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    Date: 3/17/99
      Contact:                           Carol Dotson   115
Editors: Please note local interest - photos accompany release
AREA STUDENTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SOUTHEASTERN 
     HAMMOND -- One-hundred and ten area students have been awarded scholarships to
Southeastern Louisiana University. Scholarship awards range from $350 to full tuition and fee
coverage.
     The scholarships were awarded based on competition held at Southeastern's annual
Scholarship Day. Qualified applicants and their parents were invited to spend the day on campus
attending academic and organizational fairs, campus tours, scholarship interviews, and a
luncheon.
     The students were required to have an ACT score of 24 or above, a grade point average of
3.0 or higher and demonstrated leadership abilities.
     Listed by hometowns are the students who received awards and the high schools they
attend. Scholarship recipients are: 
TANGIPAHOA
     Ponchatoula: Laura Jenkins,  Autumn Starkey, Joshua Dickens, Ryan LeSaicherre,
Jennifer Oehler, Stephen Emmons and Wesley Melancon, Ponchatoula High; Ryan Delaney, St.
Thomas Aquinas
     Independence: Erica Burchfield, Albany High 
     Hammond: Michael Roberts, Randall Richmond and Mindy Keller, Hammond High;
Joelle McWilliams, and Courtney DeMarco, St. Thomas Aquinas; Jaime Barrilleaux, Walker
High; Meredith Hux, Albany High
     Loranger: Jana Doolittle and Jennifer Lombardo, Loranger High
     Kentwood: Steven Blades, Brian Schilling, and Tammy Fairburn, Jewel M. Sumner
High; Jason Prescott, Parklane Academy;  Landon Blades, Oak Forest Academy
     Amite: Suzanne Lee and Lori Koepp, Amite High
     Roseland: Amanda Ellzey, Oak Forest Academy.
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Scholarship Day awards/ADD ONE

LIVINGSTON 
     Walker: Candice Kimble, and Troy Langlois, Walker High. 
     Denham Springs: Marsha Robertson and Ronald Palmer, Walker High; Amanda
Roberts, Walker High; Jerry Lang, Danielle Richardson and Paula Tate, Denham Springs High;
Stephanie Edwards, Live Oak High
     Springfield: Bridget McKinney, Springfield High School; 
ST. TAMMANY
     Slidell: Kristi Richard and Kristin Nuccio, Pope John Paul II High; Erin Davis and
Joseph Edwards, Slidell High; Lacey Shumaker and Brandi Kolb, Salmen High; Troy Cooper,
Pearl River High; Derek Jenkins, Brother Martin High; Kristin Cyprian and Cher Tassin,
Northshore High 
     Bush: Luke Prendergast, Hewitt High; Sarah Cromp, Covington High. 
     Covington: Daniel Schwab, Archbishop Rummel 
     Mandeville: Marcia Henderson, Fontainebleau; Nicholas Brown and Emily Bremer,
Fontainebleau High; Dixie Meiners, Nathan Pace, and Tyler Hudson, Mandeville High
EAST BATON ROUGE
     Baton Rouge: Anne Robert, Bishop Sullivan High; Amanda Duke, Baton Rouge Magnet
High; Brian LeSage, University Laboratory; Elaine Lim, Scotlandville Magnet; Tierra Brown,
Belaire High; Joshua Russell, Broadmoor High;  
     Zachary: Sarah Riggenbach, Scotlandville Magnet High.
     Greenwell Springs: Christy Cody, Central Private High.
     Pride: Bert Neal, Jr., Central High.
ASCENSION
     Gonzales: Edward Hymel III and Erin Bollich, St. Amant High
ST. CHARLES
     Norco: Cady Breyel, Destrehan High
     Luling: Brady Holton, Hahnville High
     Destrehan: Amy Matherne, Layla Morrone and Justin St. Pierre, Destrehan High

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TERREBONNE
     Houma: Sara Adams and Ellen Donadieu, Vandebilt Catholic High.
LAFOURCHE
     Thibodaux: Alyssa Guatreaux and Daniene Landry, Thibodaux High; Laura Shell, E.D.
White High
EAST FELICIANA
     Slaughter: Kristi Mitchell, Bethany Christian 
     Ethel: Carly Williams, Centreville High
ST. JAMES
     Lutcher: Amy Waguespack, Lutcher High
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
     Laplace: Jennifer Pollet, St. Charles Catholic; Kathryn Hanrahan, Riverside Academy;
John Williamson, East St. John High
     Reserve: Bradley LeBlanc, St. Charles Catholic
ORLEANS PARISH
     New Orleans: Erica Hunn, Archbishop Blenk; Benjamin Todd, Archbishop Rummel.
JEFFERSON PARISH
     Metairie: Jessica Klopf, Elizabeth Merida and Michelle Baudoin, Archbishop Chapelle;
Rebecca Gubert, De La Salle High; Nicholas Settoon, Grace King High, 
     Lafitte: Claire Hatty, Immaculata High.
     Gretna: Kristine Knobloch, L.W. Higgins
     Marrero: Lauren LeBlanc, Archbishop Blenk; Amanda LaBruzza, John Ehret
     Harvey: Lori Falterman, Archbishop Blenk
     Kenner: Amy Kirby, Grace King High; Karen LeBlanc, Archbishop Chapelle; Charles
Kenney, Archbishop Rummel; Julianna Drago, Lutheran High
ST. BERNARD
     Chalmette: Ashli Rieger, Thomas Hughes IV, and Danielle BourQuard, Archbishop
Hannan High
     Violet: Lauren Stogner, Archbishop Hannan High

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WASHINGTON 
     Franklinton: Courtney Slocum, Pine High; Julie Hassell, Franklinton High 
     Mt. Hermon: Rikki Moak, Mt. Hermon High
PLAQUEMINES: 
     Port Sulphur: Kristen Hingle, Archbishop Blenk High.
CALASIEU
     Lake Charles: Summer Scimemi, A.M. Barbe High. 
OUACHITA
     Monroe: Mary Sims, Carroll High 
     West Monroe: Rhonda Strickland, West Ouachita High






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