BOSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast today announced the Massachusetts recipients of its 2010 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program, awarding 112 graduating high school seniors from across the state a $1,000 college scholarship in recognition of their academic achievement and commitment to community. Also, Comcast surprised one student with a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship, named after Comcast founder Ralph Roberts, to provide an additional helping hand in paying for their college education.

"We're thrilled to award scholarships to the best and brightest high school seniors in the communities we serve," said David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President of Comcast Corporation, who was in Boston to take part in the awards ceremony at the State House. "Comcast is proud to play a role in the development of our nation's future leaders and we hope these scholarships will help power their dreams along the way."

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray joined Comcast in recognizing the scholarship recipients. He said, "It is a pleasure to congratulate this outstanding group of Massachusetts students and I wish them well as they continue to pursue their education, public service and future endeavors. The Patrick-Murray Administration values the importance of education, and we're grateful that Comcast has acknowledged these successful students so generously."

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, are catalysts for positive change in their communities, are involved in their schools and serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

"Each year, we are excited to award Leaders and Achievers scholarships to talented and deserving students in Massachusetts who demonstrate leadership in school activities and reflect a strong commitment to community service," said Steve Hackley, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Greater Boston Region. "We are proud to recognize the success and potential of such outstanding student leaders, all of whom are preparing for the next step in their educational careers."

Since 2001, there have been over 13,300 scholarship winners receiving more than $13.4 million nationwide. In Massachusetts, 665 high school seniors have been awarded Comcast Leaders and Achievers scholarships, totaling more than $670,000.

Each year, Comcast works with high school principals, guidance counselors and school administrators to select the scholarship recipients. The program is overseen by International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc., an independent firm that specializes in managing sponsored scholarship programs.

For additional information, visit www.comcast.com/scholarships. A list of the scholarship recipients in Massachusetts is attached.

About The Comcast Foundation

The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation's focus areas are volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $77 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.

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                 2010 Massachusetts Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship
                                          Recipients


    Name         High School                            Hometown
    ----         -----------                            --------
     Gabriella
     Abbondanza  Southwick-Tolland Regional High School Southwick, MA
    Caitlin
     Bailey      Hingham High School                    Hingham, MA
    Matilda
     Banker-
     Johnson     Sturgis Charter School                 Falmouth, MA
    Megan
     Beliveau    St. Mary High School                   Westfield, MA
    Meghan
     Boyle       Monson High School                     Monson, MA
    Nicholas
     Braga       Bishop Stang High School               New Bedford, MA
    Zachary
     Button      Quaboag Regional High School           Sturbridge, MA
    Jennifer
     Celli       St. Bernard's High School              Leominster, MA
     Elizabeth
     Chapdelaine Somerset High School                   Somerset, MA
    Kathryn       Greater Lowell Regional Vocational
     Chapman      Technical School                      Lowell, MA
    Peter
     Chase       Phillips Exeter Academy                Dover, MA
     Christine
     Coner       Cohasset High School                   Cohasset, MA
    Micaela
     Connor      Marian High School                     Marlborough, MA
    Lindsay
     Crane       Plymouth North High School             Plymouth, MA
    Carolyn
     Creighton   Abington High School                   Abington, MA
    Alan
     Cunningham  St. Clement High School                Somerville, MA
    Jillian
     Dervishian  Malden High School                     Malden, MA
    Anshul
     Dhankher    Amherst Regional High School           Amherst, MA
    Ronald
     DiTullio    Austin Preparatory School              Wilmington, MA
    Kelly
     Duval       Hanover High School                    Hanover, MA
    Keith
     Eaton       Narragansett Regional High School      Templeton, MA
    Anna
     Fang        Phillips Academy                       Watertown, MA
    Evette
     Franjieh    Foxborough Regional Charter School     Mansfield, MA
    Jayme
     Giancola    Lunenburg High School                  Lunenburg, MA
    Tyler
     Gioacchini  Classical High School                  Lynn, MA
    Hannah
     Gisness     Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School   South Hamilton, MA
    Jonathon
     Glidden     St John's Preparatory School           Peabody, MA
    Brendan
     Glynn       Pope John XXIII High School            South Boston, MA
    Olivia
     Gross       Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Vineyard Haven, MA



