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York Elec­tric is proud to sup­port the next gen­er­a­tion of lead­ers through its schol­ar­ship pro­gram. This year, six out­stand­ing stu­dents were award­ed $3,000 schol­ar­ships to help fur­ther their edu­ca­tion and career goals.

2025 Touchstone Energy Scholarship

The Touch­stone Ener­gy Schol­ar­ship is award­ed to five high school seniors who are mem­bers of York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive and plan­ning to attend a four-year col­lege or uni­ver­si­ty. For 2025, the stu­dents receiv­ing the schol­ar­ship are Erin Bass, Dylan Cor­reia, Col­son Gumphrey, Syd­ney Kailas­apil­lai and Lil­ly Wil­son (names in blue below).

2025 Technical Advantage Scholarship

The Tech­ni­cal Advan­tage Schol­ar­ship is award­ed to one high school senior purs­ing a skilled trade by attend­ing a tech­ni­cal col­lege after grad­u­a­tion. For 2025, Evan McFad­den (name in red below) received the Tech­ni­cal Advan­tage Schol­ar­ship.

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Erin Bass

Clover High School
Bass will attend the Uni­ver­si­ty of South Car­oli­na to study Busi­ness Man­age­ment.
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Dylan Correia

Cataw­ba Ridge High School
Cor­reia will attend the Uni­ver­si­ty of South Car­oli­na to study Aero­space Engi­neer­ing.
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Colson Gumphrey

Rock Hill High School
Gumphrey will attend Clem­son Uni­ver­si­ty to study Engi­neer­ing.
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Sydney Kailasapillai

Home­school
Kailas­apil­lai will attend the Uni­ver­si­ty of South Car­oli­na to study Engi­neer­ing.
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Lily Wilson

Clover High School
Wil­son will attend Clem­son Uni­ver­si­ty to study Busi­ness.
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Evan McFadden

Nation Ford High School
McFad­den will attend York Tech­ni­cal Col­lege to study Engi­neer­ing.

All pho­tos by Erin Nichols

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