[View ALL News Press Releases] An Elizabethtown Community and Technical College student is the winner of a national scholarship awarded to just one undergraduate student nationwide. Steve Davis, of Greensburg, was selected to receive the 2009 Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) Undergraduate Student Scholarship. The scholarship was based on academics, leadership, well-articulated goals and disability community service, as well as letter of recommendation. An AHEAD scholarship was also awarded to one graduate student.

In a letter to Davis, Stephan Hamlin-Smith, Executive Director of AHEAD, wrote: "I want to especially commend you on your excellent academic record, leadership qualities and contributions to the disability community. We received applications from extremely qualified students from across the country. The fact that you surfaced as one of the scholarship recipients, speaks very highly of your contributions thus far in your academic career and your potential for the future."

Davis has earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average at ECTC and high praise from his faculty advisor and coordinator of the criminal justice program, Larry Kelly. "Steve is a student who has always been prepared for class. He is extremely bright, mature and very dedicated to learning," said Kelly. "Steve is a great resource in the study of juvenile justice because he worked in that area for so many years. He is a pleasure to have in class and takes his studies seriously."

Steve Davis' background and experience provide strong support for his goal to earn a degree in criminal justice and work in corrections, prison administration or probation/parole. He served for more than a decade as a pastor, eight years in Adult and Juvenile Corrections--with five years as Director of Operations at the Juvenile facility, before he was injured in a job-related accident, and served as a military policeman in the National Guard. He is committed to working with youth to help break the cycles of crime and recidivism through rehabilitation and opportunity.

Davis will graduate from ECTC by Fall semester 2009.