Comcast Awards More Than $200,000 in Scholarship Money to Maryland Area High School 2005 Graduating Seniors

Comcast Awards More Than $200,000 in Scholarship Money to Maryland Area High School 2005 Graduating Seniors

Regional Comcast Student Achievement Awards and National Comcast Foundation Scholarship Program Fuels Effort to Support Higher Education

Nearly $1 Million Invested in Scholarships Since Company Began First Program

BALTIMORE, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast today announced that it has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarship money to students in Maryland from the 2005 graduating class through the Comcast Student Achievement Awards program and the Comcast Foundation Leaders & Achievers Program.

The Student Achievement Awards program provides a $1,000 scholarship to one graduating senior from each Maryland public high school located in areas serviced by Comcast (Attached is a list of high schools and recipients). Comcast has sponsored the Student Achievement Awards program in Maryland each spring since 1992, and has awarded nearly $1 million in scholarship money across the state of Maryland since the program's inception. This year, Comcast is awarding 144 Student Achievement Awards for a total of $144,000 of support for Maryland students

"Corporate support of higher education is critical and it's been exciting to see the Student Achievement Awards program grow across Maryland since it began 13 years ago. I am proud that this year, Comcast Student Achievement Awards have been presented to one student from each of Maryland's high schools in the areas we serve. Through this effort, 144 students will receive financial help from Comcast to help pay for a higher education," said Barbara A. Gehrig, senior vice president of Comcast's Maryland-Delaware region. "The more we can do to support learning, the better our workforce will be in the future."

The Comcast Student Achievement Awards recognize outstanding students who have achieved extraordinary academic results and shown personal growth over their high school careers. Recipients of this scholarship are students who have shown the most improvement during their time in high school. A committee review board made up of teachers and counselors from each high school determines the winners.

Additionally, as part of a separate scholarship program, Comcast will award area high school seniors $1,000 through the Comcast Foundation Leaders & Achievers Program. This scholarship program recognizes high school seniors who have demonstrated a strong commitment to community service and leadership. Area high school principals submit nominations to The Scholarship Foundation and entries are judged individually with more than one student eligible to win from any school. This year, the Comcast Foundation awarded 58 scholarships totaling $58,000 throughout Maryland (A list of these recipients is also attached). In 2004, the Comcast Foundation donated more than $1 million to graduating seniors across the nation as part of this program.

"The talented young men and women who are recipients of the 2005 Comcast Student Achievement Awards and the Comcast Foundation Leaders and Achievers Scholarships are perfect examples of the thousands of individual success stories happening in our public schools every day," said Nancy S. Grasmick, State Superintendent of Schools. "Comcast understands that it is the students of today who will define the workplace of tomorrow. By helping these deserving students achieve their goals of furthering their education, and making the unprecedented commitment to every public high school in the jurisdictions Comcast serves, Comcast is once again showing itself as a true friend of Maryland education."

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)(NASDAQ:CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.5 million cable customers and 7 million high-speed Internet customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content.

The Company's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, Outdoor Life Network, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and four Comcast SportsNets. The Company also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Comcast serves approximately 800,000 customers in Maryland and Delaware. Comcast, whose Maryland/Delaware Region offices are located in White Marsh, Maryland, employs more than 2,000 people in the Maryland/Delaware Region.

Comcast Student Achievement 2005 Award Winners

Anne Arundel County:
Annapolis Senior High School, Sara J. Tongue
Arundel High School, Amanda Dozier
Broadneck High School, Ashley Anne Donatelli
Chesapeake High School, Sara Jungerheld
Glen Burnie High School, Charles Hudak
Meade High School, Obinna Ajuzie
North County High School, Christian L. Harris, Jr.
Northeast High School, Christopher Shade
Old Mill High School, Lorimar Mundo
Severna Park High School, Teresa Brady
South River High School, Nina Firmoni
Southern High School, Brittany Stewart

