Ten High School Graduates Receive $48,000 This Year Alone
The Academy of Model Aeronautics has been helping graduating seniors achieve their dreams since 1970, and is now celebrating its dream of reaching a total of $1 million in awarded scholarships.
This year, the AMA has awarded $48,000 in scholarships to 10 high school graduates from across the nation, which has helped bring the total of AMA scholarships that have been given to college-bound aeromodelers to $1 million. The scholarships are created through funds donated by model aviation organizations and individuals, AMA members, and a portion of AMA member dues.
Award designations are set by the AMA Scholarship Committee, which is made up of model aviation pilots and enthusiasts. The committee evaluates each application and ranks it based on GPA, community involvement, model flying experience, and in the case of scholarships, model flying competition.
AMA and the AMA Foundation want to thank each family that has contributed to the memorial scholarships, as well as the hundreds of other donors to the scholarship program. Without their generous contributions, these gifts would not be possible.
AMA would like to congratulate the following students who have been selected this year to receive the Charles Hampson Grant Scholarship and others:
Austin Williams—$7,000 + $1,000 from the Weak Signals club = $8,000
Thomas Kessler—$6,000 + $500 from the Weak Signals club = $6,500
Drew Meyerhardt—$5,500 + $500 from the Weak Signals club = $6,000
Evan Wilde—$5,000
Caleb Gomez—$4,500
Tyler McCormack—$4,000 + the Cliff Telford Memorial Scholarship ($5,000) + Ryan M. Sherrow Memorial Scholarship ($500) = $9,500
Cale Miller—$3,500
Jonathan Garber—$2,500
Connor Barnes—$2,000
Patric Hruswicki—$500 Basil and Dorothy Cooper Memorial Scholarship
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