Maryville High School's Lamar Alexander Scholarships go to Adi Madduri, Tyler Elder

Maryville High School’s Lamar Alexander Scholarships go to Adi Madduri, Tyler Elder

Maryville Daily Times

April 17, 2023

From: Staff Reports

Maryville High School seniors Adi Madduri received $25,000 and Tyler Elder $15,000 in Lamar Alexander Scholarships, awarded last week.

Finalists Lane Pinkerton, Parker Miller and Abbey Frost each received $1,000

MHS faculty choose the scholarship winners from among top students who have shown leadership and integrity.

Madduri has received academic awards, is a National Merit Finalist Scholar and attended the Governor’s School for Science and Engineering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Student Council president at MHS, he has been class president three years in a row. He also has served on the executive boards of Maryville’s National Honor Society and Key Club.

A varsity tennis play for three years, Madduri also has been a member of Ethics Bowl teams that won two state championships and president of the school’s Model United Nations team, also earning the distinction of outstanding delegate.

Teachers describe him as brilliant and a workhorse, somene who is at the top of everything he does. “There isn’t a corner of school life that he hasn’t made better,” his nomination form said.

Elder is an Advance Placement Scholar, received the AP Language Academic Award and has received the Daily Times Academic Letter for English.

He has been a mentor for special education students, a DECA club officer and co-founder of the MHS Investment Club.

Elder has been a leader on the varsity football and baseball teams and holds the record for most stolen bases in a season. He also has been an instructor at Last Lap Ranch Horse Riding Camp.

“He has set a standard that all students should emulate but few could achieve,” Elder’s nomination said.

The scholarships are named for the 1958 graduate of Maryville High School who has served as governor of Tennessee and as a U.S. senator. Alexander also served on the board of Lockheed Martin, and an endowment for the scholarships was created by a grant from the Lockheed Martin Charitable Award Fund.