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Class Of 2025 Piles Up Scholarship Awards

    The Umatilla High School Class of 2025 will be recognized this coming Friday night, May 23. The class will gather at the Florida Elks Youth Camp for a 7 p.m. ceremony, with ticketed family and friends in attendance for the special event.
   The ceremony will serve as the culmination of a weeklong celebration of the class, which included a special awards ceremony last Friday, May 16. During a morning event hosted inside the UHS gym, dozens of community scholarships and academic achievement awards were presented to seniors.
   Describing an overall scholarship haul in ‘the millions’ of dollars, UHS principal Brent Frazier saluted class members for their hard work over their high school careers, before turning the ceremony over to the school’s Student Government Association, whose officers announced scholarship presenters. On Friday, over $170,000 in local awards were announced.
   Later in the event, UHS staff and administration would distribute special awards, including honor chords and recognitions for academic and athletic achievements.
   Here’s a list of scholarships presented by local groups:
- First Presbyterian Church of Umatilla
Mittie Thomas-O’Brien $5,000
Isabella Sheckler $5,000
Jamie Stephens $5,000
Amy Hunt $5,000
Caleb Renick $5,000
- Silhouettes of Criterion Organization
Za’Mariyah Turney-Jones $1,500
- Educational Foundation presents the Edmond Amateis Foundation Scholarships
Logan Finn $1,500
James Shields $1,500
- Educational Foundation presents the HOPE Scholarship
Jacob Frazier $1,200
- Educational Foundation presents the Jerrod Hall Memorial Scholarship
Camryn Adkins $1,000
- Educational Foundation presents the Kurt’s AC & Heat Vocational Scholarship
Rylynn Daniels $1,000
- Educational Foundation presents Rays of Hope Vocational Scholarship
Presenter Tannia Weaver
Rylynn Daniels $1,000
- Educational Foundation presents Scott A. Strong Memorial Scholarship
Isabella Sheckler $1,000
- Take Stock in Children Scholarship
Rachel Bernson $7,000
Melanie Cornish $7,000
Lacey Hart $7,000
Alexis Lindsay $7,000
Priscilla Taylor $7,000
- Umatilla Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #4491
Owen Lively $2,000 for Lake Technical College
Jacob Frazier $2,000 to University of Florida
- Lake-Sumter Seminole Club Ruth and Roy Ryan Scholarship
Camryn Adkins $2,500
- Umatilla Masonic Lodge #65
Mittie Thomas-O’Brien-$1,000
- Spring Creek Alumni Scholarship
Jamie Stephens-$500
- SECO Energy
Mittie Thomas-O’Brien $3,000
- The Rotary Club of Lake County Golden Triangle
Presenter James Moore
Jamie Stephens $2000
Tanner Gibson $2000
- Edwin Budge Mead Scholarships
Camryn Adkins $1,000
Jacob Frazier $1,000
Saige Powell $1,000
Caleb Renick $1,000
Logan Finn $500
Isabella Sheckler $500
Jamie Stephens $500
Mittie Thomas-O’Brien $500
- Culinary Arts Scholarships and Cords
Alexys Singleton $500
- VFW Voice of Democracy
Isabella Sheckler-$450
- Friends of the Umatilla Public Library
Adrian Newby $500 College Award
Victoria Wolfe $500 Vocational and Technical College Award
- African American Heritage Club of Plantation
Mittie Thomas-O’Brien $1,000
Za’Mariyah Turney-Jones $1,000
-Lake Sumter State College
Priscilla Taylor-Opportunity Scholarship-$2,600 (12 crd X 2 semesters)
Elizabeth Scott-Opportunity Scholarship-$2,600 (12 crd X 2 semesters)
Mark Wilson-Opportunity Scholarship-$2,600 (12 crd X 2 semesters)
Mittie Thomas O’Brien-President Scholarship-$1,200 ($600/2 semesters)
Amy Hunt-President Scholarship-$1,200 ($600/2 semesters)
Paden Garlock-President Scholarship-$1,200 ($600/2 semesters)
Allison Weiler-Principal’s Scholarship-$2,400 ($1200/2 semesters)
Rachel Bernson-Trustee Scholarship-$2,400 ($1200/2 semesters)
Allison Weiler-Trustee Scholarship-$2,400 ($1200/2 semesters)
Edwin Gonzalez-Williams/Johnson Scholarship-$1,200 ($600/2 semesters)
- East Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Isabella Sheckler $500
- City of Umatilla Scholarship
Logan Finn $1,000
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Achieve the Dream Scholarship
Mittie Thomas-O’Brien $1,000
- Umatilla Kiwanis Club and Florida’s Natural Growers FFA Scholarship
Isabella Sheckler $2,500
- Umatilla Kiwanis Club and Florida’s Natural Growers Scholarship
Jamie Stephens $2,500
- Umatilla Kiwanis Academic Scholarship
Jacob Frazier $2,500
- Umatilla Kiwanis Trade School Scholarship
Melanie Skelton $2,500
- Umatilla Chamber of Commerce
Za’Mariyah Turney-Jones $500
Caleb Renick $500
- Dee’s Dolls Twirl Scholarship
September Lannin $500
- Tony Jean Donaldson Wilder Memorial Scholarship
Za’Mariyah Turney-Jones $500
- LCEA Cynthia Schumacher Scholarship
Camryn Adkins $1,000
- Umatilla High School Athletic Association
Female Athlete Jamie Stephens $1,000
Male Athlete Angel Eutimo $1,000
- Astor Chamber of Commerce
Saige Powell $1,000
- Racing to Excellence Nursing Scholarship
Julia Martins Teixeira $34,000
- Lake Technical College “Career in a Year Scholarships”
Rylynn Daniels $500
Melanie Skelton $500
- Student Government Association Scholarships
Gift Bags w/$4,000t scholarship value
Mittie Thomas O’Brien-President $800
Jamie Stephens-Vice-President $800
Bella Sheckler-Secretary $800
Camryn Adkins-Honorary Member $800
Brooke Parkinson-Honorary Member $450
Saige Powell-Honorary Member $150
Lacy Hart-Honorary Member $150