Holtz named Bryant-Jordan Scholar Athlete

Enterprise High School senior Isabella Holtz is named the Class 7A Region 2 Bryant-Jordan Scholar Athlete.

Holtz is graduating from EHS with a 4.44 grade point average, with a class standing of three out of 455 graduates. Her sport is golf.

She will be attending Vanderbilt University in the Fall majoring in mechanical engineering. Holtz has participated in the Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth—Mentors Immersion “Biomedical Engineering: An Engineering Approach to Cancer Vaccines,” in which participants designed a hypothetical cancer vaccine for DIPG.

The Bryant-Jordan Student-Athlete Program was created in 1986 by the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in conjunction with the Alabama High School Athletic Association. The initial scholarship offered by the Bryant-Jordan Program was the scholar athlete scholarship. In 1989 the Achievement Award was created. This award is designed to reward the student-athlete who achieves beyond his/her ability both academically and athletically or who may have overcome some obstacle or hardship to achieve success.

Ninety-six scholarships are awarded annually to deserving high school seniors from schools that are members of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. The program has grown from an $8,000 award program to the present over $800,000.