COUNTY — Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County recently announced two 2015 Pickens County high school graduates as scholarship award winners.

The Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County board recently invited scholarship recipients Marcus Thomas Hood and Kristen Rae Bridges, along with Cathy Breazeale, director of prevention services, to the monthly board luncheon. Behavioral Health Services board chairman Douglas Clamp presented awards to both recipients. Pictured are Bob Hiott, Hood, Breazeale, Clamp and Bridges.

The Dan Sharpe Scholarship and the Charlie Hagood Scholarship total $2,000 each and are awarded to high school seniors pursuing a Bachelor’s degree majoring in the human services field. Easley High School graduate Marcus Thomas Hood was awarded the Dan Sharpe Scholarship and Daniel High School graduate Kristen Rae Bridges was awarded the Charlie Hagood Scholarship.

The Dan Sharpe scholarship is awarded to any high school senior serving on the Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County Youth Board member and is named for the agency’s former executive director, Dan Sharpe. Sharpe served as the executive director of Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County for more than 30 years. Hood has served on the Youth Board for three years and will be attending Erskine College in Due West, majoring in athletic training.

The Charlie Hagood scholarship is named in memory of the late Charlie Hagood. Hagood served as a Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County board member and chairman and was a community advocate for sobriety and recovery. Any Pickens County high school senior planning to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in human services is eligible to apply. Bridges will be attending Lander University in Greenwood, where she will be majoring in nursing.

The Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County board recently invited the scholarship recipients, along with Cathy Breazeale, director of prevention services, to the monthly board luncheon. Behavioral Health Services board chairman Douglas Clamp, a retired education administrator, presented awards to both recipients. BHSPC executive director Bob Hiott was in attendance along with other board members.