Past Winners
Scholarship Winner
Grady Blake
Grady Blake
Jeremy and Andrea Blake
Scholarship Year
2025
Class
2A
Centerville High School
Brian Bellew
Ryan Cole
Grady Blake, a graduate of Centerville High School, was a member of thePrincipal’s Leadership Team and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). During hisfootball career, he earned Academic All-State, 765 Sports “Defensive Back of theYear” Award, the “Bulldog Integrity” Award, the “Mental Attitude” Award, and the“DAWG” Award. He was an Honor Roll recipient during all four years of his highschool career.
Grady participated in a canned food drive for three years of high school during Thanksgiving and Christmas, volunteered at Centerville Youth League to prepare fields and umpire games during summers, and assisted at the Centerville Football Youth Camp each year.
Grady maintained a GPA of 3.9 throughout all of high school and was a National Honor Society Inductee. Furthermore, Grady graduated from Centerville Senior High School with a Core 40 Academic & Technical Honors Diploma, completing various dual-credit college courses. He was ranked 36th/114 in his class.
Grady was a three-year starter for the Centerville Football team that compiled a 35-7 record during his high school career, consisting of three conference championships. He finished 3rd All-Time in Career Interceptions (10). Additionally, Grady was a four-year member of the Centerville Baseball team - earning All-Conference his junior year – as well as a varsity starter for the Centerville Basketball team his freshman year.
Grady will attend Purdue University in West Lafayette and will study Construction Management Technology.