Area college students receive Alfa Foundation scholarships

MONTGOMERY — Several area college students are among 100 recipients of the 2025-26 Alfa Foundation Scholarship Program. Each student received $1,000 to use toward tuition, fees, books or supplies.

Since 2014, the Alfa Foundation has awarded $1,150,000 to deserving students through its scholarship program, which is administered by Kaleidoscope. This year’s recipients hail from 44 counties and will attend 22 institutions.

The students are:

• Hayes Burger of Huntsville, a sophomore at the University of Alabama
• Reagan Akridge of Decatur, a sophomore at the University of North Alabama
• Emma Grace Clemons of New Hope, a freshman at Calhoun Community College
• Annalee Allen of Cullman, a sophomore at Auburn University
• Tatum Brown of Cullman, a freshman at Wallace State Community College
• Presley Burden of Cullman, a freshman at the University of Alabama
• Ellie Blackwood of Somerville, a freshman at Auburn University

“We are proud to support this outstanding group of students as they further their education within the state of Alabama,” said Alfa Insurance President Jimmy Parnell. “It’s important to us as an organization to invest in our young people, and we are happy to do so through the Alfa Foundation Scholarship Program.”

Scholarships were awarded based on grade point average, participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience and future goals.

To qualify, students must be enrolled – or planning to enroll – in a full-time accredited program at a two-year or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in Alabama.