Senior Awards 2020
Join us on Thursday, June 4 at 7:00 pm, to honor our graduating classes of 2020 in the first ever FSDB Virtual Senior Awards Ceremony at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. Scroll down to view livestream video, program book and a list of awards that will be given out.
Awards and Scholarships
Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship
Meliora Hatcher (B)
American Council of the Blind
Floyd Qualls Memorial Scholarship
Veronica Hyatt (B)
American Youth Character Award
Zhenling Martínez (D), Brandon Rounds (B)
Association of Former Students and Friends of the School for the Blind, Inc. Award
Jaevon Marseille (B)
Bright Futures Scholarship Qualification Consideration
Meliora Hatcher (B), Veronica Hyatt (B),
Nolan Fisher (D), Brieara Warren (D)
Theresa Castro Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Suárez (D)
Delta Gamma Foundation Scholarship
Veronica Hyatt (B)
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority Citizenship Award
Kolton Kimbell (B), Shylah Thomas (D)
First Coast Civitan Club Scholarship in Honor of Leo J. Farrell
Aaliyah Ferguson (B), Tyler Powell (D)
Florida Council of the Blind Scholarships
Mobility Award: Gracie Helton
Bobbie Probst Scholarship: Brandon Rounds
Timothy Turpin Scholarship: Meliora Hatcher
Florida School for the Deaf Alumni Association Scholarship
Samantha Suárez (D)
FSDB Blind Department "Outstanding Cooperation" Award
Aliyana Cutrone (B)
FSDB Board of Trustees Foundation Scholarship
Richard Beardsley (B), Meliora Hatcher (B), Veronica Hyatt (B)
Sean Meyers (D), Samantha Suárez (D)
FSDB Educational Association Merit Award
Meliora Hatcher (B), Samantha Suárez (D)
FSDB Salutatorian Achievement Award
Derlim Cotté-Alvarado (B), Nolan Fisher (D)
FSDB Valedictorian Achievement Award
Meliora Hyatt (B), Veronica Hyatt (B), Brieara Warren (D)
Gainesville Lions Club
Billy Wolz Youth Scholarship
Richard Beardsley (B)
Gallaudet University Scholarships
Shylah Thomas (D)
Dr. Robert Gates Scholarship
Jason Castillo (D)
Jason F. Girard Perseverance Award
Tyler Powell (D)
Sherwood Hampton Tribute Award: "Attitude is Everything"
Christian Leath (B), Clayton Carter (D)
Patrick Dominick Hopkins Scholarship
Kaitlyn Deverson (B)
Kiwanis Club of Historic St. Augustine Award
Kait Deverson (B)
Kiwanis Club of St. Augustine Award
Derlim Cotté-Alvarado (B)
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Rochester Institute of Technology Scholarship
Sean Meyers (D), Samantha Suárez (D)
Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholarship
Meliora Hatcher (B)
Mary Prickett Scholarship
Zander Towle (D)
Dr. William Proctor Scholarship
Shylah Thomas (D)
Ponte Vedra Women's Club Scholarship
Veronica Hyatt (B)
St. Augustine Lions Club
Robert McClintock Scholarship
Meliora Hatcher (B), Kolton Kimbell (B), Z’Leah Liburd (B), Brandon Rounds (B)
Sean Meyers (D), Samantha Suárez (D)
St. Johns County School District
David Macaulay Mathis Student-Athlete Award
“Pursuing Victory with Honor"
Veronica Hyatt (B)
Eric Schwarz Memorial Scholarship
Z’Leah Liburd (B)
Dr. Norm Tully Scholarship
Adiana Brenan (B), Sean Meyers (D)
University of Florida
Presidential Platinum Award
Meliora Hatcher (B)
Visual Aid Volunteers of Florida Scholarship
Fahad Amjad (B), Meliora Hatcher (B), Z’Leah Liburd (B)
Young Life of St. Johns County Award
Veronica Hyatt (B), Samantha Suárez (D)
Irwin and Elizabeth Zekaria Endowment Scholarship
Sean Meyers (D), Samantha Suárez (D)