President Joe Biden Shouted Out a Graduating Black Teen Who Landed This Unbelievable Amount of Scholarship Money!
A Georgia teen and her family will have plenty to celebrate at her high school graduation this year: Madison Crowell, a senior at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Ga., was accepted at 231 colleges and universities across the country and received $14.7 million in scholarships.
In the fall, Crowell will join the incoming freshman class at High Point University (HPU) in High Point, N.C. on a full scholarship. Majoring in exercise sciences, she hopes to eventually complete a doctorate in physical therapy.
Crowell, the vice president of her class, a varsity cheerleader, a National Honors Society member, managing editor of the school yearbook and the lead basketball manager, said choosing HPU to continue her education was one of the best decisions of her life.
“The atmosphere that HPU had when I stepped on campus for the first time was unmatched,” she said in a statement. “I felt that I was at home and could spend the next four years of my life happily getting an amazing education. I cannot wait to see what HPU has in store for me and the rest of my journey.”
The administration at High Point University is looking forward to welcoming Crowell on campus in the fall and believes she will go on to do great things.
“She is going to do exceptional things right here at The Premier Life Skills University, where we call everybody to be extraordinary,” said college president, Dr. Nido Qubein. “The sky is not the limit for her, and when she comes to High Point University, we know she’ll be a leader. We know she’ll make amazing things happen. We’re here to resource her, cheer her on and celebrate her victory.”
At a May 1 awards ceremony, Crowell even got a shout out from President Joe Biden, who, in a statement, called Crowell one of the reasons he was “so optimistic about the future.”
In an interview with Good Morning America, Crowell said she decided to apply to so many schools to show other young people from rural parts of the South that opportunities exist well outside of their hometowns.
“I’m coming from a low-income area of Georgia, and so I want to show the kids here in Liberty County that it’s possible to get accepted into not only just local schools like Georgia Southern [University] and Savannah [Technical College] but that you can get accepted into schools like the University of Alabama and University of Colorado and [schools] that you think might be out of your reach but is definitely in reach,” she said.
