Comcast Awards Michigan Students With Leaders and Achievers® Scholarships

Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program recognizes students for academic achievement and community service

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Jun 02, 2011, 11:00 ET

PLYMOUTH, Mich., June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation has recognized the outstanding community service and academic achievements of 100 Michigan high school seniors by awarding each of them with $1,000 college scholarships. The 2011 Comcast Leaders and Achievers® scholarship program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, recognizes students who have demonstrated leadership skills, academic achievement and a commitment to community service. The Comcast Foundation was founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives.

The Comcast Foundation will distribute a total of $100,000 in grants across Michigan to recognize these outstanding individuals for their efforts. Honorees have been invited to attend a ceremony June 14 at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing.

"This year's group of Michigan Leaders and Achievers® scholarship recipients includes some incredibly talented and driven individuals," said Tim Collins, Senior Vice President of Comcast in Michigan. "These young people are true leaders in their schools and in their communities. They share Comcast's commitment to giving back to the Michigan communities in which we live and work and we are proud to support them as they take the next step in their careers."

Each year, Comcast works with high school principals, guidance counselors, and school administrators to select scholarship recipients. Community commitment plays a significant role in that decision. This year's honorees have spearheaded numerous campaigns, organized a variety of events, and participated in a broad range of organizations supporting countless important community groups serving individuals across Michigan.

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community. Since the program's inception there have been over 15,000 scholarships awarded, totaling more than $15.4 million.

This year's Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship recipients for Michigan are:


