Fischer Awarded Gandy Memorial Scholarship

May 26, 2015

Clayton Thomas Fischer has been named the winner of this year’s Gandy Memorial Scholarship.

With a grade point average of 3.83 while attending Jay High School, Thomas has played varsity football, basketball and baseball. He has been a member of the Student Government Association, National Honor Society, Senior Beta, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the FHSAA Academic State Championship Team and the Spanish Club.

In his spare time, Thomas has logged over 300 volunteer hours helping with mini-basketball camps, the Jay Pro Rodeo, Sacred Heart Children’s Hospitals, the Ronald McDonald House Service Project, and he is also very active in his youth group at Mt. Carmel Methodist Church, where he yearly serves as Bible School crew leader.

A part of the criteria for the Solon Lee Gandy Scholarship is to demonstrate the love of nature in a collegiate essay. In his essay, Thomas claims that his involvement in the Alabama Coastal Clean Up has helped foster his love of nature. The scholarship committee appreciated his quote which said, “I have spent many hours helping my grandfather and father clean up the Escambia River. Coastal Clean-Up has been very dear to my family for many years. Although what we do on the waterways is small in the big world, it matters to the wildlife that has their habitat in and around the rivers, creeks, and streams we strive to keep clean.” Thomas said that is one of the reasons he is majoring in environmental science.

The Solon Lee Gandy Memorial Scholarship was established in 2008 in memory of Solon Gandy, a 1990 Flomaton High School graduate who also attended Jay Elementary and Middle schools before transferring to Flomaton his freshmen year. The scholarship was established to help foster a love of nature and sports in a deserving senior. It is available to both Jay and Flomaton seniors who meet scholarship criteria.

Clayton Thomas Fischer is the son of Junia and Jeff Fischer, and the grandson of Elena and Jerry Fischer, and Judy and Woodrow Courtney.

Pictured: Corry Baggett, nephew of Solon Gandy, presents the 2015 Solon Lee Gandy Memorial Scholarship award to Jay High senior Clayton Thomas Fischer. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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One Response to “Fischer Awarded Gandy Memorial Scholarship”

  1. Willene & Preston Bryan on May 26th, 2015 6:16 am

    Congratulations!!!

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