The 232 Haywood High School 2019 graduates began their recognition ceremonies when they participated in the Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 17, in the school’s gym. The seats were filled with family and friends as they watched the Class Top 10 receive their honors, and as other students received other honors and scholarships.

HHS Principal LaTonya Jackson and Assistant Principals Alex Aitken and Lena Thomas Moore, and Class President Riley Barr, Treasurer Ahmadia Hines, Vice President Iyana Taylor, and Secretary Kemyia Evans conducted the ceremony.

Honored as the Class of 2019 Top Ten were: (1) Bendy Yuan-Zhao (98.65) –Valedictorian, (2) Samuel Banks (98.47) – Salutatorian, (3) Jordan Cone (98.26), (4) Colbie Killen (97.89), (5) Anna Haynes (97.81), (6) Leslie Fox (97.54), (7) Ashlei Williams (97.36), (8) Karsen Neal (96.92), (9) Hunter Smothers (96.68), and (10) Jackson Pettigrew (96.66).

Among other honors, Mrs. Jackson recognized seven HHS graduates who are going into the military, 24 graduates qualified for Tennessee Scholars honors, 12 students received REDI College Access Awards for a total of $19,200 for 2 years.

College and University Scholarships presented at the ceremony equaled $920,744 (4 years), 93 students qualified for HOPE scholarships with a total of $291,000 over 4 years, and local donors presented Scholarships equaling $86,747.

Mrs. Johnson ended the ceremony with this message to the students, “If you keep up your grades and remain eligible to renew your college and lottery scholarships for four years, the Class of 2019 will leave with a combined total of $1,317,691 to help further their education over the next four years.”

Saturday morning, beginning at 9 a.m., the graduates took their final walk as a high school senior as they received their diplomas at the L. Z. Hurley Memorial stadium.

2019 GRADUATES and Scholarships

• Daisha Antoinette Adams
• Jakecia Lybred Adams: HOPE Scholarship
• Ka’Marria LaNay Adams: HOPE Scholarship
• Shakayla Denise Alford: $2,000 Catherine T. Colhoun Memorial Trust Scholarship, HOPE Scholarship
• Brad Anderson, Jr.: HOPE Scholarship
• Lové Tyshun Anderson
• Daniel Arellanes: Tennessee Scholar, HOPE Scholarship
• Joshua Drake Austin
• Leigha Christian Bailey: William Penn University Athletic Scholarship $14,000 per year for 4 years = $56,000, $500 American Legion Post 114 Scholarship, READY Graduate
• Detravious Hakeem Baker: HOPE Scholarship
• Samuel Thomas Banks: Salutatorian (Top Ten #2), Distinguished Scholar, Joe T. Naylor Award, Thirty-Plus Club Member, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, UT Volunteer Scholarship $8,000 per year for 4 years = $32,000, Distinguished Tennessean Award and University of Tennessee Pledge Scholarship $3,403 per year for 4 years = $13,612, HOPE Scholarship, General Assembly Merit Scholarship, $500 Ronnie Richards Memorial Scholarship, $500 First United Methodist Church – James Sumner Sharpe Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 Brownsville Exchange Club Scholarship
• Tre’veon D’Angelo Banks: A.R. Award for Outstanding Junior ROTC Cadet, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, Distinguished Scholar
• McKenna Elise Barken: Distinguished Scholar, Top Twenty (#16), READY Graduate, $500 Dunbar-Haywood County Training School/Carver High School Alumni Association, Haywood County Chapter Scholarship, $1,000 Meux Family Scholarship, $500 Marie Hafford-Browning Foundation Scholarship, $400 Academic Scholarship and $840 Cotillion Scholarship from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Xi Lambda Omega Chapter Scholarship
• Cornisha Danyale Barnes: HOPE Scholarship, $500 Tracey Lynn Sikes Dream Scholarship, $500 Willow Grove MB Church Scholarship
• Riley Ann Barr: Distinguished Scholar, Top Twenty (#13), Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, Union University Institutional Scholarship $6,750 per year for 4 years = $27,000, HOPE Scholarship, $500 Mark Conway Memorial Scholarship
• Mikhayla Daneé Batchelor: HOPE Scholarship
• Emily Claire Baynes
• Alexiis Kalyra Shar’Na Bean: Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, Tennessee State University Academic Scholarship $18,000 per year for 4 years = $72,000, HOPE Scholarship
• Emanuel Montgomery Beard: Bethel University Athletic Scholarship $12,000 per year for 4 years = $48,000, HOPE Scholarship
• Bishop Alexander Bell
• Derrion Cortez Bell: $1,000 Reverend Clay Evans Scholarship
• Dontious D. Bell
• Jordan Bell: Distinguished Scholar, Top Twenty (#18), Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $500 American Legion Post 114 Scholarship
• Timothy W. Bendall, Jr.
