Adam Foster and Jack Sheehan
Cleveland High School Senior, Adam Foster was recognized with the Ocoee Foundation Scholarship by Jack Sheehan, Ocoee Foundation Board Member. The $8,000 scholarship provides $2,000 for each academic year renewable for a total of four years based on satisfactory progress towards a degree.
“We were pleased to honor Adam with this scholarship to recognize his academic excellence and his many activities and accomplishments,” said Sheehan.
The scholarship was presented at Cleveland High School’s Senior Awards Night and recognizes Adam’s academic achievement, school involvement and community service. At Cleveland, Adam was student body President, captain of the swim team, commentator for CHSLive, a delegate to the Tennessee Boys State, a member of Interact Club and the Anchor Club and a delegate to the Model United Nations Conference. Some of his service activities include volunteering with the Ronald McDonald House, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity and swim coach for the Aqua Tigers.
Adam will be attending Sewanee the University of the South in the fall where he will swim for the Sewanee Tigers. He plans to major in pre-med and then continue his education become a Physical Therapist.
The Ocoee Foundation has partnered with the Community Foundation of Cleveland and Bradley County to provide this scholarship. The Ocoee Foundation Scholarship was open to all graduating high school seniors from Cleveland and Bradley County Tennessee.
According to the President of the Community Foundation, “The Ocoee Foundation believes in investing in students’ futures and we are excited about working with them to make this scholarship program a reality.”
