Makenzie Adams, graduating senior with the Class of 2023, received the prestigious and competitive Gates Scholarship, which is a full tuition scholarship that will cover her entire college education. Makenzie will attend Ohio University, where she will major in Forensic Chemistry. According to the program's website, the goal is to help students excel in their course work, graduate college and continue to be leaders throughout their lives by eliminating the financial barriers to college. Nationwide, 51,000 graduating seniors applied for the scholarship; about 700 received the scholarship, including Makenzie.