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2023 APGA Scholarships Awarded
2023 APGA Sch
E o l ar s hip s A w ard e d

Jenna’s
ach year, the Alabama Propane Gas Associa-
tion offers three scholarships to three desre-
High School
ving students who have recently graduated
Coach said, “By
from high school. APGA received several
the needs of
applications from exceptional young people across always placing
the state. The APGA Scholarship Committee chooses others above her
the recipients through a blind selection process. This own, she models
year’s scholarship recipients for the Don Haden Schol- unselfishness
arship, William “Bill” Montgomery Scholarship, and and servant
David Reaves Scholarship have been chosen. Please hood in a way
continue reading to learn more about these deserv- that makes us all
ing young students and how they plan to use their so proud ... She
scholarships to reach their goals. is a team player
in every sense of
Don Haden Scholarship
the word.” The Jenna Clay Calvert
Jenna Clay Calvert is the daughter of Joseph Career Coach for
Calvert of Piedmont, Alabama. Jenna graduated in Piedmont High School said, “As Jenna’s High School
2023 from Piedmont High School with a 3.65 GPA. Career Coach, I have been able to track her incredible
She plans to attend the Gadsden State Community personal and academic progress, and I can attest that
College where she will enroll in the Dental Hygienist/ with her winning smile and perseverance there is no
Assistant program. mountain that she cannot climb.”
While in high school, Jenna was named the “This scholarship will enable
2021-2022 HOSA Student of the Year and won the me to pursue my dreams of be-
HOSA Medical Reading in 2019. She was a member of coming a first generation college
the National Honor Society, served as the Vice Pres-
ident of the Fellowship of Christian Students, was a graduate.”
peer counselor, and served on the Senior Leadership She went on to say, “With my love for the
team for her school. While at Piedmont, Jenna was health sciences and my passion for helping people, I
a three sport athlete - playing volleyball, indoor track look forward to helping people improve their dental
and softball. She was the captain of the softball team, hygiene.”
was named softball All-Area for 2020, 2021, and
2022, and her team was named as the 2021 and 2022 William “Bill” Montgomery Scholarship
softball All-County team. She was also the captain of Kallie Richardson is the daughter of Craig
the volleyball team and was All-County for two years. Richardson of Deatsville, Alabama. Kallie graduated
Jenna even served as the school’s mascot, “Bruiser”, in 2023 from Prattville Christian Academy with a 3.9
for six years. She was active in community organiza- GPA. She plans to attend the University of Alabama at
tions where she volunteered with food distribution Birmingham where she will major in Nursing.
at the Piedmont Benevolence Center, handed out While in high school, Kallie was an Honor Roll
pins and assisted students with registration for the student, a member of the National Honor Society,
International Leadership Conference in Nashville, and Mua Alpha Beta, and the Spanish Honor Society. At
volunteered for Venecia’s Foundation, a local breast Prattville Christian Academy, she was a member of the
cancer non-profit. Jenna was also a big sister with Big school’s Color Guard and the Newspaper Club, par-
Brothers, Big Sisters of Northeast Alabama.
ticipated in Healthcare Academy, served as a Sports

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