Vestavia seniors to compete in distinguished young women

Twenty-one rising seniors from across Jefferson County will compete for college scholarships in the 2014 Distinguished Young Women of Jefferson County on July 19 and 20 at Samford University Wright Center.  In addition to college scholarships, the participants will be competing for the chance to represent Jefferson County at the state program in Montgomery. 

Eight of the 21 participants attend Vestavia Hills High School. The Vestavia girls are Stephanie Feng, Kierra Goins, Judith Hornsby, Cailyn Levant, Olivia Mims, Grace Pike, Rachael Snow and Hayden Yendle.

In addition, last year the winner, first alternate and second alternate were all students at VHHS.

Last year, Distinguished Young Women provided more than $108 million in cash and college scholarship opportunities to participants at the local, state and national levels.  Previously known as America’s Junior Miss, the program announced a new name in June 2010. 

The Distinguished Young Women of Jefferson County program is open to the public, and tickets may be purchased in advance through any participant or at the Wright Center box office, which will open one hour prior to each performance. 

The preliminaries will be Friday, July 19 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 20 at 1 p.m.  Finals will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday.  Tickets for each preliminary are $15, and tickets for the finals are $25.  For more call 907-0210 or email jefferson@distinguishedyw.org.

Members of the Class of 2015 who are interested in participating in next year’s program may visit distinguishedyw.org or email jefferson@distinguishedyw.org.