Two CMS “Class of 2026” student-athletes are this year’s regional recipients of the Willie Bradshaw Memorial Endowed Scholarships.
This year’s recipients, with sports interests as diversified as those of Bradshaw – who excelled as a professional baseball pitcher, as well as a high school football and basketball coach – are united by their commitments to reinvest in their communities’ health, safety and wellness like Bradshaw – a Durham native, Hillside High School and North Carolina Central University graduate who thrived as a school building and central office pioneer essential to the integration of education-based athletics in North Carolina. Their own words offer insight into their undergraduate and professional inspirations and aspirations.
Each regional recipient will receive a one-time $750 scholarship to be applied to postsecondary education. One male and one female will be announced as state award winners and will receive an additional one-time $1,000 scholarship at the NCHSAA annual celebration on June 10 in Greensboro.
Tatum Alston – Independence
Alston is a goalie and captain on the Independence Women’s Soccer team. She will attend Howard University in the fall.
Undergraduate field
Exercise Science/Kinesiology/Sports Medicine
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“I have seen how access to healthcare is not equal, and I want to help change that
through outreach, mentorship, and culturally responsive care.”
