WHS graduate Emma Adams awarded scholarship that honors Randy Harris

WILMINGTON — New Wilmington High School graduate Emma Adams was awarded the $500 Randall J. Harris Scholarship in graduation ceremonies in May.

Adams served as a student mentor and leader in Check and Connect and the Leadership Clinton Youth Collaborative and was an integral part of the soccer and golf teams. She is planning to play soccer at Heidelberg University and major in criminology.

The Harris Scholarship honors the memory of one of Wilmington’s own graduates. Harris, a 1971 graduate of WHS, was a staff sergeant for the United States Army, who was killed at the age of 34 in a non-hostile, peace-time incident in Honduras on June 13, 1987.

Harris was a military police guard patrolling the perimeter of the Palmerola Air Force Base when he was shot by a Honduran soldier. The base was used to stage training exercises for about 1,200 U.S. regular, reserve and National Guard forces. Ironically, Harris was killed on the nine-year anniversary of beginning his military career at Fort McClellan, Ala.
            
The Harris scholarship is awarded annually to a WHS senior whose qualifications include graduating in the upper third of the class; who shows positive attributes of leadership, service and character; and who may or may not demonstrate financial need.

Contributions to the fund can be made to the scholarship in care of the Clinton County Foundation, POB 831, Wilmington, Ohio 45177.