Two Vienna Grads Earn Scholarships

By Rachel Hatzipanagos

Two Vienna grads have been awarded a scholarship from the Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation. 

The teens were among a handful of area teens awarded the Ben DeFelice Scholarship,established in 2005 to pay tribute to a former chairman of the board. 

Recipients from Vienna include:

• Andrew Brailey of Vienna, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of George C. Marshall High School and will attend Elon University.
• John Franklin of Vienna, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of James Madison High School and will attend the University of Virginia.

Other students in the area were also awarded the scholarship. A full list of those students is below:

• Gabriela Alvarez of Sterling, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of Dominion High School and will attend Elon University.
• James Chang of Fairfax, Virginia is a 2012 graduate of Fairfax High School and attends North Carolina State University. 
  
• Michael Chismar of Leesburg, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of Tuscarora High School and will attend Christopher Newport University.
• Alexa Dantzler of Manassas, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School and will attend Emory University.
• Adam DeBriae of Manassas, Virginia is a 2011 graduate of Osbourn Park High School and attends the University of Charleston.
• Carlie Enns of Winchester, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of James Wood High School and will attend West Virginia University.
• Michaela Fisher of Purcellville, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of Woodgrove High School and will attend the University of Virginia.
• John Marcantonio of Great Falls, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of St. Anselm’s Abbey School and will attend Virginia Tech.
• Steven Natale of Lorton, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of South County High School and will attend George Mason University.
• Katherine Neal of Reston, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of South Lakes High School and will attend the University of Virginia.
• Elizabeth Oden of Arlington, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of Yorktown High School and will attend Lynchburg College.
• Grant Pemberton of Fairfax, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of The Potomac School and will attend Tufts University. 
• Wray Sinclair of Herndon, Virginia is a 2013 graduate of Herndon High School and will attend the University of Utah.
• Alexandra Smyre of Chantilly, Virginia is a 2010 graduate of Westfield High School and attends the University of Virginia.
• Justin Sunday of Chantilly, Virginia is a 2010 graduate of Westfield High School and attends Old Dominion University.
• Timothy Tran of Burke, Virginia is a 2011 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and attends Princeton University.
• Kristi Carrigan, graduate of Oakton High School, who will attend the United States Military Academy West Point.

• Chauncey Crail, graduate of Oakton High School, who will attend Colorado College.