Scholarship to WCDS senior
The Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (VIAAA) Scholarship Committee selected Wakefield Country Day School senior Tanner Perry of Rileyville to receive a John C. Youngblood Scholarship in the amount of $1,500. John C. Youngblood was the founding father of the VIAAA and NIAAA. The VIAAA awards four $1,500 scholarships annually to deserving high school seniors from all over the state. Perry was selected out of a competitive pool of independent school applicants evaluated on their athletic participation, character, leadership, and service.
He and other scholarship winners will be recognized at an awards luncheon at the annual VIAAA conference in Roanoke on March 31st.
“Tanner is very deserving of this scholarship,” said WCDS athletic director Mike
Costello. “The committee was impressed not only by his academic and athletic accomplishments but also by his commitment to community service, the environment, and the sciences.”
Perry plans to pursue his passion for the sciences at Virginia Tech next fall.
“We are certainly proud of Tanner for how he has represented WCDS in our classrooms, on the fields, and in the community,” added Costello.
Perry joins five other past winners from WCDS in this significant recognition: Christine Pankow, Rachel DuMez, Michael O’Heir, Maeve Dale, and Shane O’Heir.