Previous Scholarship Recipients

2025/2026 Academic Year

Cami Sampson

Tribal Affiliation: Lumbee
Attending College: UNC Pembroke
High School Attended: PSRC Early College
Intended Major: Nursing

2024/2025 Academic Year

Inna Richardson

Tribal Affiliation: Haliwa-Saponi
Attending College: East Carolina University
High School Attended: South Central High School
Intended Major: Biology/Dentistry

2023/2024 Academic Year

Kaylee Chavis

Tribal Affiliation: Lumbee
Attending College: East Carolina University
High School Attended: Lumberton Senior High
Intended Major: Public Health

2022/2023 Academic Year

Kelly Locklear

Tribal Affiliation: Lumbee
Attending College: North Carolina State University
High School Attended: Purnell Swett High School
Intended Major: Environmental Design in Architecture

2021/2022 Academic Year

August Smith

Tribal Affiliation: Lumbee
Attending College: North Carolina State University
High School: Lumberton Senior High
Intended Major: Dentistry

2020/2021 Academic School Year

Destiny Maynor

Tribal Affiliation: Lumbee
College: UNC Pembroke
High School Attended: St. Pauls High School
Intended Major: Exercise & Sports Science

2019/2020 Academic School Year

Selena Lynch

Tribal Affiliation: Haliwa-Saponi
College: ECU
High School Attended: Warren New Tech High School
Intended Major: Nursing

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2018/2019 Academic School Year

Briana Howard

Tribal Affiliation: Meherrin
College: ECU
High School Attended: C.S. Brown High School STEM
Intended Major: Biology

2017/2018 Academic School Year

Kinsley Hagans

Tribal Affiliation: Lumbee Tribe of NC
High School Attended: Purnell Sweet High School
Attending College at: East Carolina University
Intended Major: Psychology

 
 
 

2016/2017 Academic School Year

Emily Thomas

Tribal Affiliation: Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe
High School Attended: North Carolina School of Science and Math
Attending College at: North Carolina State University
Intended Major: Engineering