Distinguished Young Women OF Shelby County


is part of a national scholarship program that promotes and rewards scholastics, leadership and talent in young women. Earn scholarships for higher education, personally develop through the DYW Life Skills Workshops, and make new friends from around the state.


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Hannah Yates
Shelby County for 2024
Local Program Information

Class of 2024 Program

Date TBA

Where:
Location TBA

Tickets:
$TBA for Preliminaries on Date and Time TBA
$TBA for Finals on Date and Time TBA

Life-Changing Experience

College scholarships are awarded at the state level and millions in college-granted scholarships are available nationally. The state representative will advance to the national program for the opportunity to compete for cash tuition scholarships. To participate, you must be in your junior of high school. Participants are evaluated in the areas of: scholastics, interview, talent, self-expression, and fitness.


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2024 Distinguished Young Woman of Shelby County

2025 Local Participants


These participants will take part in the up-coming local program.

Participants

2024 Shelby County

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Hannah Yates
From
Shelbyville

University Preference
Temple University, University of Louisville

Career Goal
Clinical Psychologist with a doctorate in Psych

Achievements:
2022-2023 National Honor Choir 2021-2022 All-State Choir 2019-2020 All-State Choir

Activites:
Advanced Choir (Shelby Singers) Public Relations officerBest Buddies (Special Ed. help)Take Note (A capella group)FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) TreasurerA-440 (A cappella group)KBA team (Kentucky Bluegrass Award conference))Library Advisory CouncilNHS (National Honor Society)

Additional:
Diaper drives through FCCLA to help parents in need

2025 Local Participants

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Sarah Barnett
CityBagdad
University PreferenceUniversity of Kentucky
Career GoalAesthetic Nurse Injector
TalentRecite / Speech
Makayla Cummins
CityWaddy
University Preference
Career Goal
Amelia Fields
CityShelbyville
University Preference
Career Goal
Braelyn Gaertner
CityShelbyville
University Preference
Career Goal
Arely Mancilla
CityWaddy
University Preference
Career Goal
Maha Salem
CityShelbyville
University PreferenceWestern Kentucky University
Career GoalI Want To Major In Journalism At Wku. Ever Since I Was Little, I Have Wanted To Be A Journalist At The New York Times. I Now Know That I Want To Go Into Investigative Journalism For The Times And Become Editor In Chief.
Floridalma Santizo Sanchez
CityShelbyville
University Preference
Career Goal
Geena Shepard
CityShelbyville
University Preference
Career Goal
Surayya Turley
CityShelbyville
University PreferencePublic
Career GoalMusic Performance
TalentArchery
Aidyn Weingartner
CityShelbyville
University Preference
Career Goal
Peyton Woods
CityShelbyville
University PreferenceEKU or University of Kentucky
Career GoalMiddle/ Highschool Art Teacher
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