• Anna Blackwell
• Reshawna Bond: READY Graduate
• Demarius L. Boyd: $750 Friendship Baptist Church/Rev. Martin L. Bowers Scholarship
• Kiara Lashuntay Boyd
• NaTory Boyd
• Branderian Boyle
• Ra’Shawn Douglas Bradford: Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate
• Jocelyn Varshae Brooks: $5,000 Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider Scholarship, HOPE Scholarship
• Destiny Elena Brown
• Jamarius Brown
• Diamond Lasha Brummett
• Embreua Operia Bynum
• Shekinah Grace Byrum: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Zakaria Zanáe Carpenter: $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship
• Samuel Carranza: HOPE Scholarship
• Genesis Castro: HOPE Scholarship
• Robert Chandler
• Carlisle Elizabeth Clagg: Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Chelsea Brianna Clark: $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, University of Tennessee, Martin Academic Achievement Scholarship $500 per year for 4 years = $2,000, HOPE Scholarship
• Ja’Lyn Arnez Clark
• Jarmarious Clark
• Malik Comage
• Jordan Leigh Cone: Top Ten (#3), Distinguished Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $500 Mark Conway Memorial Scholarship
• Derrick Dewayne Cozart
• Yatzi Cruz: HOPE Scholarship
• Eric E. Cunningham: University of Memphis Music Scholarship – Band $2,000 per year for 4 years = $8,000
• Rakayla Ayanna Currie
• Markayla Sherona Davis: HOPE Scholarship
• Jacob Delaney
• Conaeja NeShaé Delk
• Tyler Alexander Dickens: Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $500 16^th Review Club Scholarship
• Dereontá M. Doaks
• Jamya NaShaé Douglas: Distinguished Scholar, Top Twenty (#11), Tennessee Scholar, $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, READY Graduate, University of Tennessee, Martin Academic Scholarship $4,750 per year for 4 years = $19,000, HOPE Scholarship, $250 Haywood High School Class of 1996 Scholarship, $400 Academic Scholarship Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Xi Lambda Omega Chapter, $2,000 Dunbar-Haywood County Training School/Carver High School Alumni Association, National Chapter, Scholarship
• Quindarius Tywan Douglas
• Skyler Jade Elrod: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $500 10^th Review Club Scholarship
• Zachary Allen Esquivias
• Kemyia Sharda Evans: HOPE Scholarship, $500 Tennessee State Trooper John Gregory Mann Memorial Scholarship
• Kevion Terrell Evans
• Aaron Faulkner
• Laurynn Riley Ferrell: READY Graduate
• Xavierious Malik Fields
• Christopher Foster: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Leslie Michelle Fox: Top Ten (#6), Distinguished Scholar, READY Graduate, Southwest Baptist University Academic Scholarship $20,660 per year for 5 years = $103,300, $500 Mark Conway Memorial Scholarship
• Tra’Darius Franklin
• DeMarius J. Freeman
• Patrick Cayce Gaines: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Kaylie Hope Garrett
• Keiston Cortez Gause
• Nakayla Alexus Gause: HOPE Scholarship
• Beatrice V. Gavin: HOPE Scholarship, $700 Nola Walker-Bond Scholarship
• Cory Gillmer, Jr.
