Thirty-two Seniors Honored by America First Credit Union

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Thirty-two Seniors Honored by America First Credit Union
$16K in Scholarships Awarded to High School Student Athletes

Riverdale, Utah – June 1, 2020 – America First Credit Union (AFCU) is recognizing 32 Utah high school senior student-athletes, awarding $16,000 in total scholarships. To date, the credit union has awarded over $76,500 in scholarships to deserving students.

Each of the students who were awarded were nominated by their school for their involvement in a sport, their 3.5 or higher-grade point average, and outstanding citizenship and community involvement.

This effort, in partnership with Utah TV stations KJZZ and KMYU’s Thursday Night Lights and Friday Night Rival program, recognized 22 Utah high school senior student-athletes each with $500 scholarships. AFCU awarded the winning students with an on-field check presentation which aired live on KJZZ and KMYU.

AFCU also partnered with KSL for their digital Game Night Live to highlight ten Utah high school student-athletes. Game Night Live students were honored with a $500 check presentation via Facebook Live.

In place of the annual ceremony, which was canceled due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, KUTV will be honoring each of the student-athletes live on Talkin Sports from May 23 through June 13 and in a highlight video on Talkin Sports and on their social channels.

Thursday Night Lights and Friday Night Rivals Honorees	Game Night Live Honorees
Eliza Balfe – Corner Canyon High School	William Francom – Springville High School
Alta Tabar – Park City High School	Annie Murdock – Highland High School
Caylyn Ponich – Davis High School	Logan Baty – Roy High School
Kale Wakely – Jordan High School	Caroline Murri – Alta High School
Tyler Easton – Corner Canyon High School	Lucy Jones – Stansbury High School
Luke Johnson – Weber High School	Dana Kim – Skyview High School
Sam Langi – East High School	Easton Allred – Corner Canyon High School
Sidney Preator – Timpanogos High School	Paulina Jimenez – East High School
MeKenna Trader – Woods Cross High School	Camilla Hatch – Kearns High School
Ainzlee Enger – Herriman High School	Makayla Lear – Grantsville High School
Bailey Hill – Roy High School
Tige Voorhees – Fremont High School
Wyatt Marx – Bingham High School
Kai Roberts – Skyridge High School
Hailee Oldroyd – Salem Hills High School
Grace Poulson – Corner Canyon High School
Sydney Neilson – Sky View High School
Courtney Giles – American Fork High School
Isaac Andrewsen – Riverton High School
Jordan Falls – Alta High School
Ashlyn Hall – Syracuse High School
Peter Bickel – Olympus High School

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ABOUT AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION

Proudly celebrating 80 years of servicing members and a long-standing history, America First has become one of the largest, most stable and most progressive credit unions in the country, and has remained a member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative financial institution. Today, America First has 132 locations, and is the ninth largest credit union in assets in the United States with over $12.2 billion, and the sixth largest credit union in membership in America with more than 1,107,706 members.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Nicole Cypers
America First Credit Union
801.827.8655
ncypers@americafirst.com

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