Spring-Ford Student Wins $20K Scholarship, 'Demonstrated Courage'

ROYERSFORD, PA — A Spring-Ford Area High School student has been named the recipient of a special $20,000 scholarship to Widener University.

The award was won by junior Lillian Evasew. The scholarship recognizes a student who "demonstrated courage by standing up for what is right, found a way to address a wrong, or make a difference in a significant way," according to the school district.

Principals of high schools from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware select winners of the scholarship each year.

Lillian will be recognized in a ceremony at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, and then invited to participate in a leadership development conference at Widener.

If she decides to attend Widener after she graduates from Spring-Ford, she'll become an Apogee Scholar nad participate in a leadership development program there at the Oskin Leadership Institute.

Congratulations, Lillian!