Pictured are front row (L to R) – Tyler Broughman, William Luke Byer, Zachary Pinkston, Taylor Holt, Hope Hugus, Miranda Robison, Caitlyn Angle, Chase Graham; Middle Row (L to R) – Matthew Zierler, Casey Ervine, Hollie Bess, Michaela Miller, Taylor Poague, Brooke Brackenridge, Sarah Loving, Alexandria Adams, Kylie Hendrickson; Back Row (L to R) – Isaiah Green, Christion Burks, Roderick Brown, Robert Noah Porterfield, Bradley Paxton, Mason Craft, Adam Simmons, Shaniece Crouch, Victoria Clarke. Not pictured: Carter Adcock, Thomas Wright.

28 AHS Students Receive DSLCC Foundation Scholarships   Clifton Forge, VA (August 5, 2016) - The DSLCC Educational Foundation has awarded $135,000 in scholarships to area residents, including twenty-eight graduating seniors from Alleghany High School, as well as one Alleghany County homeschool student, who received DSLCC Educational Foundation scholarships for the upcoming academic year. The students were presented their scholarships totaling nearly $40,000 at the AHS awards night on May 12th. The AHS scholarship recipients include: Alexandria Adams, Merle Weaver Reid Scholarship; Carter Adcock, WestRock Scholarship; Caitlyn Angle, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship; Hollie Bess, Katherine V.H. Perrett and Horace E. Perrett-Gentil Scholarship, Mamie Hall Scholarship for Prospective Teachers; Brooke Brackenridge, DSLCC Honors Scholarship; Tyler Broughman, Carter Scholarship; Roderick Brown, Covington-Hot Springs Rotary Scholarship; Christion Burks, Colin P. Ferguson Honorary Scholarship; William Luke Byer, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship, Tim Backels Scholarship; Victoria Clarke, Carter Scholarship, Talent Search Scholarship; Mason Craft, Marion & Cecil May Scholarship; Shaniece Crouch, Highlands Community Bank Scholarship; Casey Ervine, Marjorie G. Carte Scholarship, Shentel Foundation Scholarship; Chase Graham, Ferguson-Proffit Nursing Scholarship, Mark W. Lockhart Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Isaiah Green, Jesse A. Wright Memorial Scholarship; Kylie Hendrickson, Lancaster Scholarship; Taylor Holt, L. Paul Wiggins Memorial Scholarship; Hope Hugus, Lancaster Scholarship; Sarah Loving, Central High School Lucy Gleason Memorial Scholarship, Marion & Cecil May Scholarship; Michaela Miller, Highlands Community Bank Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship; Bradley Paxton, Lancaster Scholarship; Zachary Pinkston, Colin P. Ferguson Honorary Scholarship; Taylor Poague, Dabney S. Lancaster Memorial Scholarship; Robert Noah Porterfield, Curtis A. Smith 116th Infantry Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1033 Scholarship, Lancaster Scholarship; Miranda Robison, Carter Scholarship; Adam Simmons, Josh Patterson Memorial Scholarship, Shentel Foundation Scholarship; Thomas Wright, Lancaster Scholarship, Marion & Cecil May Scholarship; Matthew Zierler, Christopher Baker Memorial Scholarship, L. Paul Wiggins Memorial Scholarship; Mary Jo Oliver, MGW Communications Scholarship. The DSLCC Educational Foundation warmly congratulates all 2016-2017 scholarship recipients. For more information regarding the Foundation or to make a donation, please contact Foundation Director, Rachael Thompson at 540.863.2837 or via email at rthompson@dslcc.edu. Christopher Baker Memorial Scholarship: Presenting the Scholarship to Matthew Zierler (center) are Rodney and Doris Baker. Covington-Hot Springs Rotary Scholarship: Presenting the Scholarship to Roderick Brown (left) is Gene Kotulka, Rotary member and Superintendent, Alleghany County Public Schools. Curtis A. Smith 116th Infantry Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1033 Scholarship: Presenting the Scholarship to Robert Noah Porterfield (right) is Bill Atherholt, Quartermaster of the 116th Infantry VFW Post 1033.

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