erskine College Patricia Nicole Priester                University of South Carolina Caroline Elizabeth Welden            Clemson University James Shawn Wood                     Clemson University