2021 Senior Scholarships & Virtual Youth Experience

Scholarship Recipients

Every year, York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive awards 12 $1,000 Touch­stone Ener­gy Schol­ar­ships to grad­u­at­ing seniors at each area high school. To apply, stu­dents must be served by the coop­er­a­tive. YEC also awards one $1,000 Tech­ni­cal Advan­tage Schol­ar­ship to a grad­u­at­ing senior attend­ing York Tech­ni­cal Col­lege in the fall, and a $500 Work-Based Learn­ing Schol­ar­ship to a senior attend­ing the Floyd D. John­son Tech­nol­o­gy Cen­ter.

Learn more about these schol­ar­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties »

 

$1,000 Tech­ni­cal Advan­tage Schol­ar­ship
Luke Rivers York Prepara­to­ry Acad­e­my Par­ents: Uvonne & Ryan Rivers Col­lege: York Tech­ni­cal Col­lege Field of Study: Elec­tri­cian Train­ing
$500 Work-Based Learn­ing Schol­ar­ship
Madi­son Sher­er York Com­pre­hen­sive High School Par­ents: Cathie & William Sher­er Col­lege: Lime­stone Col­lege Field of Study: Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion
$1,000 Touch­stone Ener­gy Schol­ar­ships
Jere­my Mann Cataw­ba Ridge High School Par­ents: Susan & Don­ald Mann Col­lege: Susan & Don­ald Mann Field of Study: Com­put­er Sci­ence
Christi­na Jones Clover High School Par­ents: Raushanah & Christo­pher Jones Col­lege: South Car­oli­na State Uni­ver­si­ty Field of Study: Physics
Jaime Espos­i­to Fort Mill High School Par­ents: Belin­da & Ray­mond Espos­i­to Col­lege: Col­lege of Charleston Field of Study: Edu­ca­tion
Jen­nifer Shoe­mak­er Home school Par­ents: Cheryl & William Shoe­mak­er Col­lege: Duke Uni­ver­si­ty Field of Study: Bio­med­ical Engi­neer­ing
Lil­lian Brooks North­west­ern High School Par­ents: Robin & James Brooks Col­lege: Auburn Uni­ver­si­ty Field of Study: Indus­tri­al Design
Tay­lor John­son Rock Hill High School Par­ents: Dee & Ronald John­son Col­lege: Uni­ver­si­ty of Geor­gia Field of Study: Law
Michael Suter Southe Point High School Par­ents: Hei­di & James Suter Col­lege: Winthrop Uni­ver­si­ty Field of Study: Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Robert Kendrick West­min­ster Cataw­ba Chris­t­ian School Par­ents: Denise & Ter­ence Kendrick Col­lege: York Tech­ni­cal Col­lege Field of Study: Busi­ness
Isabel Win­ert Indi­an Land High School Par­ents: Heather & Andrew Win­ert Col­lege: Brigham Young Uni­ver­si­ty Field of Study: Nurs­ing
Jiya Desai Nation Ford High School Par­ents: Kaity & Hemal Desai Col­lege: Uni­ver­si­ty of South Car­oli­na Field of Study: Bio­log­i­cal Sci­ences
Bowen Turn­er York Com­pre­hen­sive High School Par­ents: Sarah Ogden & Corey Turn­er Col­lege: Clem­son Uni­ver­si­ty Field of Study: Com­mu­ni­ca­tions
Jes­si­ca Bran­ham York Prepara­to­ry Acad­e­my Par­ents: Dawn & Jesse Bran­ham Col­lege: Wof­ford Col­lege Field of Study: Eng­lish

 

Students participate in Virtual Youth Experience

YEC rep­re­sen­ta­tives Sam Hamil­ton of Clover High School, Jor­dan Brown of Fort Mill High School, Alaina Rinkes of Clover High School and Felix Gon­za­lez of Indi­an Land High School (pic­tured left to right), were among 74 high-achiev­ing stu­dents in the state that par­tic­i­pat­ed in a week-long, part web-con­fer­ence, part in-per­son event spon­sored by South Car­oli­na’s elec­tric coop­er­a­tives in June.

The local teens used their lap­tops and smart­phones to dis­cuss issues of the day with four mem­bers of South Car­oli­na’s Con­gres­sion­al delegation—U.S. Rep­re­sen­ta­tives James Clyburn and Nan­cy Mace and U.S. Sen­a­tors Tim Scott and Lind­sey Gra­ham.

The Vir­tu­al Youth Expe­ri­ence began last year when the risks of COVID-19 caused coop­er­a­tive pro­grams like the Rur­al Elec­tric Youth Tour and the Coop­er­a­tive Youth Sum­mit to be can­celed. The pro­grams allow high school stu­dents to learn about elec­tric coop­er­a­tives and how their gov­ern­ment works.