Thanks to the private-public community partnership that funds the Community College Access Program (CCAP), 489 students are attending Virginia Western Community College tuition-free this fall.
Since 2008, public localities and private donors have united in support of CCAP, which is the largest “free college” program at a Virginia community college. CCAP provides up to two years of tuition for recent high school graduates who meet program requirements, as funding allows. More than 4,400 Roanoke Valley students have participated in the program as of fall 2024.
“We are especially proud of our sustained commitment to scholarship support in our region,” said Deborah L. Petrine, Chair of the Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with Virginia Western Community College that administers the program. “Our community has invested in these students, year after year, and sees CCAP as vital to economic development.”
Roanoke region high school seniors may apply for the fall 2025 CCAP scholarship now through Feb. 1, 2025, at virginiawestern.edu/ccap. Applicants must also apply to Virginia Western and complete the Free Application for Student Financial Aid (FAFSA) by the same date.
Students who are ineligible to complete the FAFSA can complete the Virginia Alternative State Aid (VASA) application as an alternative, also by the Feb. 1 deadline. The VASA provides state aid only and is for Virginians who have certain nonimmigrant visas, are undocumented, have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status or are otherwise ineligible to file a FAFSA.
Those interested in learning more about CCAP are invited to attend Zoom information sessions Nov. 11, Dec. 12 and Jan. 14. To register for an information session, visit virginiawestern.edu/CCAP.
To stay up-to-date on important CCAP application deadlines, financial aid workshops and more, sign up for text alerts by texting “2025 ccap” to 877-235-2279. (Reply STOP to cancel, HELP for help; message and data rates apply.)
For more information about CCAP, see virginiawestern.edu/ccap or contact Carolyn Payne, CCAP Coordinator, at (540) 857-7544 or cpayne@virginiawestern.edu.
Recipients of the CCAP scholarship for 2024-25 are:
BOTETOURT COUNTY
1ST YEAR
Luke Bocock, Alexis Chocklette, Haley Cooley, Sarah Crain, Angel Damian-Mariano, William Dulaney, Luke Elias, Anthony Foster, Katelynn Furry, Madison Guy, Nicholas Hall, Dylan Herrenschmidt, Lily Manier, Christopher Martin, Lilyana Mata Diaz, Ryan Meadows, Dylan Metheny, Elle Norris, Amber Puckett, Alyssa Rupe, Samantha Shields, Alijah Thompson, Joel Vance and Kaylee West
2ND YEAR
MacKenzie Alford, Garrett Allen, Jillian Broughman, Kerrianne Desai, Sheldon Dimmick, Shanandoah Forson, Ethan Frank, Breanna Gill, Samara Hambrick-King, Natalie Hughes, Jesse Knight, Hailey Lusk, Joseph Manello and Briar Marsh
3rd YEAR
Craig Bowyer, Kaitlin Burks, Alan Gallimore, Savannah Hare, Reagan Harris, Faira Horne, Sydney Jones, Cyrus LeNoir, Ryley McKinney, Kayla Myers, Chase Peery, Miyah Riley, Isabella Roberts, Cameron Rodgers, Aidan Rothwell, Jordan Shrewsbury, Sydney Smith, Ethan Wilson and Courtney Zerrilla
CRAIG COUNTY
1ST YEAR
Emily Fowler, Ava Greenway, Lily Hutchison, Matthew Lucas, Seth Parsons and Hayden Reynolds
2ND YEAR
Savannah Cady and Ashton Early
(There are no 3rd year CCAP participants from Craig County.)
