MONTGOMERY – The Bryant-Jordan Student-Athlete Program, now in its 37th year, has announced the 2024 regional winners who were selected from school nominations for this year’s scholarship distribution. More than $1 million in scholarships is available this year.
A total of 102 high school senior student-athletes, 52 in the Bryant-Jordan Scholar-Athlete Program and 52 in the Bryant-Jordan Student Achievement Program, have advanced from area nominations. All will be recognized at the 37th annual Bryant-Jordan Awards Banquet to be held Monday night, April 15, at the Birmingham-Sheraton Hotel.
Each regional recipient will receive a $3,000 scholarship. From the regional recipients, the Bryant-Jordan Selection Committee will select class winners and the overall recipients of the Larry D. Striplin, Jr., Scholar-Athlete state award and the Ken & Betty Joy Blankenship Achievement state award, respectively. The class award recipients will receive an additional $3,500 scholarship, and the two individuals named the state award recipients will receive an additional $4,000 in scholarship funds as the overall state winners. More than $10 million in scholarship funds has been distributed to student recipients by the Bryant-Jordan Scholarship Program since its inception in 1988.
Each regional recipient will also be eligible for other special scholarships to awarded, including the Dr. Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholarship; the Herman L. “Bubba” Scott Coach’s Scholarship; the W. Edgar Welden Service Award scholarship (two awarded); the United Methodist Children’s Home scholarships (two awarded); the Auburn Football Lettermen’s Scholarships (two awarded); and the Alabama “A” Club Educational & Charitable Foundation Scholarships (two awarded).
In addition, several in-state colleges and junior colleges will present additional scholarships as well. Among the colleges involved with the Bryant-Jordan Program are: Auburn University, Jacksonville State University; Samford University; Troy University; The University of Alabama; The University of Alabama-Birmingham; the University of Alabama-Huntsville; the University of Montevallo; The University of North Alabama; the University of South Alabama; and the University of West Alabama.
Community colleges offering scholarships include: Bevill State; Calhoun; Chattahoochee Valley; Gadsden State; Jefferson State; Northeast Alabama; Northwest-Shoals; Shelton State; Snead State; and Wallace State.
Each high school in the AHSAA may nominate one senior student-athlete in each of the two categories. All students nominated become eligible for the college and community college awards.
Gabe Marsh of Guntersville High School, the 2022 recipient of the Bryant-Jordan Ken & Betty Joy Blankenship Achievement Award, was also recognized by the NFHS at the 2023 National Spirit of Sport Recipient, and Hayden Holton of Elmore County High School was the 2020 recipient of the Ken & Betty Joy Blankenship Achievement Award and the 2021 recipient of the NFHS National Spirit of Sport award.
The complete 2024 regional recipient list includes:
2024 Bryant-Jordan Scholarship Program Scholar-Athlete Regional Recipients
CLASS 1A
REGION 1: Landon Hanks Kinston High School
REGION 2: Parker Townsend Sweet Water High School
REGION 3: Makasiah Burns Autaugaville High School
REGION 4: Daymion Winfrey Alabama School/Blind
REGION 5: Haley Hendrix Victory Christian School
REGION 6: Cale Tittle Lynn High School
REGION 7: Amelia Tafazoli St. Bernard Prep School
REGION 8: Caroline Lambert Waterloo High School
CLASS 2A
REGION 1: Brodie Medlen Wicksburg High School
REGION 2: A.J. Dyson G.W. Long High School
REGION 3: Reagan Taylor Horseshoe Bend High School
REGION 4: Alex Montgomery Westminster-Oak Mountain School
REGION 5: Eli Moore Winston County High School
REGION 6: Ciara Calvert Cold Springs High School
REGION 7: Emily Driskill Whitesburg Christian Academy
REGION 8: J.D. Martin Pisgah High School
CLASS 3A
REGION 1: Ryan Cobb Straughn High School
REGION 2: Maci Caldwell Houston Academy
REGION 3: Wilson Albrecht Trinity Presbyterian School
