SGFMA Scholarship Awards – 2024

Camden was born on November 11, 2004. He went to Walhalla Elementary, Middle, and High school. He played a variety of sports, was in the marching band and many other ensembles for his school, and he attended the Hamilton Career and Technology Center for welding and machine shop. He began attending Western Carolina University in the Fall of 2023 and is pursuing a degree in history education. He currently trains Mixed Martial Arts and he enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing video games, swimming, hiking, and being active overall. History is his favorite subject in school and he even enjoy learning about it outside of school.

Stepson of Ernie Beck, City of Seneca

Trisha is currently a first-grade teacher at Ninety-Six Primary School. She recently graduated from Lander University with a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and is now working on obtaining her master’s degree from Lander University.

Daughter of Keith Boatwright, SCDOT

Genessa was born and raised in Augusta, Ga, home of the Masters. She came to Atlanta in 2008 to attend Georgia State University. She graduated in 2013 and pursued her career in IT Consulting & Account Management. She is currently attending Western Governor’s University for her M.S. in CyberSecurity & Information Assurance. She loves to travel, New Orleans and USVI are her favorite places to visit. Attending sporting events with her family is her all-time favorite thing to do, GO BRAVES! She is also the best cook you will ever meet.

Daughter of Steve Harris, Dekalb County

Skyler Elliott is from Lancaster, South Carolina and has lived there her entire life. She works part-time at Rack Room Shoes as a Sales Associate, and attends Valdosta State University as an undergraduate student full-time. She is an American Sign Language Interpreting major, and went into this program with four years of ASL under her belt. She chose this career path as she enjoy helping people and want to put good into the world.

Daughter of Brandon Elliott, Lancaster County Fleet

Bryce Rivers graduated from Mount Zion high school of Jonesboro, Ga in Clayton County. He is currently 21 years old and a second­ generation college student that is beginning his first year of Georgia Piedmont Technical Institute. He am pursuing a degree in Automotive Technology. His interest in cars started with playing realistic video games such as Need For Speed Hot Pursuit which would use real examples of real life model cars and teach him the history and design specifications of each vehicle. Next, he became interested in his mother’s Ford Mustang and that eventually led to him getting his own Mustang. From there, his passion developed basically from working on the car and enhancing the engine performance. He just started as an apprentice mechanic with DeKalb County in Georgia. His goal is to learn how to do a little bit of everything related to automotive.

Employed at Dekalb County PW – Fleet Management

Khalil Worthy graduated from Southwest High School. In his senior year of High School, he took an Automotive Program at DeKalb High School of Technology which helped prepare him for college. After he graduated, he applied for Georgia Piedmont Technical College and is majoring in Automotive Technology where he is currently finishing his Associates Degree and is also apart of a club called SkillsUSA. A year after graduating high school, he started as an apprentice mechanic with DeKalb County Fleet Maintenance. He’s been with DeKalb for one year now. He recently obtained my commercial driver’s license permit and is working my way towards becoming Fleet Service Tech Ill. He also does volunteer work at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses as a minister and helper. His goals are to finish his degree, continue seeking more knowledge in the Automotive field and deepen his relationship with God.

Employed at Dekalb County PW – Fleet Management