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White Awarded Gandy Memorial Scholarship
May 22, 2018
Zachary Hunter White has been named the winner of this year’s Solon Lee Gandy Memorial Scholarship.
With a 3.0 GPA at Flomaton High School, White has played several years of baseball and football. He is active with the Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department and Friendship Freewill Baptist Church. He has also served as a Jr. Commander with the Royal Rangers Youth Group.
“Of all of the applicants, Hunter White’s essay really stood out,” said Committee Member Brenda Godwin, who is also Solon Gandy’s mother. “At the age of 17, he had a life-changing experience. Because of an accident with a large firework, Hunter was left with only his pinky finger and the palm of his right hand. This was also his dominant hand.”
“According to his essay, he has had to change his plans enlisting early in the Air Force, but he has mastered learning how to throw a baseball, with only his pinky and palm. He also had to figure out a way to swing the bat,” she said.
The Solon Lee Gandy Memorial Scholarship was established in 2008 in memory of Solon Gandy, a 1990 Flomaton High School graduate. Solon was a member of the 1988 Flomaton High School state baseball championship team and was a four-year member of the Hurricane football team. The scholarship was established to help foster the love of nature and sports in a deserving Flomaton and /or a Jay senior. The scholarship was started by Solon’s father, coach Bill Gandy, who passed away of cancer in 2015. Hunter White is the 20th recipient of the scholarship.
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Congratulations Hunter!! You have overcome so much in your young life. Thank you for making the best out of a bad situation relating to your fireworks accident. You excelled on the baseball field, you have made a name for yourself as a volunteer Fireman at the Flomaton Fire Department, remained active in your church, and now the winner of the Solon Gandy Memorial Scholarship. To God be the Glory and THANK YOU HUNTER for being a good role model for other young men and women.
Congratulations to this young man!
Wishing you a successful future in whatever you do!!