Elephants, lanterns, and truffela trees adorned the stage of the Ty Cobb Auditorium on the campus of Choctaw County High School on March 14, 2020. Eleventh grade Choctaw county residents were invited to participate in this year’s “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” themed scholarship program. Ladies participating were Ashley Denson, Lenleigh Dobbs, Kamden Williams, Morgan McGlothin, and Tawny Gunter.
On program night, a $3,000 scholarship was awarded to Morgan McGlothin for being named the Distinguished Young Woman of Choctaw County.
McGlothin was also the recipient of the $500 Mitchell Dental Self-Expression Award and the $500 Coleman Funeral Home “Be Your Best Self Essay” Award.
Receiving the $1,500 first alternate award was Lenleigh Dobbs. Dobbs also received the MacKenzie and Associates, $500 Talent award and the North American Coal Scholastic Achievement $500.00 award.
Ashley Denson received the $750 2nd Alternate Scholarship and the $500 Fair Propane Spirit Award. Kamden Williams was the recipient of the $500 Fitness Scholarship provided by Choctaw Regional Physical Therapy.
The overall winner also received an outfit for state provided by Southern Charm, flowers provided by Forget Me Not Florist in Ackerman, a gym membership to Rhodes Fitness, a full tuition scholarship to Holmes Community College and a $1,000 to Mississippi State University.
The Choctaw County Program is a part of the largest and oldest scholarship program for high school girls in the nation. More than 2 million dollars in scholarships is presented each year at the local, state, and national level of Distinguished Young Women.
The central focus of Distinguished Young Women is, and always has been, to recognize and reward excellence in education. The evaluation process is consistent at the local, state and national levels.
The mission is to provide scholarship opportunities to outstanding, college-bound high school girls, and to encourage personal development in all young people through its “Be Your Best Self” outreach program. The Distinguished Young Women Program is made possible by its national sponsors: City of Mobile, Mobile County, Wintzell’s Oyster House, Evonik Industries, Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation, Encore Rehabilitation Inc., Alabama Power Foundation, Regions Bank, and Master Boat Builders.
This scholarship program has been in the county since 1976, and the Twentieth Century Club wishes to thank everyone in the community for supporting the local program.
