Named as a 2020 Gold Scholar to the Coca-Cola Academic Team
A story appearing in the April 21 Camp Verde Bugle written by reporter Bill Helm featured Celeena Johnson. She is a student at Yavapai Community College who was named as a 2020 Gold Scholar for the Coca-Cola Academic Team. (Also see Blog story of Sunday, April 19.)
Earlier this year, Yavapai Community College announced that Ms. Johnson was among 12 students who had earned lucrative All-Arizona Academic Team scholarships. On April 15 it announced that that three of the 12 were also named to the 2020 Coca-Cola Academic Team. Ms. Johnson was one of the three. She was selected from a pool of more than 2,000 other students for this award.
Ms. Johnson is a 2018 graduate of Camp Verde High School. She told Mr. Helm that she “plans to attend Northern Arizona University in the fall.” She also told him that the recent recognition means an extra $1,500 that she can spend for “extra academic fees such as textbooks and travel costs.” Her tuition was already paid for when she was initially selected as member of the All-USA Academic Team.
She is an “aspiring first-grade teacher and library program coordinator.” By the time she graduated from Camp Verde High School, she had accumulated 36 college credits and a culinary arts certificate. She told Helm that she plans to graduate from Yavapai Community College this spring with an Associate’s degree.