• Shadaesya Cha’Nell Glover: Tennessee Scholar, $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, HOPE Scholarship, $250 Haywood High School Class of 1996 Scholarship
• Melissa Danyel Gooden: $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship
• James Goodman: HOPE Scholarship
• Deven Trent Grandberry
• Bria Grant: Distinguished Scholar, 2019 Amro Music Mid-South Honor Band Award, Tennessee Scholar, Tennessee State University Music Scholarship – Band $6,000 per year for 4 years = $24,000, HOPE Scholarship, $300 Tennessee State University Alumni Association Scholarship
• Jataz Gray
• Jamia LaDasia Green: $500 Boys’ and Girls’ Club Scholarship, $750 Haywood County Education Association Scholarship
• Skye Antionette Green: Tennessee State University USDA Scholarship $10,000 per year for 4 years = $40,000, HOPE Scholarship, $500 Dailey and Minnie Walker Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 Movell Byars, Jr., Memorial Scholarship, $300 Tennessee State University Alumni Association Scholarship
• Trotavious Green: $500 Willow Grove MB Church Scholarship
• Tyasia B. Green
• Dante B. Harris
• Hermekia Shantericka Harris: HOPE Scholarship, $750 Hickory Grove M.B. Church Scholarship
• Robert Jordan Harris: HOPE Scholarship
• Ebony Nicole Harwell
• Anna Nicole Haynes: Top Ten (#5), Distinguished Scholar, Ed Thompson Award, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, Union University Academic Scholarship $16,705 per year for 4 years = $66,820, HOPE Scholarship, $1,000 Dr. Jack G. Pettigrew Scholarship, $2,000 Mann Scholarship, $1,000 Tennessee Academy Foundation Scholarship
• Kadajah Meyana Henly
• Cortlin N. Herron: $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, HOPE Scholarship, $300 Good Hope Baptist Church Scholarship
• Jatlin Donté Hess: HOPE Scholarship, $500 Pearl Qualls Memorial Scholarship (Given by the Milwaukee Chapter Dunbar-Haywood County Training/Carver High School Alumni Association), $2,000 Catherine T. Colhoun Memorial Trust Scholarship
• Ananda Sharda Hill
• Ahmadia Veronica Hines: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $1,000 Brownsville-Haywood County Arts Council Scholarship, $1,500 Elizabeth R. Norris Memorial Scholarship
• Deyondrius Hines: $400 Sidney Sternberger Memorial Scholarship, $500 Willow Grove MB Church Scholarship
• Sherron Maurice Hines: Bethel University Athletic Scholarship $10,500 per year for 4 years = $42,000
• Ja’Darius Tyrell Hines-Cliff: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Shelby Lynn Hodge: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Keaston Maurice Holloway
• Traonne Shanesha Holloway
• Darian Devon Houston: HOPE Scholarship, $300 Good Hope Baptist Church Scholarship
• Maria Houy: HOPE Scholarship
• Jordan Brent Howell: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Tyler Keshun Hudson
• Alexandria Reshay Hunt: Joining United States Air Force
• Erica Deshawnna Hurt: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $1,000 HHS Class of 1979 Scholarship
• Makiyah Lanae Jarrett: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $1,000 Farmer Chapel – Maude E. Rawls/Joe L. Taylor Scholarship
• Montré Jeter
• Calen Deshun Johnson: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $1,500 Willie James Memorial Scholarship, $300 Tennessee State University Alumni Association Scholarship
• Larry Ross Johnson
• Marcus Durrell Jones
• Tawana Jones
• Jenavieve Nicole Jordan: READY Graduate
• McKenzie Grace Kelly: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Colbie Leigh Killen: Top Ten (#4), Distinguished Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $500 Mark Conway Memorial Scholarship, $500 First United Methodist Church – James Sumner Sharpe Memorial Scholarship
• Aria Reneá Kinchelow
• Xavier Montez King: Bethel University Athletic Scholarship $10,500 per year for 4 years = $42,000
• A’Nya Lashelle Kinney: HOPE Scholarship,
• Randarious Dashun Kinney: READY Graduate
• Kaleb A. Kutz: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Amanda Morgan Layton
• Jody Thomas Lea, Jr.: Distinguished Scholar, Top Twenty (#20), Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Marco Antonio Leon: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Ernesha Travonda Lewis
• Jorden Nikiya Lewis: $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, READY Graduate, $1,000 Gladys Evans Jones Scholarship, $110 Cotillion Scholarship Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Xi Lambda Omega Chapter Scholarship
• William Bond Lonon: Tennessee Scholar, HOPE Scholarship, $500 First United Methodist Church – James Sumner Sharpe Memorial Scholarship
• Jaylon O’Brien Lucas
• Briana Mann: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Jakalyn Marquis Manns
• Courtney Lea Marbry: $1,000 Reverend Clay Evans Scholarship
• Sidney Lee Martin: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Kylan McDougal
• QuinAntony McGowan: READY Graduate
• Lamonte Middlebrooks
• Kenneth Joshua Miller
• Dylan Ellis Milton
• Jada Monie
• Zachary K. Moore
• Cadaja D’air Morton: HOPE Scholarship
• Trakilah Makaiyl Morton: READY Graduate, $500 Willow Grove MB Church Scholarship
• Karsen Gail Neal: Top Ten (#8), Distinguished Scholar, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $5,740 Coburn Scholarship (Given in Memory of Mr. E. B. Coburn)
• Deronica Michelle Nelson: READY Graduate
• Whitney Michelle Ostrom: HOPE Scholarship
• Luis Padron
• Acayla Rayshun Palmer: READY Graduate, $750 Hickory Grove M.B. Church Scholarship
• Jadaya Parsons: READY Graduate
• De’Marius Ra’Shun Pearson: HOPE Scholarship, $500 Willow Grove MB Church Scholarship
• Quentin Ramone Pearson
• Tra’Myi’A Peete: $750 Hickory Grove M.B. Church Scholarship
• Jaylin Shamar Pender: Joining the United States Air Force
• Joel David Perez, Jr.