Baltimore City:
Baltimore City College, Cynthia Hayes
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Jessica White
Baltimore School for the Arts, Katherine Thompson
Carver Vocational-Technical, Tiffinney Green
Central Career Academy at Briscoe, Sharde Keitt
Dr. Samuel L. Banks, Raymond McNeill
Dr. W.E.B. DuBois Senior High, Shayla Hunter
Edmondson-Westside Senior High, Valerie Dix
Forest Park High School, Raymond Davis Jr.
Francis M. Woods Alternative, Terrell Edmonds
Frederick Douglass High School, Octavia Washington
Harbor City High School, Diana Keve
Lake Clifton/Eastern High, Christina Farabee
Laurence G. Paquin Middle/High, Ciara Jones
Maritime Academy, J-Tiame Jones
Mergenthaler Vo-Technical, Latisha Holmes
Northwestern High School, Shamia Brightful
Patterson High School, Donnell Rogers
Paul Laurence Dunbar High, Tavon McClurkin
Reginald F. Lewis High School, Priscilla Davis
Southern High School, Terrell Parker
Southside Academy, Ronney Tyson
Southwestern High School, Maudetina Smith
Walbrook Uniform Services Academy, Jason Buchanan
Western High School, Darricka Morgan

Baltimore County:
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Candace Fong
Catonsville High School, Donald Cox
Chesapeake High School, David Chesley
Dulaney High School, Kara Chaprnka
Dundalk High School, Heather Hart
Eastern Technical High School, Uzoma Anele
Franklin High School, Talat Halim Chaudhry
Hereford High School, Stanley Guild
Kenwood High School, Megan Miller
Lansdowne High School, Shameia Morrison
Loch Raven High School, Brittany Shields
Milford Mill Academy, Sharita Bates
Overlea High School, Samantha Ortiz
Owings Mills High School, Jherie-Lee Samuels
Parkville High School, Michael Kirby
Patapsco High School, Rickeena Free
Perry Hall High School, Henry Huang
Pikesville High School, Sierra Craig
Randallstown High School, Sierra Murray
Sollers Point Technical High School, Kaitlin Hunt
Sparrows Point High School, Joseph Warns
Towson High School, Robert Davis
Western School of Technology, Naveed Rehman
Woodlawn High School, Justin A. Walker

Calvert County:
Calvert High School, Daniel Jaime
Huntington High School, Sarah Colleen Booth
Northern High School, Jessika Hollidge
Patuxent High School, John Pang, Jr.

Charles County:
Henry E. Lackey High School, Koreena Hawkins
La Plata High School, Sierra T. Mong
Maurice J. McDonough High School, Thomas Benya
Thomas Stone High School, Shanita Chase
Westlake High School, Krissanda T. Brown

Eastern Shore, Maryland:
Colonel Richardson High, DeCraig A. Gibson
James M. Bennett High School, Brett Jefferson
North Dorchester High School, Michon' L. Tillery
North East High School, Mary Katherine McEvoy
Pocomoke High School, Kymberly Megan Kudla
Snow Hill High School, LaToya Purnell
Stephen Decatur High School, Bobbi Sue Sadler
Washington High School, Steven Schollfield
Wicomico High School, Nia Dashiell

Harford County:
Aberdeen High School, Andrew Steffan
Bel Air High School, Bonita Sikes
C. Milton Wright High School, Steven Flaherty
Fallston High School, Dana Welsch
Edgewood High School, Kristen Lee
Harford Technical School, Thomas C. Sturtevant
Havre de Grace High School, Thomas R. Hawkins
Joppatowne High School, Amber Oputa

Howard County:
Atholton High, Matthew Paul Harman
Centennial High, Kimberly Pavlovsky
Glenelg High, Elise Rub
Hammond High, Ellen Blasi
The Homewood School, Allison Stanley
Howard High, Raisa Ilena Sherman
Long Reach High, Jordan Holmes
Mt. Hebron High, Nicole Collins
Oakland Mills High, Sandrine Wiggan
Reservoir High, Allyson Elizabeth Harshaw
River Hill High, Heather Moore
Wilde Lake High, Debbie Jefferson

