BayPort Foundation Awards $100,000 in Scholarships to 8 Working Adults, 11 College Students, and 19 High School Seniors

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 21, 2024 – The BayPort Foundation today announced it has awarded $100,000 in 11 different scholarship types to a total of 38 member students in the surrounding local communities attending a college, university, trade, or vocational school.

Since 1961, BayPort Credit Union has supported member students in funding their educational pursuits. Over that time, it has awarded over $1 million in scholarships. Today, the credit union’s philanthropic arm, the BayPort Foundation, continues its mission to enrich members’ lives by providing tuition assistance. Scholarship applications are scored on financial need, academic achievements, school and community involvement, and a written essay. In addition, students must be pursuing a degree or certification at an accredited college, university, trade, or vocational school.

BayPort has partnered with WAVY-TV NBC and WVBT-FOX43 to honor its 2024 scholarship recipients as part of the BayPort Foundation Scholarship Salute recognition program. The Scholarship Salute will air daily between June 24 and July 28. For more information and to view the entire voluntary series beginning on June 24, please visit BayPort’s YouTube channel.

The BayPort Foundation 2024 scholarship recipients are as follows:

• Beard-Bennett Memorial Scholarship
  • Emma Veitz, York High School
  • Hayden Keatley, Lloyd C. Bird High School 
  • Israel Hill, Phoebus High School
  • Ivan Zagursky, Hampton Christian Academy 
  • Jarett Stephens, Menchville High School
  • Kendall Glover, Smithfield High School

• Burton P. Hill Scholarship
  • Breea Dresler, Randolph Macon College

• Directors Scholarship
  • Ashley Nau, Bridgewater College
  • Chakyia Lee, High Point University 
  • Jasmin Piggott, Old Dominion University 
  • Kailee Morris, University of Washington
  • Lilleen Rochelle Franck, The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Nevaeh Deloatch, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Victoria Orie, High Point University 

• Donald I. Steppe Memorial Scholarship
  • Kaitlyn Stone, William & Mary 

• George R. Dudley, Jr. Scholarship
  • Jasmine Johnson, Smithfield High School

• McGee Family Scholarship
  • Kaniqua Thomas, Virginia Peninsula Community College

• Rowe Family Scholarship
  • Jonathan He, Johns Hopkins University

• Student-Run Credit Union Member Scholarship
  • Alysia Porter, Heritage High School
  • Daniel Claiborne, Kecoughtan High School
  • Kennedy Moore, King’s Fork High School
  • Olivia Dearman, Poquoson High School
  • Olivia Washington, Kecoughtan High School
  • Sarah Litton, Poquoson High School

• Student-Run Credit Union Teller Scholarship
  • Adelsie Najacque, Kecoughtan High School
  • Celine Ellis-Magee, York High School
  • Jazmin Stanfield, Kecoughtan High School
  • Kenya Mitchell, King’s Fork High School
  • Mason Ferrell, Smithfield High School
  • Shreya Noor, York High School

• Tuition Booster Scholarship
  • Alison Cobb, William & Mary 
  • Christopher Molina, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Naza Agbasi, Old Dominion University
  • Sariah Gainey, Norfolk State University
  • Tucker Sharp, Liberty University
  • Yunus Mursalin, East Coast Polytechnic Institute

• Wiatt Memorial Apprentice School Scholarship
  • Chrishaunda Carter, Virginia Peninsula Community College
  • Shaana Thomas, Southern New Hampshire University

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