FLORENCE, S.C. – Thirty-five Francis Marion University students have been named Academic Distinction Scholars for the 2006-07 academic year.
Academic Distinction Scholars receive a $2,300 award. The scholarships are awarded to outstanding freshmen who had at least a 3.5 grade point average in high school and scored 1150 or higher on the SAT.
Recipients may renew the scholarships for up to three years by maintaining a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
Academic Distinction Scholars, by hometown, are:
Aynor: Hope K. Wofford
Cassatt: Katherine E. Todd
Cheraw: John Robert Smith
Columbia: Amanda Jean Gudgel
Coward: Justin D. Gibbons
Darlington: Amber Gayal Ellis, Rebecca D. Koontz, Erin Elizabeth Lamz, Lindsey E. McInville, Patricia D. Williams
Elgin: Heather N. Dorsey
Florence: Jeremy P. Capps, Elizabeth Jane Ford, Philip A. Laing, Ashley E. Leamon, Jesse Andrew Marsh, Brittany R. Miles, Ashley M. Russell, Derek J. Sanderson
Hamer: Krista C. Jackson
Hartsville: Kimberly L. Parnell
Johnsonville: Magan Alicia Bishop, Brittany E. Sanders, Megan Emily Sanders
Lancaster: Lauren N. Tucker
Laurens: Samantha L. Penland
Mullins: Jeremy Quince Cook, Jamarious M. Wilson
Nesmith: Tara Celeste Eaddy
Rock Hill: Sarah Mignon Breaux
Timmonsville: Robert Bruce Lynch
Wallace: Ryan Adam Melton
Out-of-state
Chesapeake, Va.: Ashley Van Laethem
Lafayette, La.: Ryan Keith Dhuet
Wattsburg, Pa.: Nicole D. Kephart
#53 / 10-16-06
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