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High achievers earn $2M in scholarships

Henderson County's 63 highest ranked students received a total of $1,939,863 in college scholarships and had an average 4.78 GPA, the school system said.

The graduating seniors were honored Tuesday night during the 12th annual 2015-16 Top Scholars Banquet at Blue Ridge Community College.This year, three students from Early College High School and the top 15 students from Hendersonville High, West Henderson High, North Henderson High, and East Henderson High were recognized by parents, principals, senior counselors, School Board members, HCPS administration and keynote speaker Ruth Birge, the retired director of United Way of Henderson County.

As a group, this year’s honorees had an average 28.3 ACT score. Their average SAT score – 1821 – is 331 points higher than the national average SAT score. Thirty-six of the 63 Top Scholars are originally from North Carolina and 42 are attending colleges and universities in the state.

Early College High


Waverly Godwin
Ashley Mel
Ronald Monroe

East Henderson High


Wesley Culbertson
Hunter Garrison Elms
Sarah Fletcher
Mason Hardin
Tallie Inman
Brett Levi
Hannah McCullough
Sydney Morgan
Devon Mumaugh
Parth Patel
Sarah Paul
Elizabeth Reagles
Natalee Sheppard
Kenneth Tadlock
Dakota Tittle

Hendersonville High


Hannah Grace Gruebmeyer
Madeleine Hatch
Tameron Hill
Andrea Kolarova
Colin Mesa
Ashlee Mew
Rutledge Riddle
Karen Sanchez
Victoria Schandevel
Michael Schmidt
Emma Shock
Madeleine Soss
Kathryn Speese
Anna Townsend
Dawson Walker

North Henderson High


Emily Bowling
Kelly Connelly
Alyssa Corn
Lillie Davis
Josef Dewberry
Spencer Dudas
Megan Edwards
Matthew Fowler
Monica Garren
Sally Gross
Amanda Hilliard
Hunter Holbert
Silvia Ramirez Ardila
Lareshia Robinson
Pete Willingham

West Henderson High


Hannah Astin
Dara Case
Samantha Creech
Isabelle Denman
Leah Dorn
Courtney Kanetzke
Alexis Morse
Rebecca Olson
Tatianna Olson
David Olvera
Rachel Raasch
Arijit Sen
Caroline Ward
MaryKent Wolff
Ellis Young