Recipients

Thank you for visiting the Friends of Howard Watkins scholarship page. If you are not a donor, please consider donating to local chapters of the ASU National Alumni Chapter, directly to the University, of to the Friends of Howard Watkins who focus on student’s coast to coast. Below are some students from the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia benefitted from Howard Watkins’ leadership during his combined twenty years of the Metro Washington DC Alumni Chapter president and chairperson of the chapter’s scholarship committee.

Academic Year 2021 -2022 

Faith Blackwell, Suitland High School, Suitland, MD

Chandler Monique Brown, Riverdale Baptist School, Riverdale, MD

Gwendolyn Marie Carrington, Thomas Stone High School, Waldorf, MD

Aarin Christina Carver, George Washington Carver Center for the Arts & Technology, Towson, MD

Ny’Kiah Chavis, Arundel Senior High School, Gambrills, MD

Jamarri Clark, DeMatha Catholic High School, Hyattsville, MD

Selah Hart, Coolidge High School, Washington, D.C.

Jordan Jenkins, University of D.C., and Xavier University, New Orleans, LA

Maya Johnson, Elizabeth Seaton High School, Bladensburg, MD

Aaliyah Jordan, Rockville High School, Rockville, MD

Academic Year 2020 -2021

Jordan Artis, The Sneed School, Washington, D.C.

Jonna Blackmon, Duke Ellington school of the Arts, Washington, D.C., and Fredrick Douglas High School, Upper Marlboro, MD

Thaddeus Davie, Stafford High School, Fredericksburg, VA

Elaysia Dorsey, Potomac High School, Oxon Hill, MD

Joi Eubank, Mervo High School, Baltimore, MD

Amiya Lawrence, Suitland High School Center of Vision and Performance Arts, Suitland, MD

Kendall Kolbe Manns, GILMAN Upper School, Baltimore, MD

Donavan McFadden, Northwest High School, Germantown, MD

Azya Warrick, Suitland High School Center for the Visual and Performance Arts, Suitland, MD

Marchelle Washington, Suitland High School Center for the Visual and Performance Arts, Suitland, MD

Academic Year 2019 -2020

Jeremiah Jones, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Keishawn Jones, KIPP DC College Preparatory School, Washington, D.C.

Ayiana Watts, Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, MD

Kiara Campbell, Alabama State University

Kiera Collins, Alabama State University

Chandler Johnson, Alabama State University

Jordin Marshall, Alabama State University

Daisa Newell, Riverdale Baptist School, Riverdale, MD

Aaliyatatiana Ramos-Rubi, Alabama State University

Academic Year 2018 -2019

Kirara Lashaun Campbell, Albert Einstein High School, Kensington, MD

Kiera Collins, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Aaliyatatiana Ramos Rubi, Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus, Washington, D.C.

Shaniya R. Graham, Alabama State University

Cullen Benton Young Hard

Zoe Hayes, Alabama State University

Zachary Mack, Alabama State University

Vanessa Mallory, Alabama State University

Jordin T. Marshall, Alabama State University

Academic Year 2017- 2018

Brittany Hume-Dawson, Surrattsville High School, Clinton, MD

Adrianna Flood, Crossland High School, Temple Hills, MD

Sydney Crispin, James Blake High School, Silver Spring, MD

Danielle, Offutt, Oxon Hill High School, Clinton, MD

Zoe Hayes, Bishop McNamara High School, Suitland MD

Karen Jenkins, Oxon Hill High School, MD

Janet Lang-Bona, Duke Ellington High School, Washington, D.C.

Antria Johnson, Massaponax High School, Fredericksburg, VA

Academic Year 2016 – 2017

Kalah Bailey, Duke Ellington, Washington, D.C.

Jordan K. Brown, Grace Brethren Christian School, Clinton, MD

Zion Buckmon, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD

Logan Campbell, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD

Tyler Campbell, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD

Shaniya R. Graham, Suitland High School, Suitland, MD

Taylor Hayes, Lincoln University, Lincoln University. PA

Diamond Hill, Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, Baltimore, MD

Jordin Marshall, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD

Zachary Tyler Mack, Bob Jones High School, Madison, AL

Terrace Rozier, Calvin Coolidge High School, Washington, D.C.

Andrew Tetteh, Paint Branch High School, Silver Spring, MD

Destinee Whittington, Richard Wright PCS, Washington, D.C.

Brea Anay Williams, Hylton High School, Woodbridge, VA

Academic Year 2015 – 2016

Sadia Wilkes-Crawford, Calvin Coolidge Senior High School, Washington, D.C.

Erika Rene Johnson, Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, MD

Vanessa Catherine Mallory, Oakland Mill High School, Columbia, MD

Collen Benton Young Hardin, Chapelgate Christian Academy, Crofton, MD

Tatiana Ellis, National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School, Washington, D.C.

Marc Green, Dr. Charles H. Flower High School, Springdale, MD

Phillip Well, Jr., Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, MD

Academic Year 2014 -2015

Nathen Campbell, Duval High School, Lanham, MD

Chauncey Johnson, Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering High School; Washington, D.C.

Chandler Johnson, KIPP College Preparatory, Washington, D.C.

Deja Lee, Gwynn Park High School, Brandywine, MD

Fabian Toye, North Point High School, Waldorf, MD

Akili Tobechi II, Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School; Washington, D.C.

Academic Year 2013 – 2014

Taylor Brewington, Mt. Vernon High School, Alexander, VA

Calvin Patrick Whitfield, III, Henry E. Lackey High School, Indian Head, MD
Jeramey Wallace Vauss, Bishop McNamara High School, Forestville, MD
Michaela Taylor, Wilson High School, Washington, D.C.

Academic Year 2012 – 2013

Emani Monet Valentine, Largo High School, Largo, MD

Edwin Xavier Brown, Gwynn Park High School, Brandywine, MD

Terrence Reid Jackson, Largo High School, Largo, MD

Michaela Taylor, Alabama State University

Academic Year 2009 – 2012

Timothy Pollard, Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, MD

Timothy Pollard, Oxon Hill High School, Alabama State University

Academic Year 2023 -2024

Kyleia Plaskett, Flowers High School, Glendale, MD

Michael Jones, Alabama State University Band

James P. Jones, Alabama State University Band

Joi Eubank, Alabama State University AFROTC

Alabama State University Basketball Team

Academic Year 2022 -2023

Michael Jones, Alabama State University Band

Kiara Lee, Alabama State University

JaVonta’ Price, Alabama State University Band

Kenneth Richardson, Alabama State University Band

Justin Heideman, Alabama State University Band

Kamran Shabazz, Alabama State University Band

Harold L. McWhorter III, Alabama State University Band

Brandon-Mykal Rambus, Alabama State University Graduate School

Jaland Lewis-Horton, Alabama State University Football Team

Alabama State University Students Athletics Scholarship, Athletics Director

Alabama State University Choir

Alabama State University Theater Department

Academic Year 2021-2022

Dasia Newell, Alabama State University

Faith Blackwell, Suitland High School, Suitland, MD

Jamarri Clark, DeMatha Catholic High, Hyattsville, MD

Janet Lagah-Bona, Alabama State University

Zoe Hayes, Alabama State University

Dasia Newell, Alabama State University

Academic Year 2020 -2021

Kiera Collins, Alabama State University

Shaniya Graham, Alabama State University

Zoe Haynes, Alabama State University

Brittany Hume-Dawson, Surrattsville High School, Clinton, MD

Janet Lagah-Bona, Alabama State University

Academic Year 2019 – 2020

Zoe Hayes, Alabama State University

Zachary Mack, Alabama State University

Janet Lagah-Bona, Alabama State University

Keishawn Jones, KIPP DC College Preparatory School, Washington, D.C.

Jordan Brown, Alabama State University

Brittany Hume-Dawson, Alabama State University

Shaniya Graham, Alabama State University

Ayiana Watts, Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, MD

Academic Year 2018 -2019

Zoe Hayes, Alabama State University

Zachary Mack, Alabama State University

Academic Year 2016-2017

Brittany Hume-Dawson, Surratsville High School, Clinton,MD

Adrianna Flood, Crossland High School, Temple Hills, MD

Sydney Crispin, James Blake High School, Silver Spring, MD

Danielle Offutt, Oxon Hill High School, Clinton, MD

Zoe Hayes, Bishop McNamara High School, Suitland MD

Kren Jenkins, Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, MD

Janet Lang-Bona, Duke Ellington High School, Washington, DC

Antria Johnson