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Class of 2016 receives more than $1m in scholarships
Chew, Pafford top recipients
Salutatorian Max Pafford and Valedictorian Ashli Chew took home the two largest total scholarship amounts at the DCHS Awards ceremony.
Salutatorian Max Pafford and Valedictorian Ashli Chew took home the two largest total scholarship amounts at the DCHS Awards ceremony.
DCHS seniors received more than a million dollars in scholarships at the annual Senior Awards Monday evening. Salutatorian Max Pafford and Valedictorian Ashli Chew took in the two largest total scholarship hauls for the class of 2016. Pafford took home a total of $133,900 in scholarships, including a $103,800 endowment from the University of Alabama, $24,000 from the University of Memphis, a $4,000 General Assembly Merit Scholarship, the Jolly Angels/Brandon Elder Memorial Scholarship ($2,000), and a Smithville Rotary Club Math award ($100).