Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program Recognizes Students’ Achievements Both in and Out of the Classroom
ATLANTA, GA, June 12, 2018 – 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.
“I am very proud of these bright, focused and inspirational young people who represent our State so well,” said Georgia State Representative Katie Dempsey. “Thank you Comcast for recognizing their accomplishments and for your generous financial support to help them succeed in college.”
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:
| 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.
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