Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded nearly $60,000 in scholarships for the 2018-19 school year to 54 Atlanta area students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills. Since 2001, more than $28 million has been awarded to nearly 27,000 high school seniors across the country as part of the Leaders and Achievers Program.
One student, Emma Sawyer, a resident of Suwannee, GA and student at North Gwinnett High School, was selected to receive a $5,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship – instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation.
The 2018-19 Atlanta Winners: (Schools listed below each name)
Emanuel McMillan
Sandy Creek High School
Jalani Brown
Shiloh High School
Omar Roberts
Marietta High School
Skylar Bass
Mays High School
Ross Bryant
Dominion Christian High School
Linda Ngo
Morrow High School
Alexandria Chargois
South Gwinnett High
Nia Anderson
Charles R. Drew Charter School
Richard Nwakamma
Arabia Mountain High School
Rena Clowers
Stephenson High
Adah-Lashay Dawson
McNair High School
Barnabas White
Lovett School
Nathaniel Buck
Heritage High School
Zaharia Selman
Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology
Chancelor Mitchell
Cedar Grove High
Amari Cash
Atlanta Girls’ School
Rory Starkey
Hapeville Charter Career Academy
Olivia Phillips
Alexander High School
Nia Nicole Wedlowe
Lovejoy High School
Trinity Johnson
Grayson High School
Emma Rogers
Armuchee High School
Sophia Videlefsky
The Weber School
Amy Guzman-Reyes
Rome High School
Emma Sawyer
North Gwinnett
Jasmine Chrisp
Mount Paran Christian School
Kseniya Spikina
Wheeler High School
Antonio Rios
Gordon Central High School
Kate Phillipp
Whitewater High School (Fayette County)
Elissa Gibson
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School
Madison Yost
McIntosh High School
Jessica Stevens
Stevens Home School
Madison Reddic
Norcross High
Anuhya Tadepalli
Milton High School
Emily Costello
Cherokee Highschool
Demorius Taylor
Holy Spirit Preparatory School
David Wright
South Cobb High School
Madeline Fox
Sonoraville High School (Gordon County)
Josiane Ngandu
Clarkston High Scool
Desmond Dunson
Rockdale County Highschool
Alexys Phenix
Chapel Hill High School
Madison Martin
Starr’s Mill High
Summer Lindsey
East Hall High School
Udisha Bhattacharyya
Chattahoochee High School
Tarah Celestin
Mundy’s Mill High School
Katherine Fadus
Harrison High School
Dasha King
Lithonia High
Selitha Haudey
Pebblebrook High School
Perla Vargas
McEachern High School
Lauren Seroyer
Peachtree Ridge High
Katie Bishop
Etowah High School
Colton Clanton
Woodstock High School
Asia Hemphill
Lithia Springs Highschool
Midjina Richard
Towers High School
Jacque Penn
Mt.Zion High School
“Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners of Atlanta are exceptional students who are committed to academic excellence and community service,” said Doug Guthrie, Comcast Regional Senior Vice President. “We are honored to recognize their achievements and excited to support them as they continue their educational journeys.”
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
Scholarship award winners courtesy of Doug Smith Photography
