Aaron Allen, a 2018 graduate of Arabia Mountain High School, has landed a $15,000 Youth on Course scholarship to help defray the cost of studying engineering at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., according to Crossroads news.
Aaron is one of the only DeKalb County students and one of 19 high school graduates from across the country who were awarded college scholarships totaling $245,000 on June 11, 2018.
Aaron, who lives in Ellenwood, majored in engineering at Arabia Mountain. He was an honor student and was on the golf and wrestling teams.
Sherri Allen, his mother, said it is one of several academic and golf scholarships he has received towards his college education.
She says he plans to pursue collegiate golf at Fisk.
Since 2008, the nonprofit organization has awarded more than $1.4 million in scholarships to 222 high school graduates to provide youth with access to high-quality higher education.
Youth on Course subsidizes greens fees to remove cost as a barrier to entry for potential lifetime golfers. It operates in 25 states and regions and has subsidized more than half a million rounds of golf since inception.
Adam Heieck, its executive director, said the ability to provide life-changing opportunities to young people is at the core of what the nonprofit does.
“Presenting these scholars with access to college through our scholarships ties together everything we, along with our partners, set out to do,” he said.
The 2018 scholarship recipients, whose average GPA is 3.99, will attend some of the country’s most prestigious Thirty percent of them are first-generation college students.
