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Three Citrus County youths are among 12 students receiving $2,500 scholarships from Sumter Electric Cooperative (SECO).
SECO made the announcement on Friday from its Sumterville headquarters.
Named as Citrus County winners were Lydia Anne Greiner, Skye Pepe and Cristina Domenica Tremante, all from Citrus High School in Inverness.
Jim Duncan, CEO of Sumter Electric Cooperative, today announced that 12 graduating seniors from SECO’s service territory have each won $2,500 scholarships from the Cooperative. Duncan said SECO’s scholarship program began in 1996 when the SECO Board of Trustees first approved it. Since then, including this year’s winners, SECO has awarded 172 scholarships to deserving high school seniors.
“With today’s high cost of a college education, every dollar that can be dedicated to the pursuit of higher education is important," Duncan said. "At SECO we’re very proud of the young people in our service territory and we hope that, following college, some of them will bring their new found kills and knowledge back to our area. We wish our scholars well as they pursue their academic endeavors.”
This year a record 176 qualified applicants were evaluated based on their scholastic achievements, school and community service activities, and financial need.
The full list of the 12 SECO scholars for 2009:
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<li> Christopher M. Boogar, Tavares High School, Tavares
<li> Alison Lauren Brooks, South Sumter High School, Webster
<li> Julie Katherine Earles, South Sumter High School, Bushnell
<li> Katherine Fischer, The Villages High School, Oxford
<li> Lydia Anne Greiner, Citrus High School, Inverness
<li> Nezla Stephanie Jans, West Port High School, Morriston
<li> Jordan Kathryn Lewis, Williston High School, Morriston
<li> Wren Marie Murphy, Deland High School, Deland
<li> Skye Pepe, Citrus High School, Inverness
<li> Wendy Lynn Roth, Lake Weir High School, Belleview
<li> Cristina Domenica Tremante, Citrus High School, Inverness
<li> Elizabeth M. Wall, South Sumter High School, Lake Panasoffkee
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These outstanding seniors were selected by SECO’s Scholarship Committee of independent educators from the application materials submitted by each student. The Committee members come from the Sumter, Lake, Marion, and Citrus county school systems.
Scholarship recipients and their families will be honored at a special reception at SECO’s headquarters building in Sumterville at 3:30 p.m. on May 18.
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