Winners left to right:  Susan Hunt, Oakland High School, Lauri Hibbett, Hillsboro High School and Matt Thomas, John Overton High School.  Not pictured, Allison Seaman, Donelson Christian Academy.

April 2002

 Each year over eleven thousand students in Middle Tennessee compete for this scholarship.  The entries are first judged by the school counselors and then by independent judges. 

The three runners-up receive a fifteen hundred dollar scholarship and the winner receives a five thousand dollar scholarship.

Each year a theme dealing with our freedom issues is chosen and the students have to write a three hundred-word essay. 

During the month of April a banquet is held honoring the students, their parents, school counselors and the high schools.  In addition to awarding the scholarship, each high school is given a hundred dollars and a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Special Thanks to Ken Webb for making this award possible!