In this 2012 photo, Boys and Girls Club of Chattanooga unit manager Tahme’Sha Washington, left, congratulates Boys and Girls Club June 2012 Leader of the Month Anthony Edwards.The following students were selected as Leaders of the Month for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga during 2016
1. Zavior Favors, Tyner High School, 10th grade2. Jermichael Miller, East Ridge High School, 12th grade3. De’Shayla Caldwell, Howard High School, 11th grade4. Nigel Brown, East Ridge High School, 10th grade5. Deveonte Overton, Howard High School, 11th grade6. JaKayla Moore, Tyner High School, 10th grade7. Kivean Smith, Howard High School 9th grade8. KeOnna Lawrence, Ivy Academy, 11th grade9. Hannah Hemphill, Hixson, 11th grade10. Jamya Anderson, Brainerd, 11th grade11. Destiny Kennebrew, Chattanooga School for the Arts, 10th grade12. Anthony Edwards, Tyner High School, 12th grade
Anthony Edwards has been accepted to East Tennessee State University, but he needs money to get there.
The Tyner High School senior came closer to his goal Friday when the Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga awarded him a $2,500 scholarship and named him the recipient of its David Fussell Outstanding Leadership Award.
Edwards said he was surprised to receive the award.
“Y’all gonna make me cry,” he said from the podium as some 80 students, business leaders and law enforcement officers gave a standing ovation.