Six District 6 students named Daniels Scholars
Six Greeley-Evans School District 6 seniors who will graduate in May have been notified they will receive the prestigious Daniels Scholarship.
Paid for through the Daniels Fund, a private foundation started by entrepreneur and cable television pioneer Bill Daniels, these scholarships cover four years of tuition and fees, room and board, books and miscellaneous educational expenses for scholars who attend any accredited nonprofit college or university in the United States.
Four of this year’s winners are from Northridge High School. The District 6 Daniels Scholarship recipients for 2018 are:
- Michelle Lopez, Greeley West High School
- Gustavo Gabriel Hernandez, Northridge High School
- Mark Lewis Morales, Northridge High School
- Joshua Martin Torres, Northridge High School
- Codi RaiAnn Wells, Northridge High School
- Margaret Elizabeth Longcor, Union Colony Preparatory School
More than 2,200 students applied for Daniels Scholarships this year. The foundation awarded 238 scholarships in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
The Daniels Fund awards scholarships based not only on academic success, but on the character, leadership qualities and commitment to contributing to the community exhibited by students.
“District 6 students are extremely competitive in this prestigious scholarship and I congratulate this year’s winners,” said Superintendent Dr. Deirdre Pilch. “These students are some of our most motivated, most resilient and hardest-working young people, and they are well prepared for their future. We are proud of them.”
Last year, eight District 6 students received Daniels scholarships. Over the past 12 years, 93 District 6 scholars have received this competitive award. Since the program was launched in 2000, the Daniels fund has awarded more than $170 million in scholarships to 3,950 recipients.