Comcast Awards $84,000 in Scholarships to Indiana Students

Company Honors 84 Students for Community Service and Academic Achievement

FISHERS, Ind. -- Comcast recently honored 84 college-bound students from throughout Indiana who have won a helping hand for college in the form of $1,000 scholarships from the Comcast Foundation. The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, annually recognizes students who have demonstrated leadership skills, academic achievement and a commitment to community service.

"Each year, we are excited to provide Leaders and Achievers scholarships to talented students who demonstrate leadership in school activities and a strong commitment to community service," said Scott Tenney, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Indianapolis Region. "Given the economic uncertainty facing families across Indiana and our nation, this year's awards take on even greater significance and we are proud to participate in a small way in helping these future leaders power their dreams for success."

A commitment to community service is an essential component in the selection of Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship recipients. This year's honorees are catalysts for positive change in their communities and schools, participating in a wide variety of community service activities, such as helping to revitalize communities as part of service projects, mentoring and tutoring younger students, volunteering at hospitals and domestic violence shelters and delivering and serving meals to the homeless and hungry. Community organizations throughout Indiana, including Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Boy Scouts of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters and American Cancer Society have benefited from the service and leadership of this year's recipients.

Nationally, 1,879 high school seniors received $1,000 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarships this year. In the nine years since the program began, Comcast has awarded $11 million in college aid to 11,000 scholarship winners.

Each year, Comcast works with high school principals, guidance counselors and school administrators to select the scholarship recipients. The program is overseen by International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc., an independent firm that specializes in managing sponsored scholarship programs.

For additional information, visit comcast.com/scholarships. A list of the scholarship recipients in Indiana follows below.

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 comcast.com/community.

2009 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients

NAME HIGH SCHOOL HOMETOWN

Kelsey Alexander Eastern Junior Senior High School Greentown

Anna Allen LaPorte High School LaPorte

Rachel Ambs South Dearborn High School Aurora

Charles Amy Park Tudor School Indianapolis

Jerica Barlow Muncie Central High School Muncie

Lawrence Batiste Westside High School Gary

Sara Bruns Hagerstown Junior Senior High School Hagerstown

Allison Conrad Twin Lakes High School Monticello

Leah Cram Northridge High School Middlebury

Courtney Crawford Connersville High School Connersville

Michael Dickerson Greenfield Central High School Greenfield

Kristen Duerstock Jac-Cen-Del High School Batesville

Chelsea Durham South Ripley High School Osgood

Trevor Elmore Decatur Central High School Indianapolis

Ashlee Fishburn Perry Meridian High School Indianapolis

Ivan Fredrick Bishop Luers High School Fort Wayne

Amber Furrer North White High School Reynolds

Yuchen Gao Bloomington High School South Bloomington

Erin Gavelek Lowell High School Lowell

Amanda Gibson New Buffalo High School Michigan City

Elizabeth Giesting Triton Central High School Waldron

Evelyn Gil Pike High School Indianapolis

Brittany Gillespie Lawrenceburg High School Lawrenceburg

Amelia Glauber Lebanon Senior High School Lebanon

Amanda Glidden Daleville High School Yorktown

Jordyn Goins Ben Davis Senior High School Indianapolis

Anthony Gomez Hobart High School Hobart

David Gray Eastern Greene High School Solsberry

Kayla Green Penn High School Media Center Osceola

Evan Groninger Pendleton Heights High School Pendleton

Leah Hahn Hamilton Heights High School Cicero

Rachel Hand Milan High School Milan

Claire Hawkins Shelbyville High School Shelbyville

Jeremy Height Heritage Christian School Indianapolis

Wesley Higdon Michigan City High School Long Beach

Matthew Hollars Danville Community High School Danville

Emily Jones Highland Senior High School Anderson

Mark Kalinich Lake Central High School St. John

Andrew Ketchum Homeschooler - Covenant Academy Columbus

Mackenzie Klaes Seymour High School Seymour

Kurtis Knapke Richmond High School Richmond

Brandon Knueve New Haven High School New Haven

Kasie Kyle Memorial High School Elkhart

Erika McGuire Warren Central High School Indianapolis

Carrie Millican Peru High School Peru

Natalie Moistner Cathedral High School Indianapolis

Hannah Morrett Fountain Central High School Veedersburg

Mohsin Mukhtar Plainfield High School Plainfield

Gabrielle Newton McCutcheon High School Lafayette

Kayleigh Nyffeler Wayne High School Fort Wayne

Anne Oesterling Greensburg Community High School Greensburg

Bridget Oliver Jefferson High School Lafayette

John Rauchenstein Delta High School Albany

Jeremiah Reed East Chicago Central High School East Chicago

Bradley Rinard Monroe Central Junior Senior

High School Farmland

Brady Ripperger Oldenburg Academy Brookville

Karleen Ritchie Franklin Central High School Indianapolis

Ariel Rudd Clinton Central High School Kirklin

Andrew Rusch Taylor High School Kokomo

Bonnie Sanders North Side High School Fort Wayne

Kelsey Shields Monrovia Junior Senior High School Mooresville

Kortnee Singer Northfield High School North

Manchester

Grace Smith Columbus North High School Columbus

Soe Soe South Side High School Fort Wayne

Laura Spieth Woodland Junior Senior High School New Haven

Cortney Stace Homestead High School Fort Wayne

Jeremy Sterrett Delphi High School Delphi

Belinda Stutzman Grace Baptist Christian School Plymouth

Kimberly Swain Concord High School Goshen

Carolyn Tackett Portage East High School Portage

George Thomas Central High Elkhart Elkhart

Matthew Turner Lawrence Central High School Indianapolis

Corey Vanbuskirk Elwood Community High School Elwood

Logan Varner Yorktown High School Yorktown

Aaron Vaughn Western Boone Junior Senior

High School Jamestown

Alyssa Vinluan Valparaiso High School Valparaiso

Morgan Walker Clinton Prairie Junior Senior

High School Mulberry

Chelsea Weber Western High School Russiaville

Clinton Weddle Bethesda Christian School Brownsburg

Kirsten Wendall Covington Christian High School Veedersburg

Haley Werner Washington Township High School Valparaiso

Dustin Wiehe Carroll High School Wayne

Kylee Wierks Northrop High School Fort Wayne

Katherine Yesnik Crawfordsville High School Crawfordsville