REGION 4: Karli Wood Randolph County High School
REGION 5: Emily Huang Fayette County High School
REGION 6: Luke Rhinehart Piedmont High School
REGION 7: Ephan Benjume Plainview High School
REGION 8: Thea Hamlin Elkmont High School
CLASS 4A
REGION 1: Ashland Ross Satsuma High School
REGION 2: Jack Simmons Geneva High School
REGION 3: Avery Rogers Prattville Christian Academy
REGION 4: Jackson Burel Talladega High School
REGION 5: Noah Morgan Cleburne County High School
REGION 6: Makenna Shirley Oneonta High School
REGION 7: Lauren Buchanan DAR High School
REGION 8: T.J. Carter Westminster Christian Academy
CLASS 5A
REGION 1: Gianna Estrada St. Paul’s Episcopal School
REGION 2: Carter Sanders Headland High School
REGION 3: Kevin Honer Brewbaker Tech Magnet High School
REGION 4: Molly Conway Beauregard High School
REGION 5: Madison Moore Jasper High School
REGION 6: Avery Prickett Alexandria High School
REGION 7: Coy Mier Arab High School
REGION 8: Avery Watts Russellville High School
CLASS 6A
REGION 1: Price Beall Spanish Fort High School
REGION 2: Samantha Wilson Stanhope Elmore High School
REGION 3: John Walker Northridge High School
REGION 4: Presley Lively Helena High School
REGION 5: Kayla Warren Homewood High School
REGION 6: Austin Ray Clay-Chalkville High School
REGION 7: Maggie Rosencrance Decatur High School
REGION 8: Brady Bolding Muscle Shoals High School
CLASS 7A
REGION 1: Sanders Daniell Fairhope High School
REGION 2: Amelia Cantwell Prattville High School
REGION 3: Collin Pate Hoover High School
REGION 4: Bhavya Chalasani James Clemens High School
Student Achievement Regional Recipients
CLASS 1A
REGION 1: Donovan Hopkins Fruitdale High School
REGION 2: Jayden McMillian McKenzie High School
REGION 3: Rachel Ray Calhoun High School
REGION 4: Javaris Livingston Billingsley High School
REGION 5: Charles Neal South Lamar High School
REGION 6: Kylee Dunn Hubbertville High School
REGION 7: Payton Miller Phillips High School
REGION 8: Luke Davis Athens Bible School
CLASS 2A
REGION 1: Lilly Rice Cottonwood High School
REGION 2: Nic Danner Ariton High School
REGION 3: Elanna Lewis Francis Marion High School
REGION 4: Kat Holley Fayetteville High School
REGION 5: Isabella Pollard Ranburne High School
REGION 6: Cody McLane Sand Rock High School
REGION 7: Sydney Perkins Lindsay Lane Christian Academy
REGION 8: Fallon Starkey Pisgah High School
CLASS 3A
REGION 1: Morgan Sims Mobile Christian School
REGION 2: Aniya Barkley New Brockton High School
REGION 3: Will Thomas Excel High School
REGION 4: Ja’Kayla Tinsley Dadeville High School
REGION 5: Mason Scruggs Carbon Hill High School
REGION 6: Railey Colvard Hokes Bluff High School
REGION 7: River Walling Geraldine High School
REGION 8: Isaac Hill Phil Campbell High School
CLASS 4A
REGION 1: Samir Crooker St. Michael Catholic School
REGION 2: Emma Wilson Slocomb High School
REGION 3: Kessa Steele Bibb County High School
REGION 4: Matthew Gilliland Munford High School
REGION 5: Colton Mayfield Cleburne County High School
REGION 6: Hayden Ramos Haleyville High School
REGION 7: Zach Lee New Hope High School
REGION 8: Bogdan Ryaboshapka Deshler High School
CLASS 5A
REGION 1: Cori Towner B.C. Rain High School
REGION 2: Chris Santoyo Headland High School
REGION 3: Charlie Graced Card Demopolis High School
REGION 4: Addison Belcher Central, Clay County High School
REGION 5: Zay Miller Pleasant Grove High School
REGION 6: Talan Smith Moody High School
REGION 7: Dylan Chastain Scottsboro High School
REGION 8: Riley Miller Brewer High School
CLASS 6A
REGION 1: Daelyn Fine Baldwin County High School
REGION 2: Julius Williams Wetumpka High School
REGION 3: Will McClain Northridge High School
REGION 4: Markell Bell Pelham High School
REGION 5: Abby Wesson Pell City High School
REGION 6: Cooper Jarvis Gardendale High School
REGION 7: Layla Kirby Fort Payne High School
REGION 8: Rodney Evans Mae Jemison High School
CLASS 7A
REGION 1: Kolton Nero Foley High School
REGION 2: Riley Stewart Enterprise High School
REGION 3: Aniyah McCaslin Oak Mountain High School
REGION 4: Daniel Leija Albertville High School
