Winning Characteristics Scholarship - 2008-2009 Recipients

The students listed below are the recipients of the Making It Count “Winning Characteristics” Scholarship for the 2008-2009 school year. Each student viewed a Making College & Career Count presentation at their high school and then wrote an essay demonstrating that they have developed at least three of the seven Winning Characteristics while in high school.

The Winning Characteristics, which are identified and discussed in the presentation, include: communication skills, organizational skills, leadership, logic, effort, group skills and entrepreneurship.

For her outstanding demonstration of the Making College & Career Count “Winning Characteristics,” this 2009 grad was awarded a $5,000 “Winning Characteristics” National Scholarship.

Jia Marquez
Bayside Academy
Daphne, AL
McGill University

These students also demonstrated the “Winning Characteristics” and were each awarded a $1,000 “Winning Characteristics” Regional Scholarship.

Emily Batten
Ravenswood High School
Ravenswood, WV
Concord University

Deanna Benson
Nolan Catholic High School
Ft. Worth, TX
University of North Texas

Ariel Brodsky
Townsend Harris High School
Flushing, NY
Cornell University

Zachary Ennis
Springfield High School
Springfield, OR
Brigham Young University

Ashley Pittman
St. Vincent’s Academy
Savannah, GA
College of Charleston

Click here to see the student finalists for the 2008-2009 scholarship.

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