Scholarships

Blue Ridge School Education Foundation

Scholarship Grants

The scholarship program was established in 2012. Annual awards go to qualified Blue Ridge Early College graduating students accepted into a two- or four-year college or university.

By the end of the 2018-19 school year, the Foundation had awarded a total of $124,700 to 50 students.

In 2019 the $1,000 Don Sentell Honor Scholarship was established for a graduate displaying outstanding academic and leadership qualities during his/her high school tenure.

Scholarship Application

For Graduating Students and Parents - Please download and complete the Blue Ridge School Education Foundation 2019-2020 Scholarship Application here. Please return the application to the address indicated on the form.

Past Scholarship Grants

2018-2019

The total amount of the grants awarded: $31,500

Ashley Foster - UNC Wilmington
PA Dermatology
Recipient of the Don W. Sentell “Honored Student Award”
Kayley Bryson - Western Carolina University
Elementary Education
Alicia Minnihan - Warrren Wilson College
Sociology & Anthropology
Nathan Taylor - Appalachian State
Business
Mystery Knope - East Carolina University
Construction Management
Emily Bryson - Western Carolina University
Computer Science
Hailee Moss - East Carolina University
Nursing
Julio Reyes - AB Tech Community College
Aviation Pilot Tech. Pathway
Noah Pressler - Western Carolina University
Environmental Science

2017-2018

The total amount of the grants awarded: $46,700

Pollyanna Ballentine - Western Carolina University
12th year at BREC - Associates Arts - Southwestern Community College
Madison Allard - Western Carolina University
12th year at BREC - Associates Arts - Southwestern Community College
Kaitlynn Davis - Western Carolina University
12th year at BREC - Associates Arts - Southwestern Community College
Madison Foster - Western Carolina University
12th year at BREC - Associates Arts - Southwestern Community College
Kayley Bryson - Lee University (Cleveland, Tn.)
12th year at BREC - Associates Arts - Southwestern Community College
Zoe Alvarez - Western Carolina University
13th year at BREC - Associates Arts - Southwestern Community College
Alheli Maravilla - Eastern Connecticut University
13th year at BREC - Associates Arts - Southwestern Community College
Lisset Almanza - DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
13th year at BREC - Associates Arts - Southwestern Community College

2016-2017

The total amount of the grants awarded: $23,500

Ashlee Nikole O'Dwyer - Western Carolina University
Karla Paolo Magana Almanza - Western Carolina University
Benjamin Riddle - Western Carolina University
Austin John Mireles - University of Florida
Jesse Lee Nelson - Lee University (Cleveland, Tn.)
Estefano Isaac Ramirez - University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
April Lynn Arnst - Western Carolina University
Brianna May Quinn - Western Carolina University
Bethany Ann-Marie Quinn - Western Carolina University
Isis Colex-Longinos - Western Carolina University
Lorie Ann Bengivenga - Western Carolina University
Bryson Matthew Watson - Western Carolina University

2015-2016

The total amount of the grants awarded: $11,500 Awarded

Savannah Kaye Bryson - University of North Carolina (Pembroke)
Jonathan Hunter Stewart - Mars Hill University
Kevin A. Morales - Western Carolina University
Ricky Nathan Berry - Southwestern CC and Western Carolina University
Cody Allen Potts - Southwestern Community College
Destiny Ferra-Martin - Savannah College of Art and Design
Blake Lewis Fowler - Lincoln College of Technology (Nashville)

2014-2015

The total amount of the grants awarded: $3,700 Awarded

Kaylee O'Dwyer - Pfeiffer University
Diane Ramirez - UNC Chapel Hill
Cristian Mireles - Johnson and Wales
Jessica Stiwinter - Southwesters Community College
Corey Baldwin - Southwestern Community College

2013-2014

The total amount of the grants awarded: $3,500 Awarded

Kirsten Olivia Mills - Univ. of North Carolina (Pembroke)
Daniel Evan Hickman - Appalachian State University
Ivy Skylar Trent - University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Carleigh Jean Stewart - Southwesters Community College

2012-2013

The total amount of the grants awarded: $3000 Awarded

Raven Westbrook - Western Carolina University
Caitlin Gilbert - East Carolina Univeristy
Josie Holden - outhwestern Community College
John Collins - Southwesters Community College

2011-2012

The total amount of the grants awarded: $1000 Awarded

Autumn Baird
Kenneth Ellington

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