AUBURN - Brad Rubadou is a standout student.
A senior and class valedictorian at Cato-Meridian High School, Rubadou is National Honor Society scholar, was class president for three years, involved in the solar car team and participates in the Spanish, history, environmental and technology clubs. He's played junior varsity and varsity soccer as well as varsity baseball.
And he's done this while also holding a part-time job.
To honor his accomplishments and help pay for his future attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., Rubadou has been awarded this year's $2,000 Leo A. Pinckney Scholarship.
“I'm definitely pleased and surprised,” he said. “It makes me a lot more enthusiastic knowing that I can accomplish that.”
This is the 25th year of the scholarship, established to honor the former sports editor of The Citizen after his retirement in 1983. The award goes to a high school senior who displays academic excellence, athletic achievement and financial need.
Scholarship fund president Charlie Lynch said all 100 candidates for the scholarship were outstanding, but Rubadou stood out from the rest.
“We didn't find anyone more deserving than him.” Lynch said of Rubadou, who comes from a single parent home and will attend a school with a hefty price tag despite obtaining a merit scholarship. “He's a very friendly, well spoken individual. We were just delighted.”
The decision to award Rubadou with the scholarship was unanimous among the board of directors, Lynch said.
Rubadou didn't expect to win the scholarship. He put in an application, but once he found out students in all of the county's school districts were eligible, he wondered if he would be chosen.
Last month he received a phone call from a number he didn't recognize.
“I'm glad I picked up the phone,” he said, as the caller informed him that he was chosen for the scholarship.
Rubadou intends to study electrical and computer engineering at WPI with the hopes of eventually opening a business of his own.
Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or alyssa.sunkin@lee.net
And he's done this while also holding a part-time job.
To honor his accomplishments and help pay for his future attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., Rubadou has been awarded this year's $2,000 Leo A. Pinckney Scholarship.
“I'm definitely pleased and surprised,” he said. “It makes me a lot more enthusiastic knowing that I can accomplish that.”
This is the 25th year of the scholarship, established to honor the former sports editor of The Citizen after his retirement in 1983. The award goes to a high school senior who displays academic excellence, athletic achievement and financial need.
Scholarship fund president Charlie Lynch said all 100 candidates for the scholarship were outstanding, but Rubadou stood out from the rest.
“We didn't find anyone more deserving than him.” Lynch said of Rubadou, who comes from a single parent home and will attend a school with a hefty price tag despite obtaining a merit scholarship. “He's a very friendly, well spoken individual. We were just delighted.”
The decision to award Rubadou with the scholarship was unanimous among the board of directors, Lynch said.
Rubadou didn't expect to win the scholarship. He put in an application, but once he found out students in all of the county's school districts were eligible, he wondered if he would be chosen.
Last month he received a phone call from a number he didn't recognize.
“I'm glad I picked up the phone,” he said, as the caller informed him that he was chosen for the scholarship.
Rubadou intends to study electrical and computer engineering at WPI with the hopes of eventually opening a business of his own.
Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or alyssa.sunkin@lee.net
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