Coastal Georgetown AAUW awards three scholarships
The Coastal Georgetown Branch of the American Association of University Women recently announced the winners of its three $2,500 scholarships.
Normally, each girl would have been awarded her scholarship at her high school’s senior awards ceremony. But because of COVID-19 restrictions limiting events, the Coastal Georgetown Branch of the AAUW would like to publicly acknowledge the three winners.
The scholarships were available to female seniors from Cape Henlopen, Indian River, Sussex Academy, Sussex Tech and/or Sussex Central high schools who are planning to attend college in fall 2020. In addition to a solid academic record, the girls had to demonstrate leadership with a strong resume of community service and volunteerism.
The 2020 winners are Anna Stancofski, Cape Henlopen High School; Madison Johnson, Indian River High School; and Nazhae Washington, Sussex Technical High School. Their $2,500 scholarship funds will be sent to their colleges for their tuition and school expenses.
Anna Stancofski has received the Virginia Rust Scholarship, named after the woman who founded the Coastal Georgetown Branch of AAUW 63 years ago. Anna plans to attend Swarthmore College where she wants to find her passion by exploring as many courses as possible with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math. At Cape, Anna was elected class president, served as captain of the state championship field hockey team, and also was captain of the girls’ swimming team and lacrosse team. Anna earned community service hours working with the National Honor Society and the Leo Club, among other organizations.
Indian River’s Madison Johnson is bound for the University of Delaware honors program in mechanical engineering. Her dream is to become a role model for girls as a robotic engineer. Madison is so involved in community service and volunteer activities, it would take many pages to cover them all. Highlights include her membership in Girl Scout Troop 649 where she is working on her Girl Scout Gold Award. The 4-H Diamond Clover Award is another volunteer project of Madison’s along with tutoring elementary band students and the robotics club.
Nazhae Washington is looking forward to the dual enrollment program at Delaware Technical Community College and Wilmington University. She will be majoring in criminal justice to prepare for a career as a criminal investigator or a juvenile probation officer. She loves working with youth and figuring out problems. At Sussex Tech, Nazhae was a member of the Pathways to Success program. She is also sings in her church choir and is active with volunteer church projects, along with working.
