Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $53,000 In Scholarships To 44 Connecticut High School Seniors

HARTFORD, Conn., June 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded $53,000 in scholarships for the 2018-19 school year to 44 Connecticut students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers(®) Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.

"Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners are exceptional students who are committed to academic excellence and community service," said Michael Parker, senior vice president of Comcast's Western New England Region, which is headquartered in Connecticut. "We are honored to recognize their achievements and excited to support them as they continue their educational journeys."

Comcast, joined by several elected officials, including Speaker of the House Aresimowicz, State Representative Rob Sampson, State Representative William Petit, State Senator Paul Formica, State Senator Joan Hartley, and State Senator Doug McCrory, recognized the students at a special event held at Connecticut State Capitol recently. One student, Kevin Ruiz, a resident of New London and student at New London High School was selected to receive an additional $9,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation.

"Congratulations to all the students across Connecticut for being recognized as "leaders and achievers" at the Capitol," said Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz (D-Berlin/Southington.) "It was great to be part of an event that awards scholarships to help kids pursue higher education."

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

Since 2002, Comcast has awarded over $700,000 in Leaders and Achievers Scholarships to more than 600 students in Connecticut. To date, Comcast has awarded more than $28 million in scholarships to nearly 27,000 students nationwide. Visit here to learn more.

In Connecticut, the following students were awarded Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarships:

    Student Name        Hometown     High School

    Cristal Arguello    Hamden       Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet

    Lyndsey Broxton     Enfield      Sport And Medical Sciences Academy

    Ty Bulley           Columbia     Bolton High School

    Megan Chadha        Avon         Avon High School

    Benjamin Clemmey    Middletown   Xavier High

    Colleen Coogan      Middlefield  Coginchaug Regional High School

    Thomas Corbett Jr.  New Milford  Henry Abbott V-T School

    Ny'Asia Davis       New Haven    High School In The Community

    Jessica Delgado     Bloomfield   Bloomfield High School

    Marissa deNicolo    West Haven   West Haven High School

    Matheu DiBrino      Wolcott      Wolcott High School

    Emma Donohue        East Hampton East Hampton High School

    Amy Escobar Perez   New Haven    Eli Whitney V-T School

    Valerie Fekete      Wallingford  Lyman Hall High School

    Mia Garza           Windsor      Classical Magnet School

    Katherine Hall      Clinton      Mercy High

    Ashlyn Harris       Clinton      The Morgan School

    Katherine Haskell   Wallingford  Mark T. Sheehan High School

    Elizabeth Heller    Guilford     Guilford High School

    Damarys Jara        Westbrook    Westbrook High School

    Patrick Joyce       Bethel       Bethel High School

    Nile Keech          Portland     Portland High School

    Alessandra Leitao   Waterbury    John F. Kennedy High School

    Nicole Mealha       Hartford     Northwest Catholic High

    Joseph Medina       New Britain  New Britain High School

    Avishan Montazer    Hamden       Sacred Heart Academy

    Max Mossberg        Windsor      Loomis Chaffee

    Phoebe Mrozinski    Tolland      Tolland High School

    Adanne Ogbaa        Hamden       Hamden High School

    Hetal Patel         Berlin       Berlin High School

    Erin Patten         Waterford    Waterford High School

    Brianna Pittman     Waterbury    W.F Kaynor Tech School

    James Porter        East Granby  Academy Of Aerospace And Engineering

    Shannon Pruzinsky   Beacon Falls Woodland Regional High School

    Rashmi Rajesh       Farmington   Farmington High School

    Alejandra Rodriguez Waterbury    Crosby High School

    Kevin Ruiz          New London   New London High School

    Helena Sabo         Woodbury     Immaculate High

    Luke San Juan       Plainville   Plainville High School

    Emma Sked           Old Lyme     Lyme-Old Lyme High School

    Geneveive Speer     Bridgeport   Hopkins School

    Christopher Thomson Old Saybrook Old Saybrook Senior High School

    Margaret Wierdsma   New Hartford The Ethel Walker School

    Carolyn Xenelis     Westbrook    The Williams School

About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation's primary mission is to empower communities to thrive by providing access to technology, relevant digital skills and training, and inspiring volunteerism, service and leadership. The Foundation invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on the communities we serve. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated $220 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about how Comcast supports the communities it serves available at www.comcast.com/community.

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