Montgomery County:
Albert Einstein High, Muhammed Masum Ornek
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, Majida Muhammad
Col. Zadok Magruder High School, Amy Vallario
Damascus High School, Akbar Sherzai
Gaithersburg High School, Adan Torres-Rivas
James Hubert Blake High, Stewart Cornelius
John F. Kennedy High School, James Gedling
Montgomery Blair High School, George Thompson
Northwest High School, Nadine McFarlane
Paint Branch High School, Noah Wallace
Poolesville High School, Eva Robinson
Quince Orchard High School, Kelly Bonds Jr.
Richard Montgomery High School, Brian Bonilla
Rockville High School, Michael Williams
Seneca Valley High School, Edward Cofie
Sherwood High School, Yeo Seul Koo
Springbrook High School, Huong Xuan Ho
Thomas Wootton High School, James Earle
Walt Whitman High School, Adam Ratner
Walter Johnson High School, Jessica Robins
Watkins Mill High School, Kevin Green
Wheaton High School, Edward Canterbury
Winston Churchill High School, Sekou Yansane

Prince George's County:
Bladensburg High School, O'Neil Batchelor
Bowie High School, Daniel Fryberger
Croom Vocational High School, Sara Pearce
Crossland High School, Brittany Williams
C. H. Flowers High School, Jerome Owens
DuVal High School, Kenyada Bethea
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Michah Benons
Fairmont Heights High School, Nichelle Teter
Forestville High School, Jasmine Walker
Frederick Douglass High School, Shanna Powell
Friendly High School, Royonna Smith
Gwynn Park High School, James Parker III
High Point High School, Linda Castro
Largo High School, Dontelia Corbin
Laurel High School, Amber Gillette
Northwestern High School, Sue Ann Lyons
Oxon Hill High School, LaTanvia Ellis
Parkdale High School, Lynette Wray
Potomac High School, Aena Al-Amin-El
Suitland High School, Carlos Ellerbee-Jones
Surrattsville High School, Devin Bobbit
Tall Oaks Vocational High School, Christine Kulp

Comcast 2005 Leaders & Achievers

Anne Arundel County
Annapolis Senior High, Jazmine Turner
Glen Burnie Senior High, Fagan Harris
North County Senior High, Casey Bryant
South River High School, Kristin Beach

Baltimore City
Balt. School for the Arts, Tiffany Boone
Bryn Mawr School, Elizabeth Cole
Mercy High School, Adelicia Villagaray
Paul L. Dunbar High, Tavon McClurkin
Southwestern High, Korede Oladapo
Western High School, Heather Trageser
Yeshivat Rambam, Gabrielle Kadin

Baltimore County
Bais Yaakov Girls School, Ruth Tendler
Baltimore Lutheran High, Hasina Griffiths
Carver Center for Arts & Tech, Michelle Bilenky
Dulaney High School, Diana Bae
Eastern Tech High, Emily Simons
Franklin High School, Sunny Marvania
Kenwood High, Kimberly Kulczycki
Owings Mills High School, Jason Fine
Parkville High School, Liny John
Pikesville High School, Justin Thaler
Sparrows Point High, Sarah Blusiewicz
Western School of Tech, Soraya Abuelhiga

Charles County
La Plata High School, Kara Tipper
Maurice McDonough High School, Mary Thiedeman
Westlake High School, Brittney Thomas

Eastern Shore, Maryland
Bohemia Manor High, Lauren Watson
North Caroline High, Kristin Diem
North Dorchester High, Chelsea English
Parkside High School, Daniel Kenny
Pocomoke High School, Jama Mancano
Salisbury School, Aya McKeen
Stephen Decatur High School, John Wist
Worcester Country School, Morgan Otway

Harford County
Bel Air High School, Megan Prupora
Edgewood High School, Kayla Brown

Howard County
Centennial High School, Seth Manoff
Glenelg County School, Sarah Poling
Howard High, Shamika Fleuranges
Long Reach High, Jonathan McCoy
River Hill High School, Grishma Patel
Wilde Lake High School, Samantha Bier

Montgomery County
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, Brittany Brewer
Col. Zadok Magruder High, Andrew Parnell
Gaithersburg High School, Neha Singhal
James Hubert Blake High, Autumn Arnett
John F. Kennedy High, Rahel Yohannes
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mallory Crane
Paint Branch Senior High, Nicole Slatkin
Springbrook High, Lauren Kensky
Thomas S. Wootton High, Tanya Lofton
The Heights School, Morgan Maher

Prince George's County
Bishop McNamara High, James Brown
Bowie High School, Katherine Reiter
Fredrick Douglass High, Atiya Abdullah
Largo High School, Javicia Walker
Oxon Hill High School, Amber Peterson
Suitland High School, Lola Okanlawon

Source: Comcast

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