Class of 2023 Rock Stars

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    Zaire Garner: Goodnight Scholarship Winner

    Zaire Garner was on edge for a while Wednesday, waiting for a phone call. By Thursday, he was feeling a lot better. The call had informed the South Lenoir High School senior that he had won a Goodnight Scholarship, one of the most valuable merit scholarships offered at NC State University.

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    Courtney Humphrey: Barnhill Scholarship Winner

    Courtney Humphrey has worked hard in hopes of gaining admission to the University of North Carolina and its prestigious Kenan-Flagler Business School. Her effort has been rewarded. In a six-figure way. The North Lenoir High School senior is winner of the Barnhill Family Assured Admission Scholarship, a four-year, all-expense-paid merit scholarship valued at $100,000.

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    Derrian Wilson: Morehead-Cain Scholarship winner

    Considering the odds – fewer than 3 percent are chosen – Derrian Wilson can be forgiven his sense of surprise, yet here he is: a Kinston High School senior who’s won a Morehead-Cain Scholarship to the University of North Carolina.

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    David Phillippe: U.S. Presidential Scholar Nominee

    Of the thousands of seniors expected to graduate from North Carolina high schools this year, David Phillippe is in a class of his own – one of 19 graduating seniors in the state chosen as a candidate for the 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

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