Under normal circumstances, Grayson County High School graduates who receive scholarships and awards are recognized at an event hosted by the school. But with coronavirus concerns resulting in the cancellation of the event, the school district has provided a list of 2020 GCHS scholarship and award winners.
This year, over $1.6 million (over four years) in total scholarships were awarded to Grayson County High School students, according to district officials. The list of scholarship and award winners can be found below:
Allene Raymer Memorial
Christopher Odom
Attendance Awards – Perfect Attendance
George Priddy
Byrd Tool Scholarship (Math/Science – Highest Average)
Payton Abney
Caney Creek Watershed – In Honor of Paul Coats
Madison Dudgeon, Stephanie Geary, Rylie Hayes
Caneyville Class of 1969
Morgan Lindsey
Caneyville Elementary PTO
Spencer Cannon, Kaylee Embry, Stephanie Geary, Rylie Hayes, Matteson Milam, Shelbi Weedman, Hailey Woosley
Central Kentucky Family and Sports Medicine Half-Court Shot Scholarship
Shelbi Weedman
Clarkson Elementary Junior Beta Club
Mallory O’Neal, Mackenzie Willoughby
Clarkson Elementary School PTO
Mallory O’Neal, Mackenzie Willoughby
Cynthia R. Smith Scholarship
Madison Blaylock
Don Lee Memorial
Brooklyn Glasscock, Mallory O’Neal, Shelby Pierce, Cooper Terry
Central Kentucky Comm. Foundation
Addie Jo Horn, Holly Lykins, Matteson Milam, Briley Napier, Mallory O’Neal, Mackenzie Willoughby
Friends of Rough River Lake – Gillie Hust Memorial
Brooklyn Glasscock
Georgia Sisk Nursing Scholarship
Shelby Pierce
Grayson County Strong Scholarship
Alexis Back, Haleigh Brooks, Graci Keown, Morgan Lindsey, Samantha Milliner, Christopher Odom, Natasha Ramsey, Morgan Whittington
Grayson County Cattleman’s Association
Rylie Hayes
Grayson County Chamber of Commerce
Matteson Milam
Grayson County Detention Center
Taeja Parsons
Grayson County Farm Bureau
Payton Abney, Erin Ashley, Haleigh Brooks, Natalie Conder, Delanee Dennis, Madison Dudgeon, Brookly Glasscock, Ethan Hatfield, Channa Lay, Kandler Lindsey, Mallory O’Neal, Hunter Pendergest, Ethan Pierce, George Priddy, Cooper Terry, Morgan Whittington
Nancy & Ken Robinson Grayson County Historical Society
Alexis Back, Spencer Cannon, Kaylee Embry, Shelby Pierce, Mackenzie Willoughby
Grayson County Homemakers
Kaylee Embry
Grayson County School Board of Education – 1st Generation Scholarship
Graci Keown, Braxton Robinson
- W. Wilkey Elementary School – The Gerald B. Claypool Scholarship
Shelby Pierce
- G. Hale Memorial
Alexis Back
Kentucky American Legion Family Post #81
Briley Berry, Madison Blaylock, Natalie Conder, Delanee Dennis, Kaylee Embry, Stephanie Geary, Kaitlynn Justis, Channa Lay, Samantha Milliner, George Priddy, Natasha Ramsey, Joseph Sims, Shelbi Weedman, Morgan Whittington
Key Oil Company Scholarship
Cooper Terry
Leitchfield Masonic Lodge #236
Madison Blaylock
Leitchfield High School Alumni
Morgan Whittington
Leitchfield Woman’s Club
Brooklyn Glasscock
Lions Club – Jonathan McKinney Memorial
Hannah Willis
Logsdon-Gipson Memorial Scholarship
Payton Abney, Spencer Cannon, Jessica Manion, Hailey Woosley
Marie Escue Memorial
Madelyn Blalock, Kaylee Embry
Oran P. Lawler Elementary PTO
Brooklyn Glasscock
GCHS Football Alumni Association Doug Thompson Memorial
Cooper Terry
Royce Logsdon Memorial Scholarship
Kaylee Embry
St. Joseph’s Altar Society
Ethan Pierce
St. Paul School Scholarship
Lydia Mudd, Savanna Higdon
Stacy Pierce Memorial Scholarship
Shelby Pierce
The Cecilian Bank Scholarship
Brooklyn Glasscock, Briley Napier
Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary
Shelby Pierce
The Write Stuff – Gilda’s Club Louisville
Madelyn Blalock
Emma Pittman Award
Shelby Weedman
National Merit – Loews Corporation
Ethan Hatfield
Inez Dennison Memorial
Morgan Lindsey
Hagan Scholarship
Erin Ashley
National FFA Scholarship – Case IH
Raquel Lopez-Flores
National FFA Organization Darling Ingredients Inc. Scholarship
Rylie Hayes
University of Kentucky – Melanie Glasscock-Simpson Scholarship
Payton Abney, Alexis Back
Altec Industries Education Achievement Award
Jessica Manion
WKU Kentucky Builder’s Exchange
Cooper Terry
Southeastern Color Guard Circuit Scholarship
Taeja Parsons
Grayson County High School Class of 2020
Valedictorian
Payton Abney
Valedictorian – GCHS/Gatton Academy
Spencer Cannon
Salutatorian
Shelby Pierce
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
US ARMY ROTC
US Army Valley Forge Military College ROTC Scholarship
Ethan Stewart
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Academic Scholarship, Advancement Scholarship
Gracie Nelson
BRESCIA UNIVERSITY
Angela Merici Award, Track and Field, Talen Award for Art
Ethan Pierce
Academic Merit Scholarship, Athletic/Dance Scholarship
Rhiannon Wilson
CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY
Academic Scholarship, Baptist Leadership
Erin Ashley
ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE
ECTC – KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship
Mallory O’Neal, Mackenzie Willoughby
ECTC – KCTCS Meade Tractor Agriculture
Hannah Priddy
ECTC – KCTCS 4th District Retired Teachers Association
Mackenzie Willoughby
GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY
University Award, Choral Award, Dean’s Scholarship, W.T. Hogue Scholarship
Jessica Huston
KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
John Henry Jackson Academic Scholarship
Tallin Smart
KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Academic Scholarship, Friends of KWC, Residential Scholarship
Madison Dudgeon
Trustee Scholarship, Music Award
Morgan Whittington
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Provost Scholarship, Commonwealth Honors Academy
Jessica Manion
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Educational Diversity, Scholarship of Excellence, Music Audition Award
Shelby Dodd
SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY
Educator’s Award Scholarship
Melody Raymond
TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
William R. Kenan, Jr. Scholarship, Orchestral Music Award
Brooklyn Glasscock
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Presidential Scholarship
Payton Abney
William C. Parker Scholarship
Alexis Back, Grace Bernhard
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Vogt Scholar, Honors Scholar
Spencer Cannon
Trustee’s Scholarship
Lyann Dao
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Cherry Presidential Finalist, Governor’s Scholar Award, Music Scholarship
Taeja Parsons
Cornelius A. Martin URM, L. T. Smith Award
Cooper Terry
Academic Merit Award
Cheyenne Decker, Abigail Garrett, Ethan Hatfield, Morgan Lindsey, Raquel Lopez-Flores, Natasha Ramsey, Andrea Smith, Cooper Terry, Cameron Wells
Courtesy of Grayson County Schools
