WCC Chris Austin Scholarship Winners

Wilkes Community College congratulates the 2018-2019 Chris Austin Memorial Scholarship recipients.  Makenna Shumate, a graduate of North Wilkes High School, is dually enrolled at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Wilkes Community College.  Hannah Canter, a graduate of North Wilkes High School, is currently enrolled in the Associate in Arts transfer program. Cheyenne Winters, a graduate of North Wilkes High School, is a freshman at WCC and is enrolled in the Medical Assisting program. Benjamin Barker was homeschooled in Wilkes County. He will graduate in the spring with a Business Administration degree. To date, Chris Austin Memorial Scholarship has helped 93 students with a total of $39,100. Funds are raised through the annual Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest.