2025 Scholarship Recipients
My name is Brooklyn Odoom. I’m currently a senior at Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy and a first year at Saginaw Career Complex in the law program. During my high school career, I have participated in many clubs and sports such as: Track, Model United Nations, Mock Trial, and the Black Student Union, which I founded and am currently the president of. I currently maintain a 3.5 GPA and I am apart of the National Honor Society of my school.
I plan to further my education at Michigan State University majoring in International Relations to pursue a career as an International Humanities Attorney to be able to advocate for human rights in an international level.
Andrew Carlson is the oldest of six boys, a fact he says usually brings some funny looks. But, he says it’s a role that has helped him to learn leadership, responsibility, and as expected, a whole lot of patience over the years.
Drew is an honor roll student, and graduated in the top ten of his class with a 4.2 GPA. He is a three-sport varsity athlete, served as team captain, and was honored to earn Individual Academic All-State for football this year. He was also All-Region and First Team All-Conference for football. His favorite sport is golf, and he is looking forward to his senior season.
He serves as editor for his school newspaper and as a host for the school’s video announcements.He also has participated in Science Olympiad during high school and received second place at regionals last year, where his team qualified for the State Meet. He is dedicated to service and has given more than 100 hours during the last four years volunteering for his school, church, and community.
He has participated in several medical camps offered by CMU, and worked for a doctor last summer. He is planning to follow a pre-med track, and has been accepted to the Honors Programs at both SVSU and CMU. He is making a final decision about which school he will attend in the fall.
He would like to thank Family First Credit Union and the Board of Directors for offering this scholarship and helping young people continue their educational goals.