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Local angles: Charlotte, Greensboro; Kent, Ct.;

Ballwin, Mo.; St. Louis; Amherst, N.H.; Norfolk, Va.

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CHAPEL HILL — Trustees of the John Motley Morehead Foundation have announced five more winners of the Morehead Scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The students will be among 42 freshmen entering Carolina this fall as 2005 recipients of the full, four-year merit award – 22 of them from North Carolina. The scholarship is valued at approximately $80,000 for each in-state student and $140,000 each for out-of-state recipient.

Among the largest and most competitive scholarship programs in the United States, the Morehead pays all expenses for four years of undergraduate study, including costs of a laptop computer and four summer enrichment programs.

Approximately 1,560 high school seniors nationwide and in Great Britain were nominated by their high schools or applied for the Morehead last fall. Selection criteria are leadership, academic achievement, moral force of character and physical vigor.

The new winners are:

· Stephen Legrande Vance of Southeast Guilford High School in Greensboro, son of Jeffrey and Laverne Vance of Greensboro.

· Anna Koester Marshall of Myers Park High School in Charlotte, daughter of Alfred and Joy Marshall of Charlotte.

· Suzanne McCullough Willis of Kent School in Kent, Ct., daughter of James and Ann Willis of Amherst, N.H.

· Katherine Elizabeth Oberembt of Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School in St. Louis, daughter of Randall and Donna Oberembt of Ballwin, Mo.

· Joshua Bryan Diamonstein of Norfolk Academy, son of Richard and Beth Diamonstein of Norfolk.

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Morehead Foundation contacts: Charles Lovelace, Megan Mazzocchi, (919) 962-1201

News Services contacts: Print, L.J. Toler, (919) 962-8589; broadcast, Karen Moon, (919) 962-8595