Scholarship Awardees

2009

Aaron Barley

Harry Kennedy

Brandon McDonald

Austin Scott

Sterling Walker

Jerel Wilson

Jordon Thomas Winfrey

2010

Eric Bennett, Seventh Day Adventist Academy

Darin Carter, Victor Senior High School

Rmani L. Crawford, Webster Thomas High

Damani D. Majors, School of the Arts

Joshua Maxey, Irondequoit High School

James Troy, Bishop Kearney High School

Quinton T. Washington, Bishop Kearney High School

2011

Justin A. Burke, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Thomas Green, Jr., St. Bonaventure

TreQuan June, Johnson and Wales University at Charlotte 

Derrell Nelson, LeMoyne College

Jalen M Peterson, Santa Monica College

Michael Radney, SUNY Geneseo 

Ian J. Scott, Rochester Institute of Technology 

Denard Smith, North Carolina A & T

2012

David Britton Coleman III; New Life Fellowship; Northstar Christian Academy; RIT; 

Keenan Glover, Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church; Gate-Chili High School; Howard University            

Willie Jones III; Rochester Bible Baptist Church; SOTA, and Keuka College

LaMar Pierre Jackson Jr., Goodwill Baptist Church, Bishop Kearney High School

Antony Payne, New Zion Baptist Church, WNY Maritime Charter School

Kalen J. Winfrey, Aenon Baptist Church; Aquinas Institute

James Wynn III, Mt. Vernon  Baptist Church, Northstar Christian Academy, Morrisville State College

2013

Jason Lewis - Greece 

Harris M. Turner—Rush Henrietta

Isaiah Wilson - Rochester Academy Charter School 

Otis Brown—Charles Finney School

Marques Marion - Bishop Kearney High School

Jason Wooten—Rush Henrietta High School

2014

Jared C. Gavin; Spencerport High School

Thomas Linder Jr.

Mayson Crawford

2015

Ardell S. Brown

Christian Bermudez

Louis McCray

2016

Justin Myers, Webster Thomas High School, New Bethel CME Church

Atiba McLaren, McQuaid Jesuit High School, In Christ New Hope Ministry

Tyrek Quinn, UPC School for Young Men, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church

Julian Ridley, Webster Thomas High School, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church   

James Weathers, The Leadership Academy, Memorial AME Zion Church

Fredrick Johnson Bishop Kearney High School, First Genesis Baptist Church

Edmond Poole, Brockport High School, Christ Temple Apostolic

Malik Turner, Rush Henrietta High School, Memorial AME Zion Church

2017

Gary Brown, Glory House International, Buffalo State. 

Meshach Cornelius, Living Word Full Gospel Church, Yale University

2018

Julius David Jackson III; Trinity Emmanuel Presbyterian Church; Monroe Community College

Meshach Cornelius; Living Word Full Gospel Church; Yale University

2019

Trenton Wynn; Penfield High School; St. John Fisher College

Also Trenton, Redeem Bethel COGIC Community Fellowship Center

Michael Brown; Northstar Christian Academy;  Ohio University College of Business; Koinonia Fellowship

2020

Corey Davis - Memorial AME Zion Church

Christopher Walent - St Marianne Cope Parish

Naaman Jones - Church of God in Christ

Tyreese Harris  -  Memorial AME Zion Church

Brian McPherson - Memorial AME Zion Church

Jordan Kimble - Mt. Vernon Baptist Church

Basil Barrett—Aenon Baptist Church

2021

No Recipients (Covid)

2022

Dayshuan Clark

Nayshuan Clark

Rishard Harvey

Maxwell Johnson

Malcolm King

2023

James Anderson Samuel Jackson, Rush Henrietta High School, Trinity Immanuel Presbyterian Church. 

2024

Khaya A. Moses, Provision Full Gospel Church

Jalen Kendal McCoy, First Genesis Baptist Church

2025

Allen Nesmith, University of Miami, In Christ New Hope Ministry

Jonathan Bailey; RIT; Northfield Church