Walls is Sheriff's Scholarship Recipient

(FROM LEFT, EFFINGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF PAUL KUHNS, BRITNEY WALLS, AND BRITNEY'S FATHER, CHAD WALLS)

Effingham County Sheriff Paul Kuhns has announced that Britney Walls is the Effingham County winner of the Illinois Sheriff's Association Scholarship.

Britney is the daughter of Chad and Shea Walls of Effingham and is a senior at Effingham High School. She plans to attend Eastern Illinois University this fall to major in Human Resources. She has a 4.0 out of 4.0 grade point average, is ranked Number One in her class, and belongs to multiple academic, community, honor and sports clubs.

Since 1979, the Illinois Sheriff's Association has awarded at least one student in each county a scholarship. The scholarship must be awarded to an Illinois student, and the student must be attending an Illinois higher learning institution. The scholarship must be applied to tuition, fees, or books, and the student must be enrolled for the 2022-2023 school year. The scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate outstanding scholastic, extra-curricular and character qualifications.

Chasity Mayhaus, daughter of Patrick and Tracy Mayhaus of Dieterich, was selected as first alternate in the scholarship competition.