Twin sisters Candy and Mandy Roland scored most of the top honors in West Wendover’s Graduating Class of 2012 including finishing in the top two.
Daughters of Francine and William Roland, the girls will give commencement speeches in next week’s graduation ceremony.
“We are so very, very proud of them,” said mother Francine a second grade teacher at Wet Wendover Elementary.
In addition to stellar grade points the two sisters also racked up a very impressive list of scholarships. Miranda won a $2,000 Next Dollar Foundation Education Grant; a $1,000
Graymont Western US Pilot Peak Scholarship; a $2,000 Newmont-North America Scholarship; a $250 Spirit of Friendship Scholarship (Honoring the life of Micaela Costanzo); a $4000 Peppermill Scholarship, a $10,000 Southern Utah University Alumni Legacy Award and a Luke Joseph Gregory Memorial Scholarship.
Cassandra was awarded a $250 Spirit of Friendship Scholarship (Honoring the life of Micaela Costanzo); a Luke Joseph Gregory Memorial Scholarship and a $2,000 Newmont-North America Scholarship.