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Pounds, McIntosh selected as Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars

            Itawamba Community College sophomores Anna Pounds of Golden and Torrance (TJ) McIntosh of Wren have been selected as 2019 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars and will each receive a $1,000 scholarship.

            McIntosh is majoring in biology with a pre-medicine concentration. He is vice president of scholarship for the Upsilon Sigma chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, vice president of the Fulton Campus Student Government Association and a member of the Indian Delegation and All-American Band. He is a member of the Greater New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church of Nettleton, where he serves as the youth department president, usher board member and youth choir member. He is the son of Torrance and Sylvia McIntosh.

            Pounds currently serves as the vice president of leadership for the Upsilon Sigma Chapter of PTK. She is a member of the Honors College and Sigma Kappa Delta and has served as secretary of the Political Science Club. She is an accounting/pre-law major. Her parents are Andy and Rita Pounds.

            The Leaders of Promise Scholarship, sponsored by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, recognizes 200 Phi Theta Kappa members with awards totaling $200,000. Twenty-five of these scholarships are earmarked for Society members who are active personnel or veterans of the U.S. Military.

            This year’s recipients were selected by a panel of independent judges from nearly 900 applicants. Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars are selected based on outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated leadership potential.

            The Leaders of Promise Scholarship Program was launched in 2001 to assist new PTK members in obtaining an associate’s degree and encourage participation in Society programs. Today, the Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship is more relevant than ever as PTK as well as colleges and communities actively encourage the completion of a college credential, an associate’s degree or certificate among college students.



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