The Amarillo Branch NAACP has named its 2019 scholarship recipients.
According to the NAACP, the organization will honor the recipients at a reception on May 9th, at the Amarillo Civic Center Grand Plaza. At the same time as the scholarship awards, the group will also honor teachers of the year Kami Collins and Aaron Phillips, along with a special recognition award to be given to Coach A.J. Johnson.
Scholarship recipients are listed below in alphabetical order. Recipients with an asterisk by their names indicate NAACP Community Scholars.
Wafaa Abdalqader - Tascosa High School
Ana Aguilar* - Palo Duro High School
Javian Allen - Palo Duro High School
Bennie Anderson II - Tascosa High School
Irene Arroyo* - Palo Duro High School
Elsabet Ayalew - Tascosa High School
Andrew Boggs* - Caprock High School
Lauren Burrell - Tascosa High School
Alan Castorena - Tascosa High School
Jacob Contreraz* - Caprock High School
Jade Crowder* - Caprock High School
Joaquin Cruz - Caprock High School
Savanna Darnell - Amarillo High School
Ana Duron - Palo Duro High School
Hunter Easton - Palo Duro High School
Paw Law Eh - Palo Duro High School
Emily Balderas-Escobar - Palo Duro High School
Nathalie Fernandez - Palo Duro High School
Nyah Gonzalez - Caprock High School
Zammeryque Greene - Palo Duro High School
Jonathan Guerrero - Caprock High School
McKenna Guiterrez - Tascosa High School
Jacinda Hawk - Caprock High School
Phillip Hearn - Caprock High School
Kevin Hua - Tascosa High School
Devan Reck-Irvin - Tascosa High School
Ruth Lerma - Palo Duro High School
Yenci Lopez - Caprock High School
Chloe Marmitt - Tascosa High School
Karina Martinez* - Palo Duro High School
Kali McDonald - Tascosa High School
Valarie Miles* - Amarillo High School
Bishro Muhumed - Palo Duro High School
Alan Munoz - Palo Duro High School
Aloni Ndihokubwayo* - Palo Duro High School
Caroline Nolen - UTSA
Jimi Nshimirimana* - Caprock High School
Tyson Ortiz - Tascosa High School
Paola Patino* - Palo Duro High School
Joe Perez - Palo Duro High School
Kashynna Polite* - Tascosa High School
Jade Ramos - Caprock High School
Ethen Rattana - Palo Duro High School
Alessandra Rendon* - Tascosa High School
Alyssa Robinson - Tascosa High School
Kenyon Shaffer - Tascosa High School
Andres Soria - Caprock High School
Ciarra Thurmon - Caprock High School
Charles Ware - Palo Duro High School
Bailey Woodard - Tascosa High School
Brittany Wilhelm - Amarillo High School
James Virgen - Tascosa High School
Ah Mee Yah - Palo Duro High School
Photo by NAACP Amarillo