In recent weeks FRIENDS staff and volunteers have enjoyed attending graduation events throughout North Carolina and Virginia to award 30 Lynn Davis Scholarships. The $1,000 awards are supporting these deserving college-bound students who expressed a desire to use their future degrees to enhance the quality of life in our Blue Ridge region:
2024 Recipients who reapplied for a 2025 scholarship
- Kendal Brown: current student at Christopher Newport University; Humpback Rocks Chapter
- Noah Lyon: current student at University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Northern Highlands Chapter
- Ele Norton: current student at Georgia Tech; New River Valley Chapter
- Zander Russell: current student at Duke University; Northern Highlands Chapter
Asheville FRIENDS Chapter
- Amelia Stokes: Enka High School
- Kira Jacobs: Asheville High School
Crabtree Falls FRIENDS Chapter
- Lawson Higgins: Mountain Heritage High School
- Robbie McCurry: Mountain Heritage High School
Fisher Peak FRIENDS Chapter
- Ethan Edwards: Carroll County High School
- Naveah Dowell: Carroll County High School
Humpback Rocks FRIENDS Chapter
- Asia Knight: Wilson Memorial High School
- Nathan Manthey: Nelson County High School
- Joshua Short: Waynesboro High School
- Arthur Johnson: Fort Defiance High School
New River Valley FRIENDS Chapter
- Cole Abbott: Christiansburg High School & SWVA Governor’s School
- Bryson Fisher: Christiansburg High School
Northern Highlands FRIENDS Chapter
- Aubriana Hynter: Ashe County High School
- Evie Daniels: Wilkes Central High School
Peaks of Otter FRIENDS Chapter
- Zachary Grohs: Liberty High School
- Kaeli Berry: James River High School & Roanoke Valley Governor’s School
- Brett Smith: Lord Botetourt High School
- Leone Ledikwe: Lord Botetourt High School
- Ethan Bryant: James River High School
- Nicholas DeWitt: Liberty High School
- Noah Saechao: Amherst County High School
- Haylie Hite: Rockbridge County High School
Roanoke FRIENDS Chapter
- Nathan Eakin: Hidden Valley High School
- Emily Nelson: Glenvar High School
- Brooke Smyth: Glenvar High School
- Michael Racz: Hidden Valley High School