East Ascension high schooler earns $1.9 million in scholarship offers
Lauren Bennett college scholarships
By Donald Fountain | April 25, 2021 at 11:05 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 10:03 AM
ASCENSION, La. (WAFB) - An East Ascension High School student is taking success to another level.
Lauren Bennett is graduating in May with a 4.6-grade point average. On top of that, she earned 1.9 million dollars in scholarship offers. However, Bennett’s most significant accomplishment is being accepted into 49 universities.
“I’m extremely humbled. Every time that I would get one, I would just sit there and just thank God,” Bennett said. “Just to have those good role models and that motivation really pushed me to say you know what, I got one, and I can get more, and it just kept climbing.”