Pawleys Island Lions award scholarships

Pawleys Island Lions Club President Rick Senatore presented three 2015 Waccamaw High School graduates with scholarships totaling $7,500. The Lions Club Scholarship Committee of Mary Ward, Lion John Long and Lion Bob Hayes selected the winners as follows:

▪ Caitlyn Krask won the Ron Ward Memorial Scholarship. Krask plans to study business management and biological science and has been accepted at Tri-County Technical College on a two-year bridge program to Clemson University.

▪ Jade Brady won the Charlie & Fran Drexel Scholarship. Brady, a graduating junior, is planning to become a dermatologist and has been accepted to the College of Charleston.

▪ Casey Lucas won the Roger & Helene Allen Scholarship. Lucas is a University of South Carolina Masters Scholar and Wofford Scholar, is planning on a career combining business, mathematics and psychology, and has been accepted for admission to Clemson University.

Pictured are (from left) Lucas, Krask and Brady.

The club offers these scholarships annually to deserving seniors who are graduating from Waccamaw High.

This story was originally published July 9, 2015 at 9:50 AM with the headline "Pawleys Island Lions award scholarships."