2014 Howard Baker Memorial Scholarship recipients
Congratulations to this year’s Howard Baker Memorial Scholarship winners. Each year, NGEMC,
in partnership with TVA, awards seven high school seniors with a $1,000 scholarship. A winner
is selected from each county NGEMC serves. Students who will be high school seniors whose
households are served by NGEMC may be eligible for the 2015 Howard Baker Memorial Scholarship.
Watch for applications this fall at your school counselor’s office and at ngemc.com.
J
ohn graduated from Heritage High School and
is the son of Robert and Tracey Blevins, of
Ringgold.
College plans: Dalton
State College and Georgia
Institute of Technology and
major in civil engineering.
Activities: Secretary and
Member of Beta Club;
Leadership training with his
church youth minister; golf.
Service: Weekly prepared
“snack packs” for low
Catoosa County
income children.
John Blevins
Honors/Awards: Georgia
Academic Merit Award;
Star Honor Roll; Sophomore Spanish II Award;
Junior Honors Math III Award; National Honor
Society.
W
ill graduated from Chattooga High
School and is the son of Preston and
Kaye Greer, of
Summerville.
College plans: Freed
Hardeman University; major
in engineering.
Activities: Future Business
Leaders of America;
baseball; wrestling; Spanish
Club.
Chattooga County
Service: Southern
Will Greer
Commerce Church of
Christ Youth Leader/
Minister’s assistant; Chattooga County Probate
Court elections assistant; softball team assistant
manager and baseball team coach’s assistant.
Honors/Awards: AP Scholar; various academic
awards.
K
ylee graduated from Armuchee High School and
is the daughter of Cindy and Harmon Daitz, of
Calhoun.
College plans: United States Naval
Academy and become a medical
doctor.
Activities: Softball, soccer and cross
country; Peer Tutoring; Key Club
Treasurer; National Honor Society
chaplain; Outstanding Female Student
Athlete of the Year 2013-2014; Spanish
Honor Society; Contemporary Issues
Floyd County
Club; Student Council; Academic
Kylee Daitz
Decathlon; STARS Club.
Service: Youth basketball
scorekeeper and referee; Spanish
translator for Habitat for Humanity ReStore and at hospital;
Keep America Beautiful; Vacation Bible School.
Honors/Awards: AP Scholar; Scholar Athlete Award;
Honor Roll; High Academics Honors; All A’s Award; Perfect
Attendance; Governor’s Honors; University of Georgia
Certificate of Merit; Floyd County Schools Gifted Education
Award of Excellence.
T
aylor graduated from Calhoun
High School and is the daughter
of Stacie and Jeff Gilbert, of
Calhoun.
College plans: Georgia Institute of
Technology and join the international
business field.
Activities: FBLA President and
Vice President; Beta Club President;
Gordon County
International Thespian Society;
Taylor Gilbert
Student Council Vice President.
Honors/Awards: Governor’s Honors;
National AP Scholar; Girl’s State; Literary Society first
place, region extemporaneous speaker; National Honor
Society; FBLA, second-place state impromptu speaker;
Beta Club , fourth-place state oratory speaker; first
runner-up Distinguished Women of Gordon County.
B
reanna graduated from North Murray
High School and is the daughter of Terry
and Angelia Wilson, of Crandall.
College plans: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College and become a radiologist.
Activities: FFA President; Key Club; Beta Club;
National Honor Society; HOSA Treasurer; Dance
Team; baton.
Service: Volunteer at Chatsworth Nursing
Home and Northwest Elementary.
Honors/Awards: FFA state, chapter and
greenhand degrees; Math Award; Literature
Award; Academic Letter.
Murray County
Breanna Wilson
D
errik graduated from LaFayette High School and is the son of
Mark and Amy Hall, of LaFayette.
College plans: University of Georgia and become a teacher
and coach.
Activities: Lieutenant Governor of Key Club
International representing 13 schools in North
Georgia and Tennessee; Fellowship of Christian
Athletes.
Service: 30-hour famine to raise hunger
awareness; Earth Day cleanup; Painted Mountain
Top Boys Home; Served meals at Harvest
Outreach; two fund-raisers for two young cancer
patients; cut firewood with church youth group for
Walker County
elderly church members; math tutor; youth soccer
Derrik Chamlee
camp volunteer.
N
icholas graduated from Dalton High
School and is the son of Brent and
Michelle Nelson, of Cohutta.
College plans: Southern Polytechnic State
University and become an electrical engineer.
Activities: FBLA; Beta Club; Interact
Club; Student Council; Technology Student
Association President; tennis.
Service: Church rebuilding project in Calhoun; Whitfield County
Disaster relief in Moore, Okla.; Repairing
Nicholas Nelson
homes of elderly in Dalton; chemistry tutor;
Providence Ministries volunteer.
Honors/Awards: Governor’s Honors; Robotics Consultant;
Masters of the Mind; third place Modern Woodman of America
Speech Contest; Vex Robotics State Finalist.
2014 Washington
Youth Tour
Eric Jackson and Eli Duncan represented
NGEMC on the 2014 Washington Youth
Tour (WYT). They joined 109 other Georgia
high school students during the June
event. WYT is a leadership trip sponsored
by Georgia’s electric membership
corporations and is designed to teach
students about U.S. history, the role of
democracy, the importance of community
and public service, and the need for civic
leadership and service. Delegates are
chosen through an application/interview
process based on their community
involvement, scholastic achievement and
leadership qualities.
Eric Jackson
ric is a graduating senior of Heritage
High School and is the son of Amy
and Gregory Jackson of Ringgold.
Activities/Honors:
Band; Beta Club; Drama;
Leadership Academy;
President, National
Honor’s Society; FBLA.
Service: Catoosa
Underage Alcohol
Prevention Initiative;
Brainerd Hills Baptist
Church Orchestra; Community Theatre;
Teen Dating Violence Task Force; Georgia
Teen Institute.
E
E
Eli Duncan
li is an upcoming senior at
Christian Heritage School. He
is the son of
Sherry and Lamar
Duncan of Dalton.
Activities/Honors:
National Honors
Society; basketball;
Highest Honors,
Drama, International
Club.
Service: Nursery; Upper Room
Mission; Miracle Field.