Scholarships Awarded to 2025 Graduates
We often hear negative things about today's teenagers, but that was not the case at the Apollo Beach Woman's Club (ABWC) luncheon on May 14, where the club awarded $18,000 in college scholarships to 12 local high school students: four from East Bay High School, seven from Lennard High School and one from Tampa Bay Technical High School. Gifted, humble, true leader, trustworthy, selfless, dedicated, creative, compassionate, resilient, persistent, determined outstanding and exceptional are
some of the words used to describe the ABWC 2025 College Scholarship recipients. The recipients, a family member and the students' guidance counselors were honored at the luncheon All recipients met the club's scholarship criteria, assigned to or attend either East Bay or Lennard High School, will attend a Florida college or university and have financial need. These students also have outstanding scholastic accomplishments and participated in numerous extracurricular activities, leadership roles and community service hours throughout their four years of high school. The scholarships were funded by ABWC fundraisers, donations from club members/family memorials and the Southshore Community Foundation. Recipients received scholarship money for tuition, books and lab fees.
The recipients were interviewed and selected by the ABWC Scholarship Committee: Sharon Vasquez (chair),
Kim Alkins, Brenda Fricks, Joan Kelly, Jan Osborne and Ann Robbins.
College scholarships were awarded to students from East Bay HS:
Quinlan Jones (Florida Polytechnic University, majoring in cyber security engineering)
Michael Morales (University of Tampa, majoring in information science and cyber security)
Isaiah Sewell (Florida Atlantic University majoring in biology)
Kayla Teekaram (University of South Florida, majoring in cybersecurity)
from Lennard HS:
Amari Bell (Florida State University, Tallahassee majoring in political science)
James Drass (University of South Florida, majoring in biomedical science)
Niyohni Gibbons (Florida International University, majoring in nursing)
Brayden Nystedt (Hillsborough Community College for Fire Science & Pasco-Hernando State College, fire academy)
Mitchell Richison (Florida Atlantic University majoring in finance)
Ricardo Roman (University of Central Florida, majoring in kinesiology)
Angelina Vazquez (University of South Florida, majoring in biomedical science)
from Tampa Bay Technical HS:
Angela Caglayan (Palm Beach Atlantic University, majoring in musing)
some of the words used to describe the ABWC 2025 College Scholarship recipients. The recipients, a family member and the students' guidance counselors were honored at the luncheon All recipients met the club's scholarship criteria, assigned to or attend either East Bay or Lennard High School, will attend a Florida college or university and have financial need. These students also have outstanding scholastic accomplishments and participated in numerous extracurricular activities, leadership roles and community service hours throughout their four years of high school. The scholarships were funded by ABWC fundraisers, donations from club members/family memorials and the Southshore Community Foundation. Recipients received scholarship money for tuition, books and lab fees.
The recipients were interviewed and selected by the ABWC Scholarship Committee: Sharon Vasquez (chair),
Kim Alkins, Brenda Fricks, Joan Kelly, Jan Osborne and Ann Robbins.
College scholarships were awarded to students from East Bay HS:
Quinlan Jones (Florida Polytechnic University, majoring in cyber security engineering)
Michael Morales (University of Tampa, majoring in information science and cyber security)
Isaiah Sewell (Florida Atlantic University majoring in biology)
Kayla Teekaram (University of South Florida, majoring in cybersecurity)
from Lennard HS:
Amari Bell (Florida State University, Tallahassee majoring in political science)
James Drass (University of South Florida, majoring in biomedical science)
Niyohni Gibbons (Florida International University, majoring in nursing)
Brayden Nystedt (Hillsborough Community College for Fire Science & Pasco-Hernando State College, fire academy)
Mitchell Richison (Florida Atlantic University majoring in finance)
Ricardo Roman (University of Central Florida, majoring in kinesiology)
Angelina Vazquez (University of South Florida, majoring in biomedical science)
from Tampa Bay Technical HS:
Angela Caglayan (Palm Beach Atlantic University, majoring in musing)