Student Name		Hometown	High School
Rachel	Alexander	Detroit	Western
Tanasha	Anderson	Detroit	Martin Luther King Jr. Sr. High School
Allison	Avery	Commerce Township	Our Lady Of The Lakes High School
Kevin	Bain	Northville	Northville High School
Jamie	Barnes	Muskegon	Mona Shores High School
Melissa	Bazydlo	Manchester	Manchester High School
Jenna	Behnke	Battle Creek	St. Philip Catholic Central High School
Shelby	Berens	Port Austin	North Huron High School
Halea	Besemer	South Haven	South Haven High School
Neha	Bhatia	Clarkston	Waterford Kettering High School
Bethany	Bo	Fruitport	Fruitport High School
Katherine	Bokach	Carsonville	Carsonville-Port Sanilac H S
Asia	Bond	Detroit	Academy of the Sacred Heart
Trevor	Bonventre	Novi	University of Detroit Jesuit High School
Abbie	Brackman	Hillsdale	Pittsford High School
Austin	Brewer	Flint	Kearsley High School
Brandon	Britt	Flint	Southwestern Academy
Candace	Browning	Ypsilanti	Lincoln Senior High School
Ashli	Bynum	Ada	Forest Hills Northern
Olivia	Chavez	Detroit	Cesar Chavez High School
Kathryn	Clark	Davison	Genesee Early College
Morgan	Collins	Dearborn	Divine Child High School
Yolanda	Cornejo	Grand Rapids	East Kentwood High School
Aukury	Cowart	Pontiac	Pontiac High School
Eleanor	Davies	Bloomfield Hills	International Academy
Stephanie	Dean	Ypsilanti	Willow Run High School
Alysen	DiFilippo	Rochester Hills	Rochester High School
Natalie	Dumais	Trenton	Trenton High School
Kyle	Fitzpatrick	Sparta	Sparta High School
Brianna	Fitzpatrick	Battle Creek	Battle Creek Central High School
Dannie	Fountain	Avoca	St. Clair High School
Elizabeth	Fredericks	Wyandotte	Gabriel Richard Catholic High School
Jerod	Gardner	Holt	Holt High School
Jerika	Gomez	Sandusky	Sandusky Community School
Lakeitha	Greene	Detroit	Southeastern
Delaina	Hardges	St Clair Shores	South Lake High School
Olivia	Harper	Detroit	Renaissance High School
Elizabeth	Harris	Birmingham	Ernest W. Seaholm High School
Emily	Hazelbach	Caledonia	Caledonia High School
Matthew	Hill	Milford	Milford High School
Daniel	Hills	Parma	Western High School
Ryan	Hobby	Twin Lake	Reeths-Puffer Sr High School
Lisa	Hursin	Port Austin	Bad Axe High School
Tobias	Hutchins	Fennville	Fennville High School
Kimberly	Jackson	Muskegon	Muskegon Area Career Tech Center
Michelle	Jacobs	Grosse Ile	Grosse Ile Township High School
Amanda	Jakubowski	Grand Rapids	Kenowa Hills Public Schools
Jasmin	James	Pontiac	Clawson Sr High School
Georgia-Rae	Jones	Fort Gratiot	Port Huron Northern High School
Jessica	Kahn	West Bloomfield	Frankel Jewish Academy
Kelly	Keelon	Ypsilanti	Ypsilanti High School
Kristy	Kirk	Flint	Bendle High School
Alicia	Knapp	Waldron	Waldron High School
Sara	Knutson	Holland	Black River Public School
Michelle	Lam	Shleby Township	Regina High School
Paige	Lammers	Grass Lake	Grass Lake High
Nicole	LeClair	Clio	Clio Area High School
Danielle	Lentz	Rochester Hills	Avondale High School
Monique	Lewis	Flint	International Academy of Flint
Mason	Liang	Troy	Troy High School
Emily	Lisner	Bloomfield Hills	Bloomfield Hills Andover H.S.
Kyle	Luck	Sturgis	Centreville High School
Ciara	Lynch	Royal Oak	Shrine High School
Sarah	Lyons	Wyoming	Rogers High School
Alyssa	Masciovecchio	Riverview	Riverview Community High School
Kelsey	Maxwell	Grand Blanc	Grand Blanc High School
Maya	Meheidli	Dearborn	Fordson High School
Nebiat	Mengsteab	Grand Rapids	Creston High School
Phillip	Messing	Deckerville	Deckerville Secondary School
Stacey	Miller	Grand Rapids	Calvin Christian High School
James	Nguyen	Kentwood	Kelloggsville High School
Elizabeth	Ortiz	Holland	Holland High School
Nathan	Pedder	Troy	Sterling Heights High School
Blaire	Phillips	Lawton	Lawton High School
Maxwell	Poole	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe North High School
Crysta	Ransom	Emmett	Capac High School
Laura	Rico	White Lake	Lakeland High School
Nathanael	Sanchez	Sterling Heights	Macomb Christian School
Bianca	Sanders	Pontiac	Pontiac Academy for Excellence - High School
Lorraine	Schrand	Avoca	Yale High School
La'quan	Scott-Colston	Inkster	Academy for Business and Technology High School
Scott	Shermetaro	Rochester Hills	Stoney Creek High School
Shaina	Shetty	Oakland Township	Cranbrook School
Mary	Smith	Britton	Britton-Macon Area School
Lauren	Snarski	Fraser	Fraser High School
Marissa	Stec	Lake Orion	Lake Orion High School
Ellie	Stoffer	Dexter	Chelsea High School
Caley	Terry	Rockford	NorthPointe Christian School
Joseph	Thompson	Jonesville	Jonesville High School
Ryan	Toussaint	Bloomfield Hills	Bloomfield Hills Lahser H.S.
Linda	Umulisa	Detroit	Advanced Technology Academy
Mary	Varsanik	Rochester	Notre Dame Prep High School
Andrew	Verstraete	Eaton Rapids	Eaton Rapids High School
Keyonia	Walker	Detroit	Denby
Jeanae	Wesley	Detroit	Old Redford Academy - High
Taryn	Wessels	Bad Axe	Laker High School
Chelsea	Wiles	Decatur	Decatur High School
Megan	Williams	White Lake	Lutheran High School Northwest
Laura	Wiseman	East Lansing	East Lansing High School
Kirstyn	Zdebski	Lansing	J.W. Sexton High School

About The Comcast Foundation

The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation's focus areas are volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $64 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services. Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.

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