The following local students were recently recognized as the Grady Young Foundation’s "Rising S.T.A.R.S." during the GYF Scholarship Gala on March 17 at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville as part of the GYF Ninth annual Memorial Scholarship Weekend. Braselton: Damian Grayson, high school division. Flowery Branch: Matt Hollis, high school division; Randon Young, post-secondary division.