The Class of 2008 of Michael Scully Memorial Scholarship winners has a unique distinction.

That class, consisting of Lakeside graduate Brittany Dell, Pymatuning Valley alumnus Raymond Holmes, Edgewood product Meghan Jenks and Madison graduate Kyle King, represents the 10th group of scholar-athletes from the Star Beacon area to receive the scholarships, presented in honor of the late Star Beacon sports writer. It also brings the total money disbursed in those 10 years to $20,000.

Funding for the Scully Scholarships comes from proceeds left over from Star Beacon-sponsored all-star events, such as the Star Beacon-Mike Scully Senior Wrestling Classic, from contributions from friends of Scully and from the newspaper.

Over the course of the 10 years of the program’s existence, every school in the Star Beacon coverage area as it now exists has had at least one scholarship winner. From this year’s class, King is just the second Madison winner, following Ingrid Brainard in 2003.

Holmes is the fourth PV recipient and the third in the last two years, following Robin Holt and Korey Leonhard from 2007. Dell is the fifth winner from Lakeside, following Kayla Curtiss in 2006. Jenks is also the fifth winner from Edgewood, with the last Warrior winner Jess Finlaw in 2006.

Dell has the distinction of being the first girl with a wrestling background, the sport to which Scully was most attached, to receive a Scully Scholarship. Four varsity seasons were spent in wrestling, during which she became the first girl in Northeastern Conference history to place.

She also served as her team’s captain this year. She has also been ranked nationally by the United States Girls Wrestling Association. She was a volunteer youth wrestling coach. She also lettered for four years in soccer, earning first-team Star Beacon Ashtabula County honors.

Carrying a 3.95 grade-point average, Dell ranked 13th of 261 graduates at Lakeside this year. She was a member of National Honor Society and was executive secretary of Student Council. She also received an ESPN 970-AM WFUN Scholarship and was Lakeside’s candidate for the Ashtabula County Women’s Scholar-Athlete Association Scholarship.

Dell will be heading off to Thiel College in Greenville, Pa. to major in pre-veterinary studies. She found out about her selection while at work.

“I was pretty excited about it,” the daughter of Desiree Dell and Joe Dular said. “It’s really an honor because I’ve known a lot about the Scully Scholarship for a long time.”

It is likely she will pursue soccer in college.

“My knees are pretty bad because I hurt my back,” Dell said. “I have a partially torn ACL.”

Holmes was valedictorian of his class of 105 at PV with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. He also achieved an ACT score of 33.

He earned four varsity track letters and served as a team captain. He also received three varsity football letters for the Lakers and was a team captain while earning first-team Star Beacon Ashtabula County and Coaches’ All-East Suburban Conference honors and honorable-mention Division V All-Northeast Lakes District recognition.

Holmes also received the Robert L. Wiese Memorial Scholarship from the Ashtabula County Touchdown Club, an ESPN 970-AM WFUN Scholarship and an award from the National Football Foundation Northeastern Ohio Chapter Scholar-Athlete Award. He was a four-year Student Council member, serving as president and was also in National Honor Society.