Tuesday, June 16, Bill Raney and Sandi Davison had the honor of attending the West Virginia Scholar announcement at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The Friends of Coal/WVCA, along with the WV Homebuilders Association, West Virginia Hospital Association, MVB Bank, Inc. and West Virginia MetroNews are all sponsors of this event.
Ten finalists were selected out of a large group of scholars and Breaunna Haynes of Parkersburg South High School was the recipient of a four-year renewable tuition, fees and room and board scholarship to West Virginia Wesleyan College. Margaret Lohmann of Bridgeport High School was First Runner-up with a $5,000 four-year renewable scholarship and Second Runner-up with a $2,500 four-year renewable scholarship was Khori Lowther of Lewis County High School. The first and second runner-up scholarships can be added to other college scholarship programs. These are endowed scholarships funded by the late Olive O’Dell Culpepper and C. Ross Culpepper and has been continued by the generous support of Marvin and Elaine Culpepper (all graduates of WV Wesleyan). It was a rewarding day to see so many young, outstanding applicants and our future leaders.