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Success Coordinator Kristin Adams has worked at Sweet Home High School since 2006. During that time, she recalls only two Ford Scholars program scholarship recipients: Alex Olin (now Alex Gaskey) in 2015 and Bailey Womack in 2022.

This year, however, brought a two-in-one package: Avery Nelson and Quinton Schamp.

"It is a rarity, and it was a shock that two of our students got it," Adams said, calling it "a very competitive process."

The Ford Scholars Program is a highly selective scholarship that awards students from Oregon and Siskiyou County, California, who are planning to complete a fou...