More than $442K awarded at Rusk senior scholarship banquet
May 20—Rusk High School hosted its annual scholarship banquet Monday, May 13, awarding 126 scholarships which totaled over $442,000. This total did not include scholarships by recipients who were not able to participate in the event.
Scholarship recipients, listed alphabetically, with their awards are:
Christina Alaniz — Lions Club
Caison Arnwine — Band Booster, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Ace Blankinship — Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Sarah Boudreaux — RHSAA Judge Morris and Mauriete Hassell, RYSA-Baseball/Softball, SFASU Cecil Richey
Timothy Bouford — Raymond Dewayne Harvey, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Nicole Burkhalter — Band Booster, Ministerial Alliance, RHSAA Houston and Katherine White, SFASU Cecil Richey, Sunshine
Carson Byars — 2014 Ag Mechanics Opportunity, Cherokee County Hay Show Committee, Jacksonville Riders Club, Jacksonville Rodeo Association
Kamila Carrasco — U.S. Air Force
Riley Caveness — RHSAA Chapman Family
Courtney Chandler — Rusk Athletic Booster Club, UT-Tyler Academic Excellence
Logan Cruseturner — Band Booster, Carlene Clayton, CCECA, Cherokee County Federal Credit Union, Collin Carroll, Connell Foreman Memorial, John Trott Memorial, RHSAA Lester Hughes by Jamie I. Perkins Family Foundation
Cinthia Cruz — RHSAA Hubbard Family, RYSA-Cheer
Jacob Dowling — Austin Bank, Euclid Masonic Lodge #45, Leo Hicks Creosoting, RHSAA Dr. Jim Swink Memorial, Rusk Athletic Booster Club, RYSA-Baseball/Softball, Walter Session Memorial
Madison Downs — Austin Bank, Collin Carroll, Leo Hicks Creosoting, RHSAA E.H. and Marie Whitehead Memorial, Rusk Athletic Booster Club, RYSA-Baseball/Softball, Tree of Promise/Beathard, UT-Tyler Academic Excellence
Alijah Francis — Mack Philbrick, RHSAA Student Memorial, Rusk Athletic Booster Club
Kevlynn Ford — Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Nataly Galan — Austin Bank, RHSAA Hubbard Family, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Clay Geisler — Charles Hassell Rusk TJC Citizens Promise, Rusk Athletic Booster Club, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Micah Givens — U. S. Marine Corps
Emma Gruszka — Lions Club, RHSAA Hubbard Family
Kaitlyn Hardy — Austin Bank, Band Booster, Carlene Clayton, Connell Foreman Memorial, ETCF-Byers Family Foundation, Highest Ranking Graduate Certificate, Leadership Training for Christ, Ministerial Alliance, Region VII Association of Educational Office Professionals, RHSAA Teacher, SFASU Academic Excellence, SFASU Cecil Richey, SFASU Regents, Tree of Promise/Beathard
Arabella Heredia — Dr. Wesley Foreman, RHSAA Chapman Family, RYSA-Cheer
Audrey Hill — Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Jaylenne Hill — Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Joci Hill — Karen Elaine Mize, Rusk Athletic Booster Club, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise, RYSA-Baseball/Softball
Jacey Johnston — Band Booster
Jonah Johnston — Band Booster, SFA Band
Kamryn Kellis — Collin Carroll, RHSAA Tom and Eva Lee Sartain Memorial, RYSA-Baseball/Softball
Gracie Knight — RHSAA Lovelady Memorial, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Morgan Loden — Cherokee County Hay Show Committee
Maria Mora — RHSAA Chapman Family, TJC Presidential Honors
Kiera Milton — Alabama State University Academic Merit, RHSAA Chapman Family, U.S. Army National Guard
Dekeathan Kincade — RYSA-Football
Jada Nelson — U.S. Army
Kennzie Norton — Cherokee County Area Go-Texan, Cherokee County Hay Show Committee, Collin Carroll, Euclid Masonic Lodge #45, Kilgore College Softball, Lions Club, RHSAA Donald Allen in honor of RHS Class of 1958, RYSA-Baseball/Softball
Gracie Ratcliff — Clifford Harris, RHSAA Hubbard Family, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise, Timpson Ministerial Alliance, Walter Session Memorial
Yasmyn Ray — TJC Cheer
Dalton Roland — U.S. Navy
Jayla Session — Band Booster, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Katelynn Simmons — Cultural Arts Social Club-Henderson, Texas; RHSAA Chapman Family, TJC Presidential Honors
Lane Sowell — The 3 Cowboy Churches of Cherokee County, RHSAA Summers Family, RYSA-Football
Maci Taylor — CCECA, Doug and Sally Jordan, Mark Anthony Trawick, RHSAA Hubbard Family, SFASU Academic Excellence, SFASU Cecil Richey
Shelly Taylor — U.S. Army
Gracie Threadgill — RHSAA Harmon and Laura Schocher, Rusk Athletic Booster Club, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Mason Trowbridge — Keith Padgett Memorial
Landon Walley — RHSAA Frank Madden Memorial, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise
Lilee Weaver — Rusk TJC Citizens Promise, TJC Eloise Alexander McCarroll Memorial
Shane White — U.S. Marine Corps
Kelsey Woodard — RHSAA Byers Family Foundation, Rusk TJC Citizens Promise, TJC Cheer, TJC Cheer Apache Pass
Rusk High School graduation for the Class of 2024 is set for 8 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Rusk High School Eagle Stadium.
