College Foundation, Inc. Announces 2010 Winners of Victor E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship

- Bell Scholarship will give N.C. 7th graders up to $20,000 for college -

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- College Foundation, Inc. (CFI) has announced 10 winners of the 2010 Victor E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship.  This is the fourth year the scholarships have been awarded to encourage North Carolina seventh grade students with high potential to aspire to a college education.

The scholarship is named in honor of the visionary former chairman of the CFI Board of Trustees who served for 30 years and left a strong legacy of service to North Carolina.

Winners receive $2,000 per year, from middle school through the fourth year of college, up to a maximum total of $20,000 per recipient, as long as they continue to meet annual renewal criteria.  Awards are contributed to an account in the North Carolina 529 plan with the individual recipient named as the beneficiary of the account.

Winners of the 2010 Victor E. Bell, Jr. Scholarships are:

Kyshaun Beck

Asheville Middle School

Asheville, N.C.

Karoline Brock

North Duplin Junior Senior High School

Mount Olive, N.C.

Anazia Brown

Seventy-First Classical Middle School

Fayetteville, N.C.

Sunny Calhoun

Tyro Middle School

Lexington, N.C.

Shakera Davis

Mattamuskeet Middle School

Swan Quarter, N.C.

Deavion Godfrey

Red Springs Middle School

Red Springs, N.C.

Carlos Jimenez

Statesville Middle School

Statesville, N.C.

Raven McKnight

Artspace Charter School

Asheville, N.C.

Tamara Moore

East Arcadia Middle School

Riegelwood, N.C.

Saidah Yusuf

Farmville Middle School

Farmville, N.C.

Middle school counselors and principals, as well as selected college readiness/access groups across the state, are invited to nominate one student per year.  CFI selects recipients by a random drawing.

College Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation serving North Carolina students and families since 1955, administers a portfolio of $3.6 billion in low-interest education loans, the state's college grant programs and the tax-free "529" college savings program on behalf of the State Education Assistance Authority. Website: www.CFNC.org. Toll-free number: 1-866-866-CFNC.

SOURCE College Foundation, Inc.