These York High School seniors received scholarships and awards:
* Jason Christopher Bates – Hampton Roads Bowling Association Scholarship
* Frances Elizabeth Belvin – Austin Peay State University Governor Band Color Guard Scholarship
* Kyrie Lauren Bernstein – Virginia Scholar Scholarship, $3,000 renewable; salutatorian; National Merit Scholarship finalist; Tandy Technology Scholar; Lockheed Corp. National Merit Scholarship; York Exchange Club Student of the Month for November
* Michelle Lynn Bohannon – ECPI Military Scholarship
* Carrie Lee Bridgman – District Chorus; All-Virginia State Choir
* Katherine Michelle Brou – Virginia Girls State junior counselor
* Dean Browell – Williamsburg Players’ McCuley Scammon Scholarship
* Tammy Lee Carleton – Valedictorian; Byrd Scholar Scholarship; Langley Enlisted Wives’ Welfare Board Scholarship; National Merit Scholarship Commended Student; University of Virginia Echols Scholar; Tandy Technology Scholars; George Washington University Presidential Academic Scholarship; George Washington University Valedictorian Scholarship; York Rotary Club Valedictorian Scholarship; First Place Virginia Gazette New Year’s Day Essay Contest; Yorktown Victory Center exhibit designer; School Sylvan Scholar Century III Leader
* Leisha M. Cook – National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
* Andrew Cody Creech – York NJROTC Physical Fitness Award
* Chryse Lauren Davis – Randolph Macon College Distinguished Achievement Award
* Ebony C. Davis – All-Virginia Chorus first alternate; District VIII Chorus; York School Board Senior of Month for May; John Anderson Memorial Scholarship
* Joshua Leigh Doyle – Colorado State University Academic Grant
* Paul Christian Edgerton – Denbigh Church of God Ministry Scholarship; East Coast Bible College Academic Tuition Scholarship
* April L. Edlow – Commended student, National Achievement Scholarship Program; Outstanding Negro Students; University of Pennsylvania Penn Grant
* Laura G. Eldred – National Merit Scholarship, commended student
* Corey Page Fisk – Methodist College Academic Achievement Scholarship
* Jason Sean Fond – Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association Scholarship
* Elizabeth Ann Hennessey – Tandy Technology Scholars; Rodgers Smith Leadership Award and Scholarship; DAR Good Citizen of Year Award; Nations Bank Scholarship; York Exchange Club Senior of Month for January; Herff-Jones Principals Leadership Award
* Susan Elizabeth Hickerson – Roanoke College Scholarship; Langley Officers’ Wives’ Club Creative Arts Scholarship; East Tennessee State University Scholarship; Dodge-Powell Scholarship; Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association Scholarship; All Virginia Band
* Matthew E. Holston – Commended Student National Achievement Scholarship Program; Outstanding Negro Student; Virginia Tech Marshall Hahn Engineering Scholarship; Tandy Technology Scholar Outstanding Math/Science Student; U.S. Air Force Academy appointment; Virginia Power’s Minority Engineering Scholarship to Virginia Tech; Shirleen T. Judkins Memorial Scholarship; Air Force Communications Electronics Association Scholarship; Virginia Tech School of Engineering Scholarship; York County School Board Senior of Month for January; York County NAACP-ACT SO Award
* Lori Anne Hubler – Virginia Wesleyan College Presidential Scholarship; York County Administration Employee Recognition Award
* Andrew M. Kozma – National Merit semi-finalist; National Merit Scholarship finalist; Langley Officers’ Wives’ Club Academic Scholarship; George Washington University Presidential Scholarship; Tandy Technology Scholars
* Erika Dawn Lawson – Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
* Travis Carlton Lilley – Outstanding Student in Business Data Processing
* Eric Lynn – National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
* William Mason McCarty – District Chorus
* Matthew Douglas Meadows – Randolph Macon College Distinguished Achievement Scholarship
* Daniel Wesley Mellen – Langley Officers’ Wives’ Club USPA and IRA Scholarship; Hampden-Sydney College Patrick Henry Scholarship, 25 percent tuition; Randolph Macon College Distinguished Achievement Scholarship; Mary Washington College Alumni Scholarship
* Corey Dwayne Mitchell – Air Force Aid Society Scholarship; Maine Central Institute Grant; Bay Rivers District First Team Football
* Eric Stuart Nicholson – First place, state wrestling
* Matthew Thomas Omiecinski – York Couty Outstanding Youth Award
* Jason Alexander Outlaw – York School Board Senior of Month for March; All-State Cross-Country; Bay Rivers District Basketball Player of the Year; Fort Eustis Christmas Basketball Tournament MVP; Longwood College Athletic Scholarship
* Holly Natasha Owen – Bay Rivers District First Team Field Hockey; All-Peninsula Second Team Field Hockey
* Melissa Marie Paetz – AAU/MARS/Milky Way Honorable Mention All-American Award; Mary Baldwin College Bailey Scholar; Mary Baldwin College’s Baldwin Scholarship; Hampton-Roads Junior Miss Scholar Award
* Tavares J. Parker – University of Florida President’s Academic Scholarship
* Sharon Denise Pinder – U.S. Marine Corp. ROTC Scholarship
* David H. Powell – Bay Rivers All-District Basketball; Fort Eustis Christmas Tournament All-Tournament Team
* Aimee D. Rhodes – Commended Student National Achievement Scholarship Program; Outstanding Negro Students; York Exchange Club Student of Month for March
* Beth Salyer – Yorktown Naval Weapons Station Credit Union Scholarship
* Dennis Jake Smith – Vo-Tech Student of Month in Auto Body I; Bay Rivers All-District Second Team Football
* Jennifer Beth Sturgill – University of South Carolina Music Scholarship, $5,000; All-Virginia Band
* Melody M. Trexler – Virginia Tech Marshall Hahn Engineering Scholarship; Outstanding Science Student by Peninsula Engineers’ Club; Peninsula Virginia Tech Alumni Association Scholarship
* Demetria Lashaun Yarbrough – Yorktown Woman’s Club Scholarship; Old Dominion University Grant
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