(Above: recipients of the 2017 Michael Alan Fuller II Memorial Scholarship)
(Top row, L-R) Caleb Borntrager, Jackie Boyd, Chandler Camfield, Quinn Camfield, Katie Collinsworth
(Middle row, L-R) Carson Gordon, Cole Kidwell, Emilie Lodes, Wesley Otto, Sawyer Overton
(Bottom row, L-R) Alec Raboin, Hannah Spain, Brennan Tomer, Gabriel Tomer, Kacey Woelber
The Michael Alan Fuller II Memorial Scholarship committee recently selected 15 recipients for the annual scholarship: Caleb Borntrager, Jackie Boyd, Chandler Camfield, Quinn Camfield, Katie Collinsworth, Carson Gordon, Cole Kidwell, Emilie Lodes, Wesley Otto, Sawyer Overton, Alec Raboin, Hannah Spain, Brennan Tomer, Gabriel Tomer, and Kacey Woelber.
Additionally, Raymond Hamilton, Alyssa Mathias, Nick Owens, Noah Patterson, Martin Rappe’, and Marlo Spidle received a scholarship from a similar fund established by New Mexico Restaurant Association in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Alan Fuller lived and worked in Albuquerque for seven years and one of the companies he worked for was New Mexico Restaurant Association. The company’s CEO, Caryl Cochran, started the Albuquerque fund at the time of Alan’s death.
(Above) Recipients of the 2017 New Mexico Restaurant Association Scholarship established in Alan’s memory (Top row, L-R) Raymond Hamilton, Alyssa Mathias, Nick Owens (Bottom row, L-R) Noah Patterson, Martin Rappe’, Marlo Spidle
The Michael Alan Fuller II Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Alan Fuller who was killed in a single-car accident in 2004 and is one of several scholarship funds managed by Mattoon Area Community Foundation. Alan’s family, Mike and Carol Fuller and Rachelle Fuller, organized the Big Al Golf Classic for 11 years to raise money for the scholarship fund. According to Carol Fuller, “It was very important to our family to find a way to memorialize our son after his death. At the same time, we really enjoy giving the money away through scholarships during our lifetimes. It is even better that it will keep on going after we are gone. We love the legacy we will leave behind in memory of our son.”