• Everette Baker Pettigrew: Top Twenty (#14), Distinguished Scholar, D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $500 First United Methodist Church – James Sumner Sharpe Memorial Scholarship, $1,530 Joe and Evelyn Naylor Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 Marla Angotti Memorial Scholarship
• Jackson Lefave Pettigrew: Top Ten (#10), Distinguished Scholar, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, Mississippi State University Non-resident, Covard Future Leader, Eagle Scout and Freshman Academic Scholarships $15,000 per year for 4 years = $60,000, $500 First United Methodist Church – James Sumner Sharpe Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 Molly Williamson Memorial Scholarship
• Dee’Jah KaTryce Pickens: $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, HOPE Scholarship
• Lillie Rebecca Pittman: Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $1,000 Meux Family Scholarship, $500 Memrie H. Butler and Ben Butler Memorial Scholarship
• Isaiah Deshun Polk: Top Twenty (#15), Distinguished Scholar, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $2,000 Catherine T. Colhoun Memorial Trust Scholarship
• Kirsten Susannah Porch: Top Twenty (#19), Distinguished Scholar, $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, READY Graduate, Jackson State Community College Athletic Scholarship – Softball $1,000 per year for 2 years = $2,000, HOPE Scholarship, $500 First United Methodist Church – James Sumner Sharpe Memorial Scholarship
• Breonica Latese Reed: $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Decourtney Montreal Reed: $500 First United Methodist Church – James Sumner Sharpe Memorial Scholarship
• Aaliyah Marie Renteria
• De’Shia Monique Renteria
• Sanjuanita Reyna: Tennessee State University Music Scholarship – Band $6,000 per year for 4 years = $24,000, HOPE Scholarship
• Justin Keshun Richardson
• Jaime Rodriguez Garcia: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $500 American Legion Post 114 Scholarship
• Allison B. Rogers
• Brandon Rogers: READY Graduate
• Zarquavious D. Rogers
• Trondarius Rutherford
• Nathan Amaru Sanderlin
• Chellby Aaliyah Sanders
• Marlon Isiah Sangster
• Alexander Todd Sceals: Top Twenty (#17), Distinguished Scholar, Joining the United States Air Force, READY Graduate
• Ethan Park Scott: READY Graduate
• Jessica Seymour
• Keshaun J. Seymour
• Nakiya Zanisha Seymour
• Candace Brianna Shaw: HOPE Scholarship, $1,000 Robert E. Allison Humanitarian Scholarship
• Robert Shaw: Joining the Marines, HOPE Scholarship
• Ryterian Jarrell Sheffield: HOPE Scholarship, $1,000 C.A. Rawls Memorial Scholarship, $500 Mrs. Willie Mae Shaw Memorial Scholarship, $300 Bradley Jones Foundation Scholarship, $1,000 Margaret Ann Welch Memorial Scholarship
• Cortavious Keshaun Shephard: HOPE Scholarship, $500 Cynthia Douglas Memorial Scholarship, $2,000 Catherine T. Colhoun Memorial Trust Scholarship, $500 Reverend Freddie J. Powell Memorial Scholarship, $400 Jim Batchelor Memorial Scholarship, $500 Mary C. Ragland Memorial Music Scholarship (Given by The Wednesday Morning Musicale)
• Taylor Cortez Shields: HOPE Scholarship
• Cullen McKenzie Shoemaker: Joining the United States Army
• William Kenton Sigler, II
• Isaiah Rashan Singleton: Lane College Music Scholarship – Band $12,500 per year for 4 years = $10,000
• Hunter Ricks Smothers: Top Ten (#9), Distinguished Scholar, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $1,000 Tennessee Academy Foundation Scholarship, $500 First United Methodist Church – James Sumner Sharpe Memorial Scholarship
• Stevie Cornell Snipes
• Javaress Markeston Somerville
• Jolisia Nayana Springfield
• Todd Jecoby Springfield
• Brequela Keira Starks
• Kyron Stocking
• Jakobe Dequn Swift: HOPE Scholarship
• Briana DaZhané Taylor: $927 Miss Debutante Pageant 2019 Scholarship
• Bryan L. Taylor, Jr.
