Blessed Trinity's Katie Lanthier Receives Catholic Scholarship from Georgia United Credit Union

Roswell, GA (April 16, 2013) Georgia United Credit Union is excited to announce the winners of the organization's 2013 scholarship programs.  A total of $12,500 was awarded through the Vernon E. Carne Scholarship program and the Archbishop John F. Donoghue Catholic Scholarship program and disbursed to thirteen high school seniors. Thanks to all the high school seniors who entered this year’s competition as we had a record number of entries! 

This is the 19^th year that Georgia United has given the Vernon E. Carne Scholarship and the 6^th year for the John
F. Donoghue Catholic Scholarship. A total of approximately $212,500 has been awarded to high school seniors across the state during the tenure of both programs. Recipients are chosen based on an essay competition with consideration given to academic accomplishments,
leadership and participation in both school and community activities. The top winners for 2013 were Lindsey Vinson
of Westminster Christian Academy in Watkinsville with Tasneem Akbar of Druid Hills High School in DeKalb County as first runner-up in the Vernon Carne Competition and Meg Panetta from The Westminster Schools and Katie Lanthier from Blessed Trinity are our two top Catholic Scholarship winners. Katie is profiled below.

Katherine Lanthier, Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell

Katie Lanthier, from Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell,
was a $1000 runner-up Archbishop Donoghue Scholarship Winner. She has been accepted to Georgia Tech and is the Valedictorian for her graduating class. Katie will be graduating Summa Cum Laude, and is an AP Scholar with Honors, a Governor’s Honors Program participant, and a recipient of the Chemistry and Spanish Awards for the
highest GPA in those classes. A member of the National Honor Society, Katie is Editor of the Yearbook Staff, and
Varsity Softball and Track & Field teams at Blessed Trinity.  A STARS tutor, she also volunteers for her church, St. Benedict’s, and Habitat for Humanity. She is the daughter of Kenneth Lanthier and Margaret Haggerty of Johns Creek.

About Georgia United

Georgia United Credit Union is ranked as one of the top credit unions in Georgia with more than $960 million in assets and sixteen branch locations. Their mission is to
save members time and money in their personal finances. Georgia United Credit Union is federally insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) for up to $250,000 per account.

Georgia United Credit Union serves employees and family members of all State Agencies and county employees in Georgia, Board of Regent schools (including UGA), adult
and technical education schools in Georgia, the Catholic Archdiocese in Atlanta, 450 companies, and 10 county school systems.  Additional information may be located at
georgiaunitedcu.org or at our media center.

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