{"id":8713,"date":"2021-08-10T16:17:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:17:06","slug":"student-wins-25000-chick-fil-a-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2021\/08\/10\/student-wins-25000-chick-fil-a-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Wins $25,000 Chick-fil-A Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rising junior Trevor Sconyers had no idea how a job at Chick-fil-A would change his life. Sconyers is from Lyons, Georgia, and is a front-of-house team leader and back-of-house team member at the Chick-fil-A in neighboring Vidalia. On March 17, he was a participant in what he thought was a virtual retreat with 11 other team members from across the country. But Georgia Southern alumnus and Chick-fil-A chairman and CEO Dan Cathy surprised the Zoom participants and announced each would receive a $25,000 True Inspiration Scholarship through the Chick-fil-A Remarkable Futures Scholarships program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was completely overwhelmed with emotion,\u201d Sconyers said. \u201cI was so happy and excited, I burst into tears from the overwhelming thought that I was going to graduate college debt-free.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sconyers is majoring in accounting and has minors in communication studies and nonprofit management. He has overcome many challenges as he pursued his education. As a child, his mother was injured in a car accident and she spent several months in
the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter the recovery, she became highly addicted to drugs, which subsequently led me to become a caretaker for my sister,\u201d said Sconyers, who is considering a career as a motivational speaker and an accountant. \u201cI would like to use the story I have to inspire other youth that they can overcome their struggles, and I would also like to explore accounting as it would create a very stable lifestyle, something I have never had.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scholarship winner loves his job and said he never goes a day without feeling cared for or appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI handle the daily operations of the business including taking orders, making food and serving guests,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen I lead the team, I am in charge of managing daily operations through running breaks, putting people in positions, making setups for the day and overall, inspiring the team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sconyers balances classes with a four-day work schedule. He commutes an hour from his hometown to the Statesboro Campus, but that could change this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith this scholarship, if everything works out with housing and hopefully working at the Chick-fil-A on campus, I hope to move to Statesboro to relieve some of the stress of commuting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he graduated from Toombs County High School, Sconyers had accumulated 36 hours of dual enrollment at Southeastern Technical College. He expects to graduate from Georgia Southern in 2023. \u2014<\/em> Sandra<\/em> Bennett<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rising junior Trevor Sconyers had no idea how a job at Chick-fil-A would change his life. Sconyers is from Lyons, Georgia, and is a front-of-house team leader and back-of-house team member at the Chick-fil-A in neighboring Vidalia. On March 17, he was a participant in what he thought was a virtual retreat with 11 other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-8713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-summer-2021"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t