Ann M. Weaver Scholarship Nominations
Nominations for the 2025-26 school year are now closed, a recipient will be announced March 27th.
The Ann MacPherson Weaver Memorial Scholarship was established in 1986 in memory of a 1984 RMA graduate who had succumbed to cancer earlier in the year. This competitive scholarship is awarded each year to a deserving student who best represents the scholarship criteria and who has never attended any grade of Rocky Mount Academy.
Any student who will be a rising ninth, tenth, or eleventh grader in the 2024-2025 school year and has never been enrolled in Rocky Mount Academy at any time is eligible to request an application for the Weaver Scholarship. You can be nominated by a member of the community at large, the RMA community, or you can self-nominate. The scholarship pays for the winner's tuition every year until graduation, with merit reviewed annually.
Selection criteria are based on qualities that Ann Weaver possessed:
- Forceful and unselfish character
- Intellectual and personal vigor
- Academic achievement
- Leadership in both school and community activities
- Positive potential for enriching the environment at Rocky Mount Academy
2024 Weaver Recipient
Chloe Marie Agan, daughter of Jeff and Erin Agan, has been awarded this year’s Ann MacPherson Weaver Memorial Scholarship at Rocky Mount Academy. Currently an eight grader at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Agan will attend RMA in the fall on a full-tuition scholarship, valued at approximately $62,000 over four years.
The Weaver Scholarship was established at Rocky Mount Academy in 1986 in memory of a 1984 RMA graduate who had lost her life to cancer earlier that year. The scholarship is awarded to a deserving student who has never attended RMA and who best represents the attributes that Ann Weaver embodied. Each year in March, the Ann Weaver Scholarship application process brings the Rocky Mount Academy community the opportunity to meet and get to know some of the most talented high school students in the area. This year was no exception.
Agan is a straight A student at OLPH where she is also President of the St. Thomas Aquinas Honor Society. She has played soccer for over 12 years and has participated in a variety of dance arts for 10 years. Her interest in the arts has inspired her passion for clogging, jazz, theater, and singing, as well. When not engaged in her studies and extracurriculars, Chloe volunteers at school with an early care program and in the Rocky Mount community. Her dedication in the classroom, on the fields and courts, and in the community have made her a standout among her peers.
Head of School, Beth Murphy, described Chloe’s selection as the 2024 Weaver Scholar as just the beginning of her story: “Over many years now, we have been fortunate to welcome talented students who have gone on to make a tremendous and lasting impact on our school as Ann Weaver Scholars. The standards for potential Weaver candidates are very high, and selection is not based on academic success alone. A Weaver Scholar is also someone who is a leader and one who will choose true engagement over participation in any of the opportunities our school affords. Chloe’s exemplary academic record and a genuine desire to learn, to grow, and to lead will make her a very successful student at RMA as a Weaver Scholar. Her achievements and future goals are the perfect match for our school’s mission to prepare students for success in life and college, and we could not be more excited to welcome her to RMA in the fall.”
William Roeder, Chairman of the Ann Weaver Scholarship Committee, reflected on this year’s scholarship process: "As this was my first year chairing the committee, I was not sure what to expect from the applicants. I was blown away by the quality and depth of this year's Ann Weaver Scholarship applicant pool. Rocky Mount is very fortunate to have such outstanding young people making a difference in our community. While these decisions are almost always difficult, Chloe Agan's achievements to date, and her focus on giving back, made her an ideal fit with the Ann Weaver Scholarship criteria. I am excited to welcome her and her family to Rocky Mount Academy."
Founded in 1968, Rocky Mount Academy is the largest non-sectarian independent school in the Nash/Edgecombe/Wilson area and serves PK-12th grade students.
Ann Weaver Memorial Scholarship Recipients
2024
Chloe Agan
2023
Cameron MacDonald
2022
Ayden Lovely
2021
Isabella Daza
2020
Rachael Anne Godwin
2019
Sarah Coltrane
2018
Aurora Henderson
2017
Elizabeth Winstead
2016
Griffin Wingfield
2015
Briana Winham
2014
Lauren Seale
2013
Caitlyn Vester
2012
Davis R. Brown
2011
Rachel Williams
2010
Leah Nicole Anderson
2009
Alexandra Michelle Thompson
2008
Westray Stephen Hicks
2007
Kathryn Gorham
2006
Emily Bullock
2005
Lee Whitley
2004
Duncan Barnes
2003
Anne Beavon Gravley
2002
Katherine Lea
2001
Will Kornegay
2000
Jessie Barbie
1999
Lisa Shreiner
1998
Lindsey Mitchell
1997
Ashley Jones
1996
Elizabeth Hull
1995
Stephen Thompson
1994
Hayes Ferguson
1993
Janice Langley
1992
Kara Pittman
1991
John Cheshire
1990
Lorrie Stokes
1989
Gavin Langley
1988
Natalie Stroud
1987
Heather Scoggins
1986
Elizabeth Davis