Robbinsville – It is normally a highly attended, smile-filled event.
However, as with everything else in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic forced Robbinsville High School to get creative with its annual senior awards ceremony.
Restricted from holding the event indoors, Robbinsville staff set up shop right outside the school’s front entrance June 2 and announced scholarships for 29 members of the Class of 2020.
Robbinsville High seniors receiving scholarships were:
* Ashley Briggs (Western Carolina University): Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship ($1,500); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000); United Methodist Men Scholarship ($500); Willie Zakroski Memorial Scholarship ($500);
* Madison Brooks (UNC-Charlotte): Ingles Scholarship ($1,000); United Community Bank Scholarship ($500);
* Warren Brooks (UNC-Asheville): Charlie Laub Memorial Scholarship ($500); Pisgah Scholarship ($5,000);
* Gracye Burchfield (Pfeiffer University): Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000); NCNB Grant ($3,500 per year); Pfeiffer United Methodist Scholarship ($500); Pfeiffer University Scholarship ($19,000 per year); University Scholarship ($6,345 per year);
* Bryce Coats (Western Carolina University): Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000);
* Leah Cody (Southwestern Community College): Diane Buchanan Memorial Scholarship ($500); J. Smith Howell Scholarship ($1,500 per year);
* Lexy Daniels (UNC-Chapel Hill): Carolina Covenant ($13,943 per year); Elda C. Penny ($1,000); Golden Leaf Scholarship ($3,000 per year); Hagen Scholarship;
* Kaitlin Denton (Carson-Newman University): Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship ($500);
* Grady Garland (Southwestern Community College): Diane Buchanan Memorial Scholarship ($500); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($1,000); Wendy Anderson Sellers Memorial Scholarship ($500);
* Landyn Hall (Tri-County Community College): Diane Buchanan Memorial Scholarship ($500); Graham County Sheriff’s Office Scholarship ($700); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($1,000);
* Angeliena Hinton (Cape Fear Community College): Clara J. and J. Harvey Moody Scholarship ($1,000 per year); Diane Buchanan Memorial Scholarship ($500); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($1,000);
* Joshua Jones (Western Carolina University): Cody Family Scholarship ($2,000); Golden Leaf Scholarship ($3,000 per year); Laura Phillips Memorial Scholarship ($2,885); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000); Mildred Fort Scholarship ($1,500); Percy B. Ferebee Scholarship ($1,800 per year); Wallace N. Hyde Scholarship ($926); Wendy Anderson Sellers Memorial Scholarship ($500); Willie Zakroski Memorial Scholarship ($500);
* Clayson Lane (Western Carolina University): Graham County Sheriff’s Office Scholarship ($700); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000);
* Colby Lovin (Western Carolina University): Eastern Star Scholarship ($500); Joyce Perkins Memorial Scholarship ($1,000); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000); RHS Knightmares ($500); Town of Lake Santeetlah Scholarship ($1,000);
* Justin Lynn (Liberty University): Liberty Academic Scholarship ($3,750 per year); Liberty Champion Award ($1,000); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000); Middle America Scholarship ($5,346 per year); VFW Scholarship ($500); Wendy Anderson Sellers Memorial Scholarship ($500);
* Kamron McGuire (Western Carolina University): Clara J. & J. Harvey Moody Scholarship ($3,000 per year); J. Smith Howell Scholarship ($4,000 per year); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000); Ray Phillips Memorial Scholarship ($500); Sarah Campbell Memorial Scholarship ($1,170); SECU “People Helping People” Scholarship ($10,000);
* Karlyn Matheson (N.C. State University): Duke Energy Freshman Scholarship ($1,774); Newton Academy-Forester/Stevens Scholarship ($1,000); Park Scholarship ($111,000); Randall Matheson Memorial Scholarship ($500); Robbinsville High School HOSA ($100);
* Tayla Millsaps (Western Carolina University): Cody Family Memorial Scholarship ($4,000); George and Frances London Scholarship ($30,000); Robbinsville High School HOSA ($100);
* Hannah Moose (East Tennessee State University): Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000);
* Emma Nichols (UNC-Chapel Hill): American Legion Scholarship ($500); Clara J. and J. Harvey Moody Scholarship ($3,500 per year); Cody Family Memorial Scholarship ($4,000); J. Smith Howell Scholarship ($4,000 per year); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($2,000); Lunnie Yopp Register Service Scholarship ($500); N.C. HOSA Scholarship ($250); Percy B. Ferebee Scholarship ($1,800 per year); Red Cross Scholarship ($500); Sarah Campbell Memorial Scholarship ($1,170); United Methodist Men Scholarship ($500); Western North Carolina Bridge Foundation Scholarship ($1,000);
* Bree Patterson (Southwestern Community College): Cody Family Memorial Scholarship ($4,000);
* Hana Rogers (Southwestern Community College): Church Mouse Scholarship ($2,000); Diane Buchanan Memorial Scholarship ($500); Graham County Sheriff’s Office Scholarship ($700); United Methodist Men Scholarship ($500);
* Macy Rogers (Southwestern Community College): Chekelelee Child Development Scholarship ($1,000);
* Amy Sellers (Southwestern Community College): Wendy Anderson Sellers Memorial Scholarship ($500);
* Christopher Shope (Western Carolina University): Captain John Gardner Veterans Memorial Scholarship ($1,000); Marshall Hyde Scholarship ($1,755); Sandra Wise Scholarship ($837); Town of Lake Santeetlah Scholarship ($1,000); Western Carolina University Fit ($500); Western Carolina University Grant ($1,000);
* Bryce Teesateskie (Savannah School of Art & Design): Savannah School of Art & Design Academic Honors Scholarship ($12,000 per year);
* Hazel Whittle (Southwestern Community College): Chekelelee Child Development Scholarship ($750); Church Mouse Scholarship ($2,000); Clara J. & J. Harvey Moody Scholarship ($2,000 per year); Cody Family Memorial Scholarship ($2,000); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($1,000); Wendy Anderson Sellers Memorial Scholarship ($2,000 per year);
* Bella Williams (UNC-Greensboro): Wendy Anderson Sellers Memorial Scholarship ($500);
* Ayana Yan (Southwestern Community College, Western Carolina University): Laura Phillips Memorial Scholarship ($2,885); Lovin Contracting Scholarship ($1,000); State Farm “Extra Mile” Award ($500).