FRANKLIN COUNTY
1ST YEAR
Alexandra Algeier, Olivia Barbour, Adam Beecher, William Bowles, Sarah Bowman, Eric Camilleri, Azariah Campbell, Jonathan Castaneda Gonzalez, Kirstie Deal, Ava Dillon, Jack Dubyk, William Dyer, Brooklynne Ellis, Nino Genova, Jenifer Gonzalez-Torres, Karinna Gonzalez-Torres, Jadon Greenway, Paris Hall, RayLeigh Hawkins, Addison Hodges, Ethan Hodges, Mason Keaton, Laci Lawless, Logan Micheau, Sierra Moore, Hayden Nelson, Brennan Pagans, Olivia Phillips, Benjamin Piotrowski, Corbin Porter, Elijah Richmond, Aynslie Robertson, Brendan Saul, Easton Sawyers, Curtis Spires, Kolby Stinson, Reagan Stultz, Brycen Taylor, Joseph Wooldridge, Taylor Worrell, Madelyn Yopp and Hagar Youssef
2ND YEAR
Morgan Anderson, Grace Barnes, Kyndal Bennett, Madison Bray, Jacob Brown, Chloe Coleman, Payton Foley, Skylar Fox, Christian Goad, Ashlynn Haigler, Kortney Hartman, Paige Havens, Kara LaPradd, Aundrea Lineberry, Kadance Mills, Hannah Morris, Autumn Pate, Jenna Pate and Magdalene Ventry
3rd YEAR
Nastazja Bennett, Emma Bowman, Teresa Carroll, Catherine Dickenson, Marshall Dickerson, Aiden Hall, Rylee Hall, Lakota Pridgen, Anna Rider and Amanda Roberts
ROANOKE CITY
1ST YEAR
Charles Abare, Yonasi Ayamba, Cristofer Azamar-Carlos, Awab Basha, Quinlan Beachy, Colton Black, Kany’e Bonds, Cohen Bonilla, Katherine Bradshaw, Faith Bryan, Aaron Bryant, Bralon Bryant, Jonathan Cartagena, Samuel Christian, Trenton Crowder, Diamond Dance, Tito Echols, Fadia Escobar, Bethany Gray, Skarleth Guerra, Keira Hale, Annabelle Harig, Kenedi Humphrey, Damarion Jackson-Lipscomb, Kaden Jennings, Taniya Johnson, Thiong Kelei, Daisy Loera, Kirsten McElvy, Steven Mckee, Destiny Metheney, Jacob Meza, Starly Moreno, Donovan Moss, Trung Nguyen, Amonte Patterson, Nia Payne, Deville Petty, Jalita Poff, Maris Portillo, Steven Ramey, Jamir Ramsey, Maryssa Reid, Roni Rincon – Osorio, Alana Rodriguez-Lewis, Sayed Sadat, Amya Sandidge, John Smith, Olivia Soller, Alyssa Thomas, McKayla Thomas, Jasmine Valentine, Dana Velasquez Ayaro, Nasiya Waddy, Gabrielle Williams and Hunter Witten
2ND YEAR
Yassine Abdelkader, Mohammed Albarakat, Andrew Boothe, Daniel Bowman, Danielle Brown, Kaylee Chau, Griffin Craig, Parker Drumheller, Hailey Graham, Alicia Hubbard, Saul Jimenez-Aguilar, Chanell Johnson, Cecilia Maiolo, Jacqueline Mazyck, Alexa McDaniel, Alexandria McGarry, Jacqueline Miller, Donna Nguyen, Anna Pajak, Kylee Poff, Hannah Pohlman, Minda Ramirez, Jennifer Rodriguez-Soto, Edwin Sainvil, Ryder Sanders, Jaydon Saunders, Niyokufasha Seraphine, Devin Shorter, Delaney Tumulak, Elijah Watson-Lewis and Darryl Wilson III
3rd YEAR
Jazavier Ezekiel, Reilly Hill, Lucas Kennedy, Benjamin Kraciuk, Matthew Kreppeneck, Kimberly Parrish, Benson Pietrzyk, Eleanor Reddan and Sapana Tamang
ROANOKE COUNTY
1ST YEAR
