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The V.W. and Loreta Kelley Alumni Endowed Scholarship is awarded annually to graduating seniors for graduate study.
The scholarship was named for the late V.W. Kelley (’40), former president of the Alumni Association, and his wife Loreta (Lewis ’39) Kelley, assistant professor emerita of home economics and family studies.
The recipients of the V.W. and Loreta Kelley Scholarship are selected by the Alumni Advisory Board. Recipients:
Must be graduating seniors who have rendered outstanding service to fellow students and to Abilene Christian University
Must be of the highest moral character
Must have distinguished themselves in their chosen academic discipline
Must be attending graduate school at ACU
Applications are accepted from Feb. 9 – March 3!
Past recipients of the V.W. and Loreta Kelley Scholarship:
2024-25 Tanner Hill and Lexie Hughes
2023-24 Darby Ice and Hunter Malone
2022-23 Amelia Little and Angel Smith
2021-22 Mary Heather Johnson, Payton Liebl and Kyle Michaelis
2020-21 Gloria Atkinson and Daniel Duah
2019-20 Jennifer Estrada, Kristy Ng, Kade Parmelly and Erica Robbins
2018-19 Autumn Bellow, Brianna Louvier and Shannon Que
2017-18 Abbey Green, Hayden Austin, Chelsea Oguagha and Kaila Bellinghausen
2016-17 Hannah Sims and Amanda Stephens
2015-16 Amy Grotjohn and Bre Heinrich
2014-15 Jenna Kasprzyk and Elizabeth Watters
2013-14 Hunter Haley and Lauren Towe
2012-13 Blaine Smith and Marissa Marolf
2011-12 Jonathan Holmes and Noemi Palomares
2010-11 Matthew Hale and Bonnie Sullivan
2009-10 John Ashinhurst and Brittany Brumit
2008-09 Jeremy Tatum and Charrelle Coates
2007-08 Austin Basye and Whitney Kettren
2006-07 Matt Wickes and Abby Loe
2005-06 Alex Castro and Meg Goggin
2004-05 Brandon Osborne and Elizabeth Alvarez
2003-04 Jim Drachenberg and Kasey Lane
2002-03 Lee Nault and Laura Zengerle
2001-02 Jeff Patty and Jennifer Thigpen
2000-01 John Vann and Lauren Webster
1999-2000 Andrew Babcock and Rebecca Bubert
1998-99 Anthony Todd and Christie Kershbaum
1997-98 Brian Cavitt and Mandy Scudder
1996-97 Rob Conner and Ann Francis
1995-96 John Siburt and Susan Hinds
1994-95 Brian Hughes and Ghada Al-Atrash
1993-94 Bryan McCaleb and Michelle Adams
1992-93 Lance Caughfield and Patrice Natalicchio
1991-92 Hunter Cooley and Kimberly Meador
1990-91 Michael Martin and DeeAnn Comolli Reynolds
1989-90 Don Heyen and Leslie Wilborn
1988-89 Lance McAlister and Julie Fitzpatrick
1987-88 Duane Young and Robyn Reed
1986-87 Todd Coleman and Elaine Rainwater
1985-86 Jim Cawthon and Holly Hill
1984-85 Scott Fennel and Amy Adler
1983-84 Gary Fleet and Leigh Ann Manis
1982-83 Clay Hale and Sharon Johnston
1981-82 Jimmy Cawyer and Rhonda Staples
1980-81 John Tyson and Nita Parker
1979-80 Guy "Mojo" Lewis and Melissa Daniels
1978-79 Doug Williams and Melinda Scruggs
1977-78 Dickie Porche and Becky Boone
1976-77 Steve Green and Diane Church
1975-76 Steve Allison and Judy Anderson
1974-75 Greg Stirman and Terri Sue Kelley
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