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Local angles: Charlotte, Winston-Salem;
St. Petersburg, Fla.; Culver, Ind.; Cabin John, Md.

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Two new Morehead Scholars
named to UNC freshman class

CHAPEL HILL - Trustees of the John Motley Morehead Foundation have announced two more winners of 2006 Morehead Scholarships to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The selections finalized the class of 49 freshman scholars who will enroll this fall. The full, four-year merit scholarship is valued at approximately $80,000 for each in-state student and $140,000 for each out-of-state recipient.

The new winners are:

• Amos James Espeland of North Forsyth High School in Winston-Salem, son of Mark Espeland and Anne Boyle of Winston-Salem.
  
  
• Jennifer Lynn Sawicki of the Culver Academies in Culver, Ind., daughter of Felix and Evelyn Sawicki of St. Petersburg, Fla.

Recipients are chosen by merit and accomplishments, not financial need. Selection criteria are leadership, academic achievement, moral force of character and physical vigor.

Approximately 1,620 high school seniors nationwide and in Great Britain were nominated by their high schools or applied for the Morehead last fall. Winners announced in March had until April 14 to accept the Morehead. Final awards for the freshman class were made to 50 students, but 49 will be on campus this fall after the following changes.

Two of this year's recipients will take what is called a gap year during 2006-2007 then enroll in 2007: Ronald Jayson Nemeyer of Jacksonville, Fla., and Gregory Richard Smith of Charlotte.

Helen Elizabeth ("Haley") Koch of Cabin John, Md., who was awarded the Morehead in spring 2005, took a gap year in 2005-2006, volunteering in an orphanage in South Africa and traveling the African continent. She will begin her freshman year at UNC this fall. For more information and a list of the scholars enrolling this fall, visit http://www.moreheadfoundation.com/recipients/2006/ or call the Morehead Foundation at (919) 962-1201.

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Photo URLs: Espeland: http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/students/morehead/2006/Central%20NC/Espeland,%20Amos%20James%234615D2.jpg
Sawicki: http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/students/morehead/2006/Out%20of%20NC/Sawicki,%20Jennifer%20Lynn%23461588.jpg

Note to editors: The Morehead was offered to the two new scholars after some of the initial recipients declined the scholarship.

Morehead Foundation contacts: Charles Lovelace, Megan Mazzocchi, (919) 962-1201
News Services contact: L.J. Toler, (919) 962-8589