Meet the 2024 Recipients
COASTAL VIRGINIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
AWARDS ACADEMIC, DESIGN SCHOLARSHIPS
Four local high school students were awarded a total of $40,000 from the Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association Scholarship Foundation during its annual academic awards program.
A committee of association members reviewed applications recently, looking at each student’s academic performance, community service activities and financial need. The 2024 recipients are listed below and each have received a $10,000 four-year scholarship:
- Alquinton Beamon Jr. of Lakeland High School in Suffolk, plans to major in Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
- Jada Brittle of Windsor High School in Isle of Wight, will pursue a 2-year associates degree in Engineering before transferring into Construction Engineering at Virginia Tech.
- Jasmine Bruce of Maury High School in Norfolk, intends to major in Environmental Engineering at the University of Vermont.
- Lauryn Kenney of Hickory High School in Chesapeake, plans to major in Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia.
The 2024 Young Designers’ Scholarship Competition, a program for high school students interested in drafting, architecture or home building, awarded four scholarships this year. Brendan Power of Ocean Lakes High School/Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach received the first-place $1,500 award for his home design. Jocelyn Ricker of Kempsville High School/Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach received the second-place, $1,200 award. Bria Beamon of the Avanced Technology Center received the third-place, $800 award and Alannah Helm of Kempsville High School/Advanced Technology Center received the Honorable Mention, $500 award.
Now in its 59th year, the association’s Scholarship Foundation has awarded 497 scholarships and more than $1.9 million since 1965.
With the merger in 2020 of Tidewater Builders Association and the Peninsula Housing & Builders Association into Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association, the Foundation has expanded its reach to include all cities and counties in southeastern Virginia, from Williamsburg to the Eastern Shore of Virginia and west to Isle of Wight County.
CVBIA will continue to provide scholarship funding during the 2024-25 academic year to 17 other past recipients. Funds for the Scholarship Foundation are raised by CVBIA members through the construction of a Scholarship House, as well as private donations. A portion of the proceeds from the annual CVBIA Golf Tournament are also contributed to the foundation.
