Scholarships

AAUW Coastal Georgetown Inc

AAUW Coastal Georgetown Inc is dedicated to supporting and furthering the education of Sussex County young women.  The scholarship funding is derived from donations and fundraisers.

2025 Scholarship Opportunities

The 2025 Winners

This year the American Association of University Women Coastal Georgetown, AAUW CG awarded $32,500 in scholarships to local high graduates and to a Del Tech Community College graduate continuing her education to obtain a Bachelor’s degree.
On May 30th the AAUW CG, honored our seven scholarship winners at a luncheon at the Peninsula Golf & Country Club. All of the scholarship winners took many Advanced Placement courses along with dual enrollment (college level) courses while in high school. They volunteered extensively in their communities and were leaders in their high schools. They are committed to hard work to make their future world a better place.
The Marty Johnson Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Anna Beck and Anna Coverdale who are both attending the University of Delaware, Darcy Crotty attending the University of Virginia, and Ellianna Windsor attending Palm Beach Atlantic University. All four are recent graduates of Cape Henlopen High School.
The Benson and Boyer Funds Scholarship was awarded to Eaknoor Kaur, attending Carnegie Mellon University, who recently graduated from Sussex Academy.
The Virginia Rust Future Educator Scholarship was named for the first president of AAUW Coastal Georgetown back in 1957 and was awarded to Kathryn Meszaros, a graduate of Sussex Academy, who will be attending Slippery Rock University.
The Heather Ann Worrall Scholarship is awarded to Jessica Clark who graduated from Del Tech Community College and is attending Wilmington University majoring in Human Resource Management.
Our guest speaker was Prabh Kaur, who received an AAUW CG scholarship in 2022 and has completed her junior year at the University of Pennsylvania. She talked about her educational journey and provided valuable advice for our scholarship winners.

Kathryn Meszaros                                Eaknoor Kaur

Darcy Crotty                                   Anna Coverdale

Anna Beck                                          Ellianna Windsor

Jessica Clark