James T. McAfee, Jr. Endowed Vision and Leadership Scholarship

James T. McAfee, Jr. provided strong leadership to Mercer University as chairman and a member of the Board of Trustees.  He was a generous benefactor of the University, and Mercer's School of Theology in Atlanta is named for him and his wife, Carolyn, a former member of the University's Board of Trustees.  The James T. McAfee, Jr. Endowed Vision and Leadership Scholarship Fund was established in 2005 by his wife and his son, James T. McAfee, III, a graduate of Mercer's Stetson-Hatcher School of Business and a member of the University's Board of Trustees.

Eligibility:

A junior, senior, or graduate student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Stetson-Hatcher School of Business, Tift College of Education, School of Engineering, Townsend School of Music, College of Pharmacy, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, School of Medicine, or McAfee School of Theology.  Scholarship candidates are nominated by the dean of their school or college.

Criteria:

• Has demonstrated leadership abilities on campus or in the community

Award Winners:

Matthew Smith

Andrew Castaneda

Premjumar Patel

Colin Petherbridge

Jordan Teng

MaCayla Cook

Shane Buerster

2017
MaryGrace Bender
Parth Nitin Desai
Andrew J. Kelley
Abigail Elizabeth Paris
 
2016
Timothy Lewis
Emma Peel
Aaron Scherf
Jessy Togby-Doya
 
2015
Andrew Eck
 
2014
Emily Caitlin Dowling
Dalton Turner
 
2013
Alison Smith
Ryan Bartholomew
 
2012
Abraham Deng
Kaitlyn Schmitt
 
2011
Christopher Gaunder
Matthew Townsend
 
2010
Ashley Mooney
 
2009
Chris L. Kiker
 
2008
Bailey Edwards Nelson
Susan Elizabeth Yarbrough
 
2006
Rebekah Carol Duke
James “Jamie” Christopher Geiger, Jr.