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Congratulations to Abby Floyd and Emily White who have been awarded ATA’s Legacy Scholarship
Abby, the daughter of Paul Floyd, is a student at The Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University. A graduate of Austin High School in Decatur, Abby is majoring in Animation at Middle Tennessee. She is the recipient of multiple Academic Awards in high school and college. She participaed in the Culinary Competition Team and is “Owner / Editor” of The Earl Publication Monthly! Abby plans to use her Animation degree to “provide entertaining animation in the future. I have always loved art and music and I hope I can translate those interests into a career. I hope to work on various animated projects like movies, design work and commercials. Animation has so many avenues to follow, and I hope that I find something that means something to me.”
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Abby Floyd with her father, Paul Floyd
Emily White, daughter of Dave White, is a Freshman at Auburn University and is majoring in nursing. She attended Westminster School at Oak Mountain and was a member of the National Honor Society. While in high school, Emily played varsity soccer, and basketball at Westminster, serving as Captain of the basketball team in 12th grade. She also played varsity volleyball as well as varsity track and field, serving as Captain of both those teams during her senior year. She was a Westminster Student Ambassador and Community Athletics House Chair at Westminster School at Oak Mountain during her junior and senior years.
Emily White
The ATA awards two (2) separate Legacy Scholarships each year to children or grandchildren of current ATA members in the amount of $1,250 each. All applications meeting the criteria of the scholarship guidelines are accepted. The full ATA Board, with input provided by Drs. Dave Han and Jim Jacobi, ATA educational advisors, review all applications and make the final selection of the two students awarded the scholarships.
The Legacy scholarship application is online on our website: https://alabamaturf.org Essays and transcripts should be mailed or e-mailed to the ATA office. All applications are due by November 15th.
