The 2019 Amanda J. Mierzwa Memorial Fund announced their scholarship winners yesterday.

Eight young women from Jackson County High Schools were honored with scholarship dollars in memory of Mierzwa, a neuroscientist who was raised and educated in Jackson County. To qualify for the scholarship, women must have graduated from a Jackson County high school, and major in a STEM discipline at the University of Michigan.

This year’s winners:

NEW SCHOLARSHIPS

Paige Leach – East Jackson Class of 2019 – $1,000

Brianna Murphy – East Jackson Class of 2019 – $750

RENEWAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Rachel Rudd – Columbia Central Class of 2017 – $1,500

Alexandra Nelson – Lumen Christi Class of 2017 – $1,000

Phoebe Miller – Grass Lake Class of 2018 – $1,000

Madison Maynard – Grass Lake Class of 2018 – $1,000

Karsen McCord – Lumen Christi Class of 2018 – $1,000

Olivia Rodriguez – Western High School Class of 2018 – $750

For more information on the Amanda J. Mierzwa Memorial Fund Scholarship, visit their website.