Kiwanis Key Club Scholarship Recipients

Kiwanis Club of Marco Island held its annual meeting on April 25th and were happy to present scholarships to eight deserving seniors from the Marco Island Academy Key Club.

~ Iran Zarate-Centeno who is a four-year Key Club member, volunteered over 185 hours for Key Club as well as being on the Varsity Track & Field, Lacrosse, and Soccer teams. She will be attending Michigan State University where she will study nursing. 

~ Grant Tirrell is a three-year Key Club member where he was secretary for two years. Grant has volunteered over 186 hours and has created two award-winning videos for the Key Club. He is very proficient in several programming languages and will be studying software development.

~ Tyler Clifford is a four-year Key Club member, treasurer of MIA Key Club, and Lt. Governor over 11 other Key Clubs. He has volunteered 253.5 hours, is on the golf team, and is the newspaper sports editor.

~ Makayla Hendrick, a four-year Key Club member, has been editor, Vice President, and President of the club. She has over 450 volunteer hours in Key Club and a total of 730 school-related volunteer hours. Makayla plans to attend University of Florida to study nursing.

~ Joshua Dominguez, a four-year Key Club member, was editor for one year and has a total of 138 volunteer hours. Joshua is on the varsity golf team and he plans to study Mechanical Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology.

~ Nicole Sutton, a four-year Key Club member with over 159 volunteer hours, is a very diverse student involved in many activities. She will study biomedical sciences, Pre-med, and plans to become an anesthesiologist.

~ Celine Schauer is a two-year Key Club member with 139 volunteer hours. She has also been the fourth chair, first violinist at Artis Naples Youth Orchestra for four years. Celine has the Engineer’s Council Future Leaders Project Achievement Award for the CubeSat Aerospace Flight Missions. She plans to study nursing, hoping to work in a pediatric oncology unit.

~ Austin Hendrick, a four-year Key Club member, is the Webmaster and Vice President and he has over 308 volunteer hours.

Austin not only improved the Key Club’s website, but he is the Website Developer for Kiwanis Club of Marco Island.

In addition to awarding the above eight scholarships, Kiwanis is pleased to award additional scholarships from the first Ray McChesney Community Service Scholarship to Makayla Hendrick, Grant Tirrell, and Austin Hendrick.

Kiwanis Club of Marco Island is very proud of these exceptional students, and we know that they will have a very bright future.