Sixteen area students have been awarded $54,000 in college scholarships from the MaryEllen Locher Foundation.
The foundation is a national college scholarship program for children who have either lost a parent to breast cancer or have a parent who is a breast cancer survivor.
Winners are:
Breonna Armstrong, Red Bank High School graduate, attending Cleveland State Community College.
Alex Burd, McCallie School graduate, attending the University of Alabama.
Trae Cody, Bradley Central High School graduate, attending Lee University.
Casey Crump, Southeast Whitfield High School graduate, attending Bryan College.
Taylor Dix, Baylor School graduate, attending King College.
Gretchen Higdon, Ooltewah High School graduate, attending Lee University.
Taylor Mullinax, Gordon Lee High School graduate, attending Dalton State College.
Alex Mullin, Notre Dame High School graduate, attending the University of South Carolina.
Travis Peacock, Notre Dame High School graduate, attending Tennessee Technological University.
Paul Peers, Dade County High School graduate, attending the University of the Cumberlands.
Libby Peigen, Ooltewah High School graduate, attending Lee University.
Barrett Ratchford, Ooltewah High School graduate, attending Cleveland State Community College.
Helen Reynolds, homeschool graduate, attending Chattanooga State Community College.
A.J. Rice, Walker Valley High School graduate, attending the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
David Wagner, Darlington School graduate, attending UTC.
Laura Wagner, Girls Preparatory School graduate, attending Rhodes College.