JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Officials with the 2015 Air Force Club Membership Scholarship Program recently announced the names of 40 essay contest winners competing for scholarship money for continuing their education.
Winning competitors were classified in one of two groups for $500 and $1,000 scholarships based on their submissions answering this year’s topic question: “Are we too dependent on access to digital information systems (small phones, tablets, computers, call centers, etc.), and how has this changed our lives, considering it’s readily available 24 hours a day?”
The Air Force Services Activity Air Force Clubs program worked in partnership with partial sponsor Chase Bank to select 40 winners for scholarships from 259 submissions. The selectees, in no particular order, and other mentions are listed below according to group and awarded scholarship. For more information on the AFC Membership Scholarship Program, visit http://www.myairforcelife.com/clubs/Scholarship.aspx.
Group I -$1,000 Winners
- Kiomi Breon Hughes, Homestead AFB, Florida
- Tyler Ried Riles, Eglin AFB, Florida
- Adam M, Pointdexter, Scott AFB, Illinois
- Elisa Lorraine Pedone, Dyess AFB, Texas
- Peggy Vinyard, Kadena AB, Japan
- Liviu Lonel Bogdan, Aviano AB, Italy
- Alex McMeekin, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina
- Krista Joy Harrell, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
- Allison Fogg, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas
- Darius Lee Williams, Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina
Group 2 -$500 Winners
- Devon Ohler, Osan AB, Republic of Korea
- Adam George Hendriksen, Los Angeles AFB, California
- Kaleb Douglas Smith, Homestead AFB, Florida
- Travis M Fern, Moody AFB, Georgia
- Elizabeth Joy Lockett, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
- Katelyn Felice, McConnell AFB, Kansas
- Candice Cedeno, Ramstein AB, Georgia
- Andrew Chin, JBSA-Lackland, Texas
- Curtis John Faulkner, Niagara ARB, New York
- Laura Marie Huber, USAF Academy, Colorado
- Rebekah Gohl, Scott AFB, Illinois
- Michael Thomas Andrews, Arnold AFB, Tennessee
- Alexandria Soto, Ramstein AB, Germany
- Kurt Carl Kamena, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- Chad Hauck, Luke AFB, Arizona
- Rebecca Jean Rhode, Cannon AFB, New Mexico
- Brianna Marie Salas Geronimo, Kadena AB, Japan
- Matthew T Stoss, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
- Cassandra Mae Yietas, MacDill AFB, Florida
- Julian Fernandez-Hodge, MacDill AFB, Florida
- Augustin Reagan deMayo, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
- Jacqueline Marie Orcutt, Hurlburt Field AFB, Florida
- Marcus Xavier Reid, Hill AFB, Utah
- Emily Stephens, Mountain-Home AFB, Idaho
- Rachael Anne Phelps, Scott AFB, Illinois
- Delaney Alyssa Drew, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
- Narnia Kay Stevenson, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
- Jennifer Natalie Amspacher, Langley AFB, Virginia
- Lauren Ashley Holmes, Peterson AFB, Colorado
- Morgan Taylor Burton, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
The following clubs will receive $1,000 for having the most eligible entries:
- Ramstein AB, Germany – 20
- Offutt AFB, Nebraska – 12
Honorable mention goes to:
- Scott AFB, Illinois – 10
- Yokota AB, Japan – 9
- Shaw AFB, South Carolina, and Eglin AFB, Florida – 8
- Tyndall AFB, Florida – 7