Darton State College announces 32 Dean, Merit scholarship winners

ALBANY — Darton State College announced Monday that 32 students have been awarded either the Dean Scholar Award or the Merit Scholar Award for the upcoming fall and spring semesters.

The Dean and Merit scholarships are awarded each year to incoming freshmen that have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and have shown evidence of community and school involvement. This year’s scholarship recipients are:

Dean Scholar Award

Alexandria Anthony, Smithville, Lee County High School; William Bice, Albany, Westover High School; Rachael Broome, Leesburg, Home School: Trace Academy; Annie Bryan, Sylvester, Worth County High School; Slater Burke, Colquitt, Miller County High School; Daniel Connell, Cairo, Cairo High School; Mason Dominey, Albany, Lee County High School; Mary Kate Ellington, Leesburg, Lee County High School; Robert Feagans, Leesburg, Lee County High School; DruAusten Fields, Albany, Westover High School; Logan Gowan, Arlington, Miller County High School; Elizabeth Holt, Leesburg, Sherwood Christian Academy; Madison Keller, Albany, Sherwood Christian Academy; Amanda Miller, Leesburg, Lee County High School; Brianna Norman, Albany, Sherwood Christian Academy; Scott Roach, Sylvester, Georgia Cyber Academy; Heather Tomlinson, Sylvester, Worth County High School; Kamaesha Whitlock, Albany, Westover High School; Sydney Windows, Albany, Worth County High School.

Merit Scholar Award

Brandon Butler, Camilla, Westwood High School; Hampton Carden, Meigs, Baconton Charter School; Garrett Fox, Baconton, Baconton Charter School; Tally Kretzer, Leesburg, Lee County High School; Bonnie Miller, Albany, Deerfield Windsor High School; Katelynn Watts, Leesburg, Lee County High School.

The Dean Scholar Award is a scholarship that covers the total cost of in-state tuition and fees for fall and spring semesters. Recipients of the Merit Scholar Award receive a scholarship for half of the total cost of in-state tuition and fees for fall and spring semesters. Both scholarships are funded through the Darton State College Foundation.