UA College Savings Plan announces $25,000 and $2,500 scholarship account winners

Sixteen-year-old Cami Wood of Anchorage was randomly selected to win a $25,000 scholarship account in the UA College Savings Plan. Four more Alaskans from throughout the state won $2,500 scholarship accounts.

All Permanent Fund Dividend applicants who checked "yes" to question number six of their PFD application were automatically entered into the annual scholarship account drawing. The PFD check-off asks residents if they would like to automatically contribute half of their dividend into a UA College Savings Plan account. The Education Trust of Alaska, established to administer the college savings program, funds the scholarship account giveaway.

"Cami was thrilled to get this scholarship," said Cami's mother, Louise Wood. "She is a junior at South High School and hasn't chosen a college, but she is excited that this may fund more options."

The winners of the $2,500 scholarship accounts are: Hunter Dewall, 10, Anchorage AJ Inthapanya-Yabut, 11, Anchorage Jazlyn Fix, 9, Tok Mizen Deraimer, 5, Juneau

For more on this story, visit the UA Statewide website.

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