Career Compass of LA Awards $100,000 in Scholarships

Front row seated, left to right
Mary Salone, Lane Grigsby, Boo Grigsby Foundation, Kimi Clopton 

Career Compass of Louisiana, a non-profit organization that provides career and college coaching services to high school seniors across the state, held its annual Spring Luncheon and Scholarship Awards on May 9^th at the Crowne Plaza in Baton Rouge. 

During the luncheon, $100,000 in scholarships was awarded from The Boo Grigsby Foundation on behalf of Career Compass.  Eighteen high school seniors from East Baton Rouge, Central, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, Assumption, St. John the Baptist, St. James, Pointe Coupee, and St. Mary Parishes were honored.  The recipients included: Mayia L. Battley and Nayia L. Battley, Livonia High; Britney Bell, MSA-E; Cameron Blame, Assumption High; Kimi Clopton, Port Allen High; Trent Davis, Brusly High; Jonathan Lanoux, Lutcher High; Brooklyn McCurley, Central High; Phillip Mitchell, McKinley High; Meaghan Overstreet, White Castle High; Kia Mona’ Royoiskie, West St. John High; Joyshanice Rucker, Istrouma High; Mary Salone, Centerville High; Myranda Triche, East St. John High; Alexis Williams, East St. John High; Jimecia Williams, Belaire High; Tarolyn Williams, Broadmoor High; and Orielle Williams, Assumption High.

The Boo Grigsby Foundation Scholarship Fund was established in 2009 by Mr. Lane Grigsby and his family in an effort to provide funding for disadvantaged students to attend college through Career Compass of Louisiana. The purpose of the Fund is to provide scholarships to public high school graduates who currently attend schools receiving college and career coaching services by Career Compass of Louisiana. The Fund is an award and incentive for young adults who have the qualifications to attend an accredited two-year, four-year or technical college or university, but due to financial constraints will not have the funding to attend the school upon graduation.

 “We are honored and humbled that The Boo Grigsby Foundation, once again partnered with us to honor these deserving students,” says Career Compass Executive Director, Julie Scott. “Their support has been invaluable over the years and we look forward to continuing our relationship as we move forward to help educate and train the future workforce of Louisiana.”

2013 Scholarship recipient, Trent Davis, of Brusly High stated, “I am the first in my family to attend college. I will obtain a degree that will stick with me through the hard times so that I will have opportunities. If it wasn’t for The Boo Grigsby Foundation and Career Compass, I probably would have never applied to college. Your generosity allows me to be one step closer to my goal. I hope one day I will be able to help other students achieve their goal just as you have helped me.”

The scholarship fund helps Career Compass further its mission of assisting and guiding thousands of high school students in 32 school districts around the state by encouraging and empowering them to pursue post-secondary training. The organization’s goal is to increase the number of students in Louisiana who attend a post-secondary institution by removing obstacles that keep them from making it a reality.