The Rotary Club of Knoxville held their Annual Awards and Recognition lunch on Wednesday at the Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum.

For the last four years the Rotary Club has sent sophomores or juniors to the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Conference. This year Rotary is sending sophomore Bailey VandeKamp, junior Darius Pipkins, junior Hallie Orr, and sophomore Joey Kesteloot to the conference that will take place from July 16th to July 21st in Grinnell.

Previous RYLA attendees that will return as RYLA Counselors for this year’s event include: Senior Cade McNeill and Senior Quinlan Robuck. The rotary club will be starting a Young Rotary Youth Leadership Award Camp in 2017 for 7th and 8th graders. The camp will take place from July 23rd to July 28th in Grinnell. Seventh grader Johanna Leonard and eighth grader Jamie Beal were the students selected to attend the camp. Each student will present their experiences to the Rotary Club in August. This year the Rotary Club will also give 17 seniors college scholarships.

Lela Harp Scholarship:
Conner Crozier

Knoxville Health Care Scholarship:
Vicki Adrian
Jade Dilliner
Blake McClung
Lucy Olson
Brooke Willardson

Knoxville Rotary Scholarship:
Lauren Clingman
Colby DeRaad
Isaiah Finan
Makaelyn Goemaat
Hanah Hefner
Farah Lee
Cade McNeill
Scott Molloy
Avery Neer
Quinlan Robuck