The Nancy Anderson Chapter and the Francis Rainey Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently announced the 2026 DAR Good Citizen awards for South Plains area high schools.
The DAR Good Citizens program and scholarship contest encourages and rewards area high school seniors who exhibit the qualities of good citizenship – dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. The DAR continues a long-standing tradition of promoting education and investing in the future of our youth.
An awards ceremony and reception was held at the Lubbock Women’s Club on Wednesday, Feb. 19 to honor outstanding high school seniors from 42 South Plains high schools. James Eppler, FOX34 news anchor, emceed the event.
Each DAR Good Citizen receives a monetary award, DAR Good Citizen pin, certificate of recognition, honor cord and gift bag. VFW Post #2466 has generously donated United States flags and flags pins to be presented to each DAR Good Citizen.
Who are the 2026 Lubbock-area Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens?
Both organizations presented the following 2026 DAR Good Citizen awards:
Nancy Anderson Chapter awards:
Abernathy High School Lacy Bloskas
All Saints Episcopal High School Deklan White
Anton High School Alisiah Alafa
Brownfield High School John Fields
Coronado High School Nickolas Williams
Dupre Academy High School DonTasha Barner
Farwell High School Bo Reed
Kingdom Preparatory Academy Lily Scarborough
Littlefield High School Tyson Carr
Lubbock Christian High School Andrew Guthrie
Lubbock High School Saira Ramos
Monterey High School Avery Davis
Morton High School Khloe Bordayo
New Deal High School Kylee Jones
Plains High School Mikala Armendaris
Post High School Maxximus Cole
Roosevelt High School Kynli Grizzell
Ropes High School Carson Beck
Shallowater High School Carli Buckley
Slaton High School Jeremy Floyd
Smyer High School Kaia Brandon
Southcrest Christian High School Addison Turnbow
Southland High School Kyleen Garcia
Tahoka High School Michael Heinrich
Trinity Christian High School Emerson Neal
Wellman-Union High School Brooklyn Mink
Francis Rainey Chapter awards:
Christ the King Cathedral High School Joshua Bentancourt
Dawson ISD High School David Moreno
Estacado High School Madeleine Cavazos
Frenship High School Katy Ingram
Idalou High School Jenny Sullivan
Levelland High School Ada Niederhauser
Lubbock Cooper High School Sadie Minielly
Lubbock Cooper Liberty High School Ryanne Cassell
Meadow High School Zoe Nickens
New Home High School Hadleigh Scott
O’Donnell High School Elizabeth Cook
Petersburg High School Ezariah Nava
Ralls High School Alexis Trejo
Sundown High School Nathan McAdams
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders Olivia Mercado
Whiteface High School Bhrett Driver
Several of Good Citizens also participated in our scholarship essay contest. Each of these winners received an additional scholarship award.
$1,000 First Place Scholarship Awards:
Nancy Anderson Chapter Lily Scarborough Kingdom Preparatory Academy
Francis Rainey Chapter Jenny Sullivan Idalou High School
$800 Second Place Scholarship Awards:
Nancy Anderson Chapter Deklan White All Saints Episcopal High School Francis Rainey Chapter Katy Ingram Frenship High School
$600 Third Place Scholarship Awards:
Nancy Anderson Chapter Maxximus Cole Post High School
Francis Rainey Chapter Joshua Bentancourt Christ the King Diocesan School
Marlowe Barnes of Talkington School for Young Women Leaders were presented with the American History Essay Award as well as the American History Video-Electronic Award from the Nancy Anderson Chapter.
Deklan White of All Saints Episcopal High School were presented with the Patriots of the American Revolution DAR High School Essay Award from the Francis Rainey Chapter.
Devin Ramby of Lubbock Cooper High School were presented with the Outstanding American History teacher award from the Francis Rainey Chapter.
Billy Don Hampton of All Saints Episcopal High School were presented with the Outstanding American History teacher award from the Nancy Anderson Chapter.
What is the Daughters of the American Revolution?
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a non-profit women’s service organization whose members can trace their lineage to an individual who contributed to securing American independence during the Revolutionary War.
Today’s DAR is dynamic and diverse, with over 185,000 members in 3,000 chapters in the United States and abroad.
DAR members annually provide millions of hours of volunteer service to their local communities across the country and world and promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism.
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