Congratulations to the 2020 Julian & Jan Hester Scholarship Winners!
What is the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship?
The goal of the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship is to assist deserving high school seniors in their first year of college and to promote community banking. To compete, students must be sponsored by a local community bank, must complete an activity record expressing their leadership activity in school, write a short essay on community banking, provide teacher recommendations and an official high school transcript. Awards are based on academic merit and not financial need.
The scholarship is named after former community banker and long-time CBA Chief Executive Officer, the late Julian Hester and his late daughter, Jan Hester. Jan was a senior at the University of Georgia when she died in an auto accident on April 15, 1990. In addition to supporting community banking, this scholarship is an opportunity to pass on the positive qualities both Julian and Jan Hester exemplified to further the development of tomorrow’s generations. Please click here for FAQs.
The goal of the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship is to assist deserving high school seniors in their first year of college and to promote community banking. To compete, students must be sponsored by a local community bank, must complete an activity record expressing their leadership activity in school, write a short essay on community banking, provide teacher recommendations and an official high school transcript. Awards are based on academic merit and not financial need.
The scholarship is named after former community banker and long-time CBA Chief Executive Officer, the late Julian Hester and his late daughter, Jan Hester. Jan was a senior at the University of Georgia when she died in an auto accident on April 15, 1990. In addition to supporting community banking, this scholarship is an opportunity to pass on the positive qualities both Julian and Jan Hester exemplified to further the development of tomorrow’s generations. Please click here for FAQs.
Meet the 2020 Scholarship Winners!
Garrett Donalson
Mercer University
First Port City Bank, Bainbridge
Yash Jani
Mercer University
Flint Community Bank, Albany
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Ashni Patel
University of Georgia
First National Bank of Coffee County, Douglas
Bryana Whitaker
Mercer University
The Bank of LaFayette
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2020 Applications
A Special Thanks to our 2020 Judges Panel
Dr. Marguerite Brickman, University of Georgia, Athens
Trudy Eller, American Commerce Bank, Bremen
Chantaria Mack, STS Group, Atlanta
Elyse Kellert, CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc., Atlanta
Kyle Ray, First Bank of Dalton
