Lynessa McGee of Mason is one of a dozen black high school seniors from Southwest Ohio awarded scholarships through the National Achievement Scholarship Program.
McGee is among 800 seniors nationally to receive one-time $2,500 scholarships or corporate scholarships varying between $500 and $10,000.
McGee, a senior at Ursuline Academy senior, was inducted into the National Honor Society as a junior. In her senior year she served as captain of both the varsity basketball and soccer teams, as well as the captain of her elite club soccer team.
She is a four-year member of Hands Across Campus, the Spanish Club and Teens for Life, and volunteers with Jack and Jill Inc., a community service organization devoted to serving children in the black community with support, activities and mentoring.
McGee has coordinated the Thanksgiving basket campaign at UA, led the Operation Christmas Child, which gathered supplies for needy children in other countries and has been a frequent visitor to serve meals at the Drop Inn Center and the City Gospel Mission.
McGee’s plans to study medicine in college.
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