West Lowndes High School senior Jay Little has been named one of the Elks National Foundation’s 2016 Most Valuable Students of the Year. Each scholar will be awarded at least $20,000 to support their college education. Along with 19 other finalists from around the country, Little will interview with national judges in Chicago for top awards of $40,000 to $50,000. He is the only student selected from Mississippi.
Martin Hegwood, Elks member of Lodges 458 in Canton, described Little as one of the most impressive applications he had ever seen submitted through the lodge.
Little is class president at WLHS and also a Gates Millennium Scholars Finalist and a Ron Brown Captain. He will attend the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the fall to major in computer sciences and engineering.
Little is the son of Tomica Hayes of Artesia.
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