• Cordarrius Taylor
• Damarcus Leeshon Taylor: HOPE Scholarship
• Duntaraus Jaden Taylor
• Iyana Nicole Taylor: $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, University of Tennessee, Martin Academic Scholarship $500 per year for 4 years = $2,000, HOPE Scholarship
• Jakalia Catriss Taylor
• Jaylon Taylor: Distinguished Scholar, Brownsville Exchange Club ACE Award, 2019 Amro Music Mid-South Honor Band Award, Tennessee Scholar, University of Memphis Music Scholarship – Band $2,000 per year for 4 years = $8,000, HOPE Scholarship, $500 Dunbar-Haywood County Training School/Carver High School Alumni Association, Haywood County Chapter Scholarship, $500 Pearl Qualls Memorial Scholarship (Given by the Milwaukee Chapter, Dunbar-Haywood County Training/Carver High School Alumni Association), $2,000 Mann Scholarship, $2,000 Catherine T. Colhoun Memorial Trust Scholarship,
• Nautica Leikeye Taylor
• Jada Transon
• Braxton Turner: Joining the United States Air Force, HOPE Scholarship, $300 Good Hope Baptist Church Scholarship
• Mike D. Turner
• Massai Reid Twitty: Top Twenty (#12), Distinguished Scholar, $1,600 REDI College Access Scholarship, READY Graduate, University of Memphis Dean’s Academic Scholarship $1,500 per year for 2 years = $3,000, HOPE Scholarship, $500 Memrie H. Butler and Ben Butler Memorial Scholarship
• Caterra L. Tyus
• Jerelisha Vontay Tyus
• Taylen Keonte Tyus: HOPE Scholarship
• Ashley Vasquez
• Joneshia N. Voss
• Baileigh Haynes Waldrop: HOPE Scholarship
• Jakayla Chardae Walker: HOPE Scholarship, $700 Nola Walker-Bond Scholarship
• Montasia Walker
• Lane Taylor Ward
• Kylon Shaidel Washington: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship
• Alexia B. Watkins: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $2,000 Dunbar-Haywood County Training School/Carver High School Alumni Association, National Chapter, Scholarship, $1,000 HHS Class of 1979 Scholarship
• Peyton Maverick Watson
• Allen Cornelius Weathers, Jr.
• Shanya Nahvielle Whitelaw: READY Graduate, HOPE Scholarship, $500 First Baptist Missionary Baptist Church Scholarship
• Alex Jeanette Williams: READY Graduate, University of Tennessee, Martin Achievement Academic Scholarship $500 per year for 4 years = $2,000, $1,000 Fred and Marie Colvett Family and Consumer Service Scholarship, Harold Conner Academic Scholarship $2,000 per year for 4 years = $8,000, HOPE Scholarship, $500 Willow Grove MB Church Scholarship
• Ashlei Renae Williams: Top Ten (#7), Distinguished Scholar, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville UT Pledge Scholarship $12,253 per year for 4 years = $49,012, HOPE Scholarship, $4,000 Brownsville Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000 University of Tennessee Haywood Alumni Scholarship, $2,000 Catherine T. Colhoun Memorial Trust Scholarship, $500 Willow Grove MB Church Scholarship
• Wanda Caitlin Williams
• Termaine J. Williamson
• Trekia Laura Woods: HOPE Scholarship
• C. Wright
• Tyreke Shemar Yancey: HOPE Scholarship, $750 Hickory Gove M.B. Church Scholarship
• Jerwin Young: Bethel University Athletic Scholarship $10,500 per year for 4 years = $42,000
• William Young
• Bendy Yuan-Zhao: Valedictorian (Top Ten #1), Distinguished Scholar, Thirty-Plus Club Member, Tennessee Scholar, READY Graduate, New York University NYU Shanghai Undergraduate Grant $30,000 per year for 4 years = $120,000
• Brandy Carolina Zamudio: READY Graduate
• Jorge Zanabriga: HOPE Scholarship