NGTC Presidential Scholarship Recipients Named

Three local high school graduates are the recipients of the North Georgia Technical College Presidential Scholarships for 2019.

They are Brayden Looney of Toccoa who graduated from Stephens County High School, Ava Rogowski of Martin, who is a graduate of the Stephens Couny Mountain Education Charter High School, and Isabel Parrish from Royston – a graduate of Franklin County High School.

Each student received a $500 scholarship from the North Georgia Technical College Foundation.

The presidential scholarships have been awarded each year since 2008 to one senior from each high school and mountain education center in the college’s eight-county service area.

Recipients of the scholarships are high school seniors who have excelled in a technical career program in their school and have shown interest in attending or have dual enrolled at North Georgia Technical College.

Other area recipients include:

Emily Watts of Clarkesville, Ga., from Habersham Central High School

Pebble McDaniel of Lula, Ga., from Habersham Mountain Education Charter High School

Brandon Hunter of Tiger, Ga., from Rabun County High School

Joseph Aaron Thompson of Tiger, Ga., from Rabun Mountain Education Charter High School

Hunter Moss of Hiawassee, Ga., from Towns County High School

Taylor Murphy of Blairsville, Ga., from Union County High School

Victoria Hilbish of Blairsville, Ga., from Union Mountain Education Charter High School

Caylee Brooke Pierce of Cleveland, Ga., from White County High School

Jared Redfern of Clermont, Ga., from White County Mountain Education Charter High School