Cookeville’s Hornby Named Dream Big Scholarship Winner

Cookeville High School graduate Luke Hornby received the Lite Rock 95.9/106-9 Kicks Country Dream Big Scholar Scholarship presented by The Tennessee Credit Union during a dinner Tuesday night.

Hornby received a $1500 scholarship from Lauren Imes, Branch Manager of The Tennessee Credit Union, and Lehra Trobaugh, Director Of Promotions and Marketing for Stonecom Radio.

Selected from the 12 weekly winners during the winter and spring semester, Hornby participated in Boys State, the National Honor Society, and Cookeville High’s Advanced, Select and Acapella choirs during his four years at Cookeville High School. He has also been very involved with the local Boy Scouts, as he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. A JROTC member, Hornby earned the rank of Cadet Lieutenant Colonel.

Hornby plans to study history at Tennessee Tech when he enrolls in the fall.

Jana Lack, a graduate of Stone Memorial High School, took home a $500 scholarship during Tuesday night’s event. Lack ranked in the top 10 of the Stone Memorial senior class and has been a leader in school clubs and activities. An accomplished artist, Lack’s works have been showcased at Knoxville Museum of Art.

The Lite Rock Kicks Country Dream Big Scholar Award presented by The Tennessee Credit Union, gives local community members and educators the chance to nominate deserving students for their work in the classroom, in extra curricular activities, and in the community. Weekly winners were honored at their schools with a plaque and were asked to submit essays on how there high school experience had prepared them for the future.

“Each one of you has taken the gifts you have been given and you have maximized them…academic gifts, athletic gifts,” Stonecom Radio President Larry Stone said during the Tuesday night dinner. “But perhaps most impressive are those gifts of caring, community service, and dedication to school, church and those in need. You have paid it forward.”

The finalists recognized Tuesday night represented 11 different high schools across the Upper Cumberland.