99th Annual Convention - Cincinnati, OH
July 23, 2007
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is proud to announce its scholarship winners for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Taken from more than 5,000 applicants across the country, 99 college students will share in over $250,000 in scholarship funds from the NAACP to assist with the educational costs.
"The NAACP remains committed to working everyday to ensure that young people of color have a bright and fulfilling future ahead of them," said NAACP National Education Committee Chairwoman Maxine Smith. The scholarships were awarded during the NAACP's 98th annual convention recently held in Detroit.
The NAACP offers six scholarships with awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 per academic year. The following table lists the 2007-2008 scholarship winners, their award amount and home state.
Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship |
$1,500 undergrad |
$2,500 grad |
Shana Boseman |
$1,500 |
North Carolina |
Kayla Burton |
$1,500 |
Tennessee |
Victor Gomez |
$2,500 |
Texas |
Thomas Hall |
$1,500 |
Georgia |
Corbin Halley |
$1,500 |
California |
Dominique Harris |
$1,500 |
Georgia |
Nneka Igbokwe |
$1,500 |
Texas |
Lauren Lambert |
$1,500 |
Georgia |
Darryn Lee |
$1,500 |
California |
Bakari Pace |
$1,500 |
Connecticut |
Reginald Patterson |
$2,500 |
Michigan |
Earl G. Graves Scholarship |
$5,000 |
|
Jamaul Alexander |
$5,000 |
North Carolina |
Jennifer Clewis |
$5,000 |
Texas |
Derek Collins |
$5,000 |
Georgia |
Collette Correa |
$5,000 |
Texas |
Jason Davis |
$5,000 |
Alabama |
Lawrence Denson |
$5,000 |
Indiana |
Lanese Edmond |
$5,000 |
Oklahoma |
Ernest Everett |
$5,000 |
Georgia |
Deon Goode |
$5,000 |
North Carolina |
Julia Manning |
$5,000 |
Illinois |
Blair Mason |
$5,000 |
North Carolina |
Tomika Perdomo |
$5,000 |
Florida |
Crystal Rankin |
$5,000 |
Michigan |
Brandon Stubbs |
$5,000 |
Maryland |
Christine Williams |
$5,000 |
Maryland |
Historically Black College & University |
$2,000 |
|
Dakari Aguustus-High |
$2,000 |
Georgia |
Tiffany Bain |
$2,000 |
Florida |
Lindsay Baldwin |
$2,000 |
New York |
David Billinger |
$2,000 |
Michigan |
Quincy Bland |
$2,000 |
Texas |
Daneesha Boone |
$2,000 |
South Carolina |
Le’Lani Brown |
$2,000 |
California |
Kayla Burton |
$2,000 |
Tennessee |
Judith Cadore |
$2,000 |
Texas |
Shana Campbell |
$2,000 |
New York |
Elizabeth Cook |
$2,000 |
Alabama |
Daniel Downer |
$2,000 |
Connecticut |
Shafiqah Faust |
$2,000 |
New York |
Aja Freeman-Bennett |
$2,000 |
Maryland |
Stanley Giles |
$2,000 |
Arkansas |
Jessica Howard |
$2,000 |
New Jersey |
Mulatu Lakew |
$2,000 |
Maryland |
Makala Lee |
$2,000 |
California |
Dejuana Mosley |
$2,000 |
Pennsylvania |
Shawanda Noland |
$2,000 |
Illinois |
Renald Orneus |
$2,000 |
Maryland |
Theresa Scales |
$2,000 |
California |
Mitchell Smith |
$2,000 |
Colorado |
Natasha Ward |
$2,000 |
Georgia |
Simone Wright |
$2,000 |
Kansas |
Roy Wilkins Scholarship |
$1,000 |
|
Ashley Blackmon |
$1,000 |
North Carolina |
Spencer Bruce |
$1,000 |
Georgia |
Akele Coffey |
$1,000 |
Illinois |
Brittany Danner |
$1,000 |
Tennessee |
Dantalisha Deans |
$1,000 |
Georgia |
Sarah El Mossalamy |
$1,000 |
California |
Christopher Garner |
$1,000 |
District of Columbia |
Sharica Gray |
$1,000 |
Texas |
Juleka Harvison |
$1,000 |
Mississippi |
Laquetta Hawkins |
$1,000 |
North Carolina |
Tiara Hobbs |
$1,000 |
Virginia |
Candace Hopkins |
$1,000 |
Arizona |
Antonio Ingram |
$1,000 |
California |
Cierra Jackson |
$1,000 |
North Carolina |
Everett Jolly |
$1,000 |
Georgia |
Cameron Kirkland |
$1,000 |
Maryland |
Cornelius Lloyd |
$1,000 |
Tennessee |
Keyianna Lughas |
$1,000 |
Georgia |
Saneliso Masuku |
$1,000 |
Texas |
Kristen McNeal |
$1,000 |
Texas |
Ade Obayemi |
$1,000 |
New Jersey |
Arielle Palmer |
$1,000 |
New Jersey |
Chelsi Russell |
$1,000 |
Texas |
Cierra Richard |
$1,000 |
Louisiana |
Jason Sherer |
$1,000 |
Michigan |
Auberia Stephenson |
$1,000 |
Texas |
Joshua Toliver |
$1,000 |
New York |
Jonathan Vogel |
$1,000 |
California |
Marcel Wallace |
$1,000 |
Illinois |
Kristen Williams |
$1,000 |
Maryland |
Andrea Wise |
$1,000 |
Washington |
Samuel & Lillian Sutton Scholarship |
$1,000 undergrad |
$2,000 grad |
Terri Else |
$2,000 |
California |
Theodore Garrett |
$1,000 |
Maryland |
Valerie Jones |
$2,000 |
Georgia |
Kristina Rogers |
$1,000 |
North Carolina |
Danielle Stallworth |
$1,000 |
Nevada |
Erica Thompson |
$1,000 |
Missouri |
Kimberly Truong |
$2,000 |
Massachusetts |
Hubertus W.V. Willems Scholarship |
$2,000 undergrad |
$3,000 grad |
Quinton Brasfield |
$2,000 |
Alabama |
Komla Damion |
$2,000 |
North Carolina |
Christopher Davenport |
$2,000 |
Louisiana |
Moses Davis |
$2,000 |
Alabama |
Julian Dawson |
$3,000 |
Florida |
Samuel Eli Dzegede |
$2,000 |
Florida |
Ryan Edwards |
$2,000 |
Texas |
Thomas Frimpong |
$3,000 |
Massachusetts |
Daniel Nwachokor |
$2,000 |
Texas |
Evan Turner |
$2,000 |
Kansas |
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