Gainesville senior gets first Whalen scholarship

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Gainesville senior gets first Whalen scholarship

Award named for founder of Featherbone Communiversity

Gainesville High senior Hannah Martin is named the first winner of the Gus Whalen Scholarship Tuesday morning at the graduation of Featherbone Communiversity Academy. Martin's parent Blake and Becky, right, slipped into the back of the Whalen Auditorium, unknown to Hannah, to witness the event.

0413whalen2 — Gainesville High senior Hannah Martin is named the first winner of the Gus Whalen Scholarship Tuesday morning at the graduation of Featherbone Communiversity Academy. Martin's parent Blake and Becky, right, slipped into the back of the Whalen Auditorium, unknown to Hannah, to witness the event.

Ron Bridgeman

Updated: Apr 13, 2016, 1:58 AM

Published: Apr 13, 2016, 2:05 AM

Gainesville High senior Hannah Martin was named the first winner of the Gus Whalen Scholarship, announced Tuesday at the graduation of Featherbone Communiversity Academy. The $2,500 scholarship is named for Whalen, a Gainesville business leader and the founder of the communiversity. He died in June at the age of 70.

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