Dakota Adams, Sarah Addo, Abdulrahman Alshammari, Charles Anderson, Benjamin Armentrout, Justin Autrum, Ryan Ayersman, Madyson Baker, Jasmin Bane, Zachary Beman, Lainey Bishop, Sydney Blewett, Jordan Bryant, Dylan Burkett, Landon Caldwell, Dylan Callahan, Jenna Capito, Amayah Clarke, Gabriella Cochran, Margaret Collins, Alexis Cook, Emily Cook, Kaleigh Copper, Milla Creasy, Christopher Darnell, Jocelyn Davis, Madelyn Davis, Maxine del Castillo, William Dent, Aiden Dogan, Mandolin Draper, Savannah Drewery, Christian Estrada, Avery Fay, Chelsea Fontaine, Olivia Forth, Nicolas Franklin, Mykiah Garrison, Steven Grubb, Reid Hanson, Campbell Hardin, Kaliyah Harris, Matthew Hinchy, Kaitlyn Holbrook, Elijah Hutchins, Hope Hutchins, George Jeffreys, Jacob Johnson, Carson Jones, Parker Jones, Leilani Keele, Leighanna Kissner, Luke Knoblock, Cole Kovacevic, Robert LaPrad, Savanna Lee, Aiden Likens, Claire Linkous, Elia Linkous, Holden Lovern, Sophia Mays, Nasir McGill, Natalie McMahon, Adam Megdadi, Alexander Merritt, Marly Metro, Aiden Moore, Tyler Morrison, Brycen Nielsen, Fiona Novick, Ty Ogle, Grace Painter, Taylor Parker, Hannah Pennewell, Camdyn Perdue, Indica Perez, Bernadette Phillips, Nicholas Phoebus, Michael Pratt, Michael Prosser, Andrew Quakenbush, Kaden Ragland, Haden Ross, Hunter Ross, Anton Sanders, Madilynn Seale, Chloe Shearer, Ben Shi-Wang, Bladimir Sifuentes, Connor Smigielski, Dominic-Nasir Smith, Kylah Smith, Melinda Smith, Julia Spencer, Landon Stacey, Kirstin Taylor, Silas Taylor, Derek Tran, Ainsley Trogdon, Isabella Vass, Isabelle Werle, Lukas White, Ava Wilson, Brenin Witcher and Leslen Wright
2ND YEAR
Raelyn Adams, Javeria Adnan, Kylie Altizer, Christopher Amoroso, Emily Banks, Kirsten Barnett, Jane Beheler, Austin Blakeman, Teagan Blatt, Tyler Booth, Chelsea Brown, Sebastian Burnette, Sedona Canner, James Carr, Alex Coffey, Jimena Colazo, Kelsey Cone, Rachael Cone, Lucy Cosma, Paige Davis, Jackson Egle, Samuel Ferris, Camden Freeland, Jillian Funk, Karley Gaylor, Emmerson Gray, Tessa Griffith, Andrew Harshbarger, Hannah Johnson, Madison Johnson, Logan Jones, Ashton Kanode, Conner Katerba, Watson Koeppel, Jakob Kroese, Olivia Lakner, Mary Larracas, Philip Linkenhoker, Ashley Linsenman, Alejandro Lopez, Cathryn McCroskey, Riley McGraw, Harley Morgan, Kristen Patrick, William Phan, Trace Poindexter, Aidan Poush, Sidney Price, Nathan Radmacher, Kara Ragland, Payton Ramsey, William Raymond II, Sydney Read, Ty Read, Ethan Roberson, Sally Saweeres, Jacob Shorter, Eden Simmons, Carter Sink, Owen Snead, Mark Thomas, Jordyn Tucker, Amelia Winn, Camden Woodard and Penelope Young
3rd YEAR
Arianna Adebiyi, Ryan Barbour, Chayton Behrens, Abigail Brown, Sara Chapman, Megan Coleman, Hannah Cooper, Ryan Crouch, Sheridan Dooley, Riley Duncan, Isabella Franco, Victoria Goodman, Breanna Hall, Nathan Hendrick, Kaiya Hoagland, Sean Hoey, Sofia Kouser, Zachary McCroskey, Ryan Moore, Elizabeth Morris, Tori Nininger, Madelyn Richardson, Abigail Ricker, Evan Ridinger, Faith Smith and Lana Turner
SALEM
1ST YEAR
Alston Chambers, Tristan Cox, Ria Alexa Fajardo, Lily Fielder, Dayanara Garcia, Madeline Graboyes, Matthew Gunnell, Claire Higgins, Andrew King, Faith Lewis, Abbigail Lucas, Jeremiah McClure, Austin McPeak, Trenton Moyer, Mikayla Murphy, Cole Robarge, Gavon Saul, Gennavieve Siemon, Anna Spence, Darien Stanton, Sarah Tennant, Zoe Traylor, Julian Warme, Dakota Washington, Dustin Webb, Daniel Wisdom, Caden Wright and Andrew Young
2ND YEAR
Rosemary Cuddy, Bari Elmore, Madison Foutz, Megan Gunnell, Carter Logan, Rayna Luz, Alexis Morris, Mary Grace Passmore and Elvin Ramos
3rd YEAR
Hunter Bayne, James Convery, Isabella De Lieto, Sarah Jones, Vance Richards, Elena Sable and Alyssa Winters
