By Melissa Martin

The Alfa Foundation recently awarded $100,000 in scholarships to 100 students attending colleges and universities across Alabama. Recipients, who hail from 44 counties and will attend 23 different academic institutions, each received $1,000 from the Foundation to use on tuition, fees, books or supplies in the 2023-24 academic year.

Since 2014, the Alfa Foundation has awarded $950,000 to deserving students through its scholarship program, which is administered by Kaleidoscope.

“We are proud to support this outstanding group of students as they further their education within the state of Alabama,” said Alfa Insurance President Jimmy Parnell. 

Scholarships were awarded based on grade-point average, participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience and future goals. To qualify, students must be enrolled — or planning to enroll — in a full-time accredited program at a two-year or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school located in Alabama. 

The 2023-24 recipients and their schools, listed by county, are:

Autauga County
Grace Downey, The University of Alabama at Huntsville

Baldwin County
Anne Darby Clark, Auburn University (AU)
Kellen Lincoln, Coastal Alabama Comm. College (CACC)
Chandler Little, AU
Lyndon Trimble, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Emma Weatherford, The University of Alabama (UA)

Barbour County
Ben Strickland, Wallace Comm. College (WCC)

Blount County
Abby Burgess, AU

Butler County
Rosie Rogers, Lurleen B. Wallace Comm. College (LBWCC)

Calhoun County
Gavin Lawler, Gadsden State Comm. College (GSCC)

Cherokee County
Bryan East, GSCC

Choctaw County
Aaron Brown, CACC
Brier Perry, CACC

Clarke County
Dalton Boykin, CACC
Luke Stephens, CACC

Coffee County
Ella Hogan, AU 
Chase Morgan, Troy University

Crenshaw County
Emily Anne Morgan, LBWCC
Eli Nichols, UAB

Cullman County
Landon Green, UA
Luke Troutman, AU

Dale County
Rebekah Hatcher, UAB
Austin Kerchner, Huntingdon College
Emily Powell, Wallace State Comm. College (WSCC)
Baker Shipes, WSCC
Shelby Weeks, UA

DeKalb County
Lydia Crane, GSCC
Whitley Petty, Northeast Alabama Comm. College (NACC)

Elmore County
Ava Rose Dean, Huntingdon College
Jackson Hand, AU
Alli Lightsey, UA
Laney Mehearg, Auburn University at Montgomery
Cohen Palmore, AU

Escambia County
Winfred Brittain, UAB

Etowah County
Allie Blevins, AU
Katie Giles, The University of South Alabama (USA)
Bryer Morrison, AU

Greene County
Chasity Watkins, UAB

Henry County
Olivia Shelley, Troy University

Houston County
Emily Calhoun, WCC
Harrison Mims, AU

Jackson County
Adair Holland, University of North Alabama (UNA)
Rylee Reyes, NACC

Jefferson County
Olivia Browning, AU
Will Cochran, Southern Union State Comm. College (SUSCC)
Kayla Duckworth, WSCC
Sara Graves, AU
Carolyn McCleney, WSCC
Anaya Wooden, Alabama State University

Lamar County
Madi Moore, Bevill State Comm. College (BSCC)
Annalisa Robertson, Samford University

Lee County
J.D. Bearrentine, AU
Montana Childree, SUSCC
Emily Coshatt, AU
Jenniffer Coxwell, Jacksonville State University
Garrett Keyt, Troy University
Karley Nelson, SUSCC
Lauren Persons, AU
Seth Walker, AU

Limestone County
Landon Story, Calhoun Comm. College (CCC)

Lowndes County
Faith Lane, AU

Macon County
Rachel Sargent, AU

Madison County
Lauren Campbell, AU
Mika Hobbs, CCC
Gavin Maynard, UNA
Ashton Towry, AU
Adeline Werth, AU

Marengo County
Anderson Gates, CACC

Marion County
Adam Aldridge, BSCC
Ella Brooke Crumpton, BSCC

Marshall County
Breanna Black, Snead State Comm. College
Valerie Owens, Central Alabama Comm. College
Chase Pearce, WSCC

Mobile County
Sarah Claire Hults, USA
Leah Robinson, UA

Monroe County
Averett Hines, CACC
Ava Grace Hobbs, AU
Maddie Hobbs, Troy University

Montgomery County
J.T. Moorer, Troy University
Reese Patterson, UA

Morgan County
Jayla Milligan, WSCC
Addison Mote, CCC
Hunter Nichols, CCC

Pike County
K.C. Bradford, Troy University

Russell County
Georgia-Lee Smith, AU

Shelby County
Nora Grace Cotton, UA
Allison Needham, UA
Dani Thompson, AU
Ross Tolbert, AU
Garrett Watts, UA

St. Clair County
Anna Bean, UAB
Colin Crump, WSCC

Sumter County
Savannah Burg, Troy University

Tallapoosa County
Cameron Tubbs, SUSCC

Tuscaloosa County
Madelyn Clary, UAB
Landon Reynolds, UA
Brennan Young, AU

Walker County
Ethan Crowell, BSCC

Washington County
Hayley Platt, AU
Annah Claire Waite, UA