Katie Vernon, a 2011 graduate from Bangs High School, was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Texas Teenage Baseball-Softball Association during their 2011 State Meeting on August 13th.
There were eight $1000 scholarships awarded to teenage softball and baseball players from across the state through TTBSA. Brown County had two recipients, Vernon and Dustin Michael Worthen from Early.
Katie Vernon is the daughter of Bennie and Brenda Vernon of Bangs.
Vernon will be attending Howard Payne University this fall and plans to major in secondary education. She hopes to teach history to middle school or high school students and coach softball according to her family.
