Thirty scholarship recipients pose following the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Ceremony held at the Utah State Capitol Rotunda on May 21, 2014. Comcast awarded $60,000 in scholarships to 36 students from across the Wasatch Front in a special Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Ceremony held at the Utah State Capitol Rotunda on May 21, 2014. Not pictured: Andrew Sessions, Tanner Nelson, Callie Cheney, Akbar Khan, Karina Richardson and Yolancee Nguyen.
Thirty-six high school students throughout Utah were honored at the 2014 Comcast Leaders & Achievers®
Scholarship Recognition Celebration held at the Utah State Capitol. The student scholars were presented with an individual $1,000 grant during the special luncheon. The Honorable Wayne L. Niederhauser, President of the Utah State Senate served as the keynote and KSL5 News’ Keith McCord was the emcee. Welcoming remarks were made by Ray Child, Senior Director, Public Relations, Comcast and David L. Buhler, Commissioner of Higher Education was the special awards presentation presenter. Ten of the winning students also won a personal laptop computer to use at college, and Comcast distributed four additional $5,000 President’s scholarships and one $10,000 Founder’s scholarship in grants. The program, one of the Comcast Foundation’s signature community investment programs, recognizes students’ leadership skills, academic achievement and commitment to community service.
With nearly three hundred in attendance, a number of elected officials, community leaders, educators and guests, also joined the students at the ceremony. Afterward, the student leaders and their guests were treated to an exclusive tour of the Utah State Capitol.Each year, the Comcast Foundation awards high school seniors $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 scholarships for college. The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program recognizes students who have demonstrated leadership skills, academic achievement, and a commitment to community service.
- Trevor Aiken – Brighton High School
- Gisela Arellano – Granger High School *laptop winner
- Andrew Atoa – Mountain View High School
- Allie Beckett – Grantsville High School *laptop winner
- Kelvyn Bladen – Mountain Crest High School
- Grant Brinkerhoff – Bountiful High School
- Kathryn Bryant – Stansbury High School *laptop winner
- Hadley Burton – Clearfield High School
- Callie Cheney – Payson High School
- Robert Crofts – Bonneville High School
- Hannah Davis – Bingham High School
- LaRae Day – Timpanogos High School *Founder’s Scholarship $5,000 grant winner
- Anna Galura – Herriman High School
- Giovanni Giannoni Lima – Cyprus High School *laptop winner
- Jared Gonzalez – Riverton High School *Founder’s Scholarship $5,000 grant winner
- Hannah Hoj – Olympus High School *laptop winner
- Spencer Holman – Provo High School *laptop winner
- Noah Horvath – West High School *Founder’s Scholarship $5,000 grant winner
- Samantha Hyde – Woods Cross High School *laptop winner
- Jorie-Ann Jasmin – Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering & Science
- Katrina Jones – Alta High School
- Kalyani Kannan – Intech Collegiate High School
- Akbar Khan – Hillcrest High School
- Molly Leavens – Park City High School *laptop winner
- Tanner Nelson – Jordan High School
- Yolancee Nguyen – West Jordan High School
- Brooke Pierson – Weber High School
- Katrina Richardson – Walden School of Liberal Arts
- Christian Sanchez – Orem High School
- Nathan Scott – Box Elder High School
- Japhet Sengiyuma – East High School
- Andrew Sessions – American Heritage School
- Mason Stringer – Pleasant Grove High School *laptop winner
- Miriam Trujillo – Ogden High School *Founder’s Scholarship $5,000 grant winner
- John Vo – Skyline High School *President’s Scholarship $10,000 grant winner
- Jasey Wyatt – Taylorsville High School
Congratulations to all this year’s 2014 Comcast Leaders & Achievers® Scholarship recipients!