The Coca-Cola Foundation Honors UA Scholarship Students

NOTE: Media are invited to this event and are welcome to arrive before noon to meet the students and to stay for lunch.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A luncheon honoring The University of Alabama’s 2011-2012 Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars will be held Thursday, March 29, at noon in Smith Hall on the UA campus.

Coca-Cola executives will be on hand to meet and honor the 12 freshman recipients of the Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarships.

The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarships are awarded to deserving Alabama students who are the first in their families to attend college. Each student will receive a $5,000 scholarship each year for four years.

The 2011-2012 UA Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars are:

Collin Bunyan of Huntsville – Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration

Cortez Burney of Tuscaloosa – Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration

Hannah Copeland of Hoover – College of Arts and Sciences

Elizabeth Detz of Huntsville – College of Arts and Sciences

Kallie Flynn of Cullman – Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration

James Ha of Prattville – Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration

Christine Harris of Birmingham – Capstone College of Nursing

Brianna Torshay Jackson of Childersburg – Capstone College of Nursing

Leslie Perez-Meza of Huntsville – College of Communication and Information Sciences

Justin Rippen of Decatur – College of Arts and Sciences

Sarah Saint of Moulton – College of Arts and Sciences

Chelsea Williams of Elba – College of Arts and Sciences