    Elizabeth
     Henderson  Haverhill High School                     Haverhill, MA
    Samuel Hill Lynn English High School                  Lynn, MA
    Jennifer Ho Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School      West Yarmouth, MA
    Amanda
     Hollenbeck Wilmington High School                    Wilmington, MA
    Jonathan
     Huang      Randolph High School                      Randolph, MA
    Eric Hudson Taunton High School                       Taunton, MA
    Abigail
     Hynes-
     Houston    Harwich High School                       Harwich, MA
    Stephanie
     Jusino     William J. Dean Technical High School     Holyoke, MA
    Julia
     Kantner    Old Rochester Regional High School        Rochester, MA
    Heather
     Kapatoes   Hopedale High School                      Hopedale, MA
    Christopher
     Karras     Cape Cod Regional Technical High School   Harwich, MA
    Jill Kelly  Whitman-Hanson Regional High School       Hanson, MA
    Nicole
     Knapik     Nipmuc Regional High School               Mendon, MA
    Eva Ko      Plymouth South High School                Plymouth, MA
    Samuel
     Lathrop    Pembroke High School                      Pembroke, MA
    Alexandria
     Lattimore  Chelmsford High School                    Chelmsford, MA
    Amy Le      The Winsor School                         Boston, MA
    Edward
     Ledwith    Norton High School                        Norton, MA
    Matthew Lee Newton North High School                  Newton, MA
    Jia Lei     Excel High School                         Boston, MA
    Ada Lin     Boston Latin School                       Boston, MA
    Melissa
     Lindsay    Ware High School                          Ware, MA
    Emma Long   Gateway Regional High School              Huntington, MA
    Haley Mack  Springfield Expeditionary Learning School Springfield, MA
    Travis
     Maider     North Middlesex Regional High School      Townsend, MA
    Rebecca
     Masterson  Joseph Case High School                   Swansea, MA
    Matthew
     McCormick  Needham High School                       Needham, MA
    Elizabeth
     McKenna    Bishop Guertin High School                Westford, MA
    Stephen
     McQuaid    Marlborough High School                   Marlborough, MA
    Jamie
     Medeiros   Bishop Connolly High School               Fall River, MA
    Nikolas
     Medrano    Thayer Academy                            Roslindale, MA
    Jocelyn
     Mejia      Revere High School                        Revere, MA
    Anna
     Melillo    Ayer High School                          Townsend, MA
    Carolyn
     Miller     Leominster Senior High School             Leominster, MA
    Amelia
     Montemayor Pioneer Valley Christian School           Springfield, MA
    Michelle
     Mooney     Academy of Notre Dame High School         Milford, NH
    Katherine
     Morrissey  Gardner High School                       Gardner, MA
    Sally
     Nguyen     Newman School                             Boston, MA
    Jeancarlos
     Olan       Greenfield High School                    Greenfield, MA
    Catherine
     O'Loughlin Cardinal Spellman High School             Randolph, MA



    Lauren
     O'Loughlin  Hopkinton High School                      Hopkinton, MA
    Jennifer
     Parsons     Milford High School                        Milford, MA
    Francesco
     Passalacqua Gloucester High School                     Gloucester, MA
    Alexis        Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical
     Pena         School                                    New Bedford, MA
    Tyler
     Plante      Blackstone Millville Regional High School  Blackstone, MA
    Sophia
     Pompilus    Milton High School                         Milton, MA
    Kristen
     Powers      Brookline High School                      Brookline, MA
    Jesseca       Assabet Valley Regional Technical High
     Purdy        School                                    Marlborough, MA
    Katherine
     Rafuse      Wayland High School                        Wayland, MA
     Franchesly   Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical High
     Rivera       School                                    Springfield, MA
    Lyndsay
     Robinson    Shawsheen Valley Technical High School     Tewksbury, MA
    Alexandra
     Rodriguez   Clinton Senior High School                 Clinton, MA
    David
     Ruffolo     St. Sebastian's School                     Sudbury, MA
    Carl
     Rugato      Lynnfield High School                      Lynnfield, MA
    Jennifer
     Russo       Medway High School                         Medway, MA
    Magaly
     Salazar     The English High School                    Roslindale, MA
    Michelle
     Scali       Reading Memorial High School               Reading, MA
    Kaitlyn                                                  East Longmeadow,
     Schroyer    Longmeadow High School                      MA
    Danielle
     Scipione    Avon Middle-High School                    Avon, MA
    Rebecca
     Senna       Falmouth High School                       East Falmouth, MA
    Gabriella
     Sharpe      Milton Academy                             Milton, MA
    Kety
     Silva       Brockton High School                       Brockton, MA
    Marina
     Simons      North Reading High School                  North Reading, MA
    Shamoore
     Simpson     Cathedral High School                      Springfield, MA
    Courtney
     Sine        Dartmouth High School                      Dartmouth, MA
    Andrew                                                   West Springfield,
     Slowick     Holyoke Catholic High School                MA
    Sydney
     Southern    Bishop Fenwick High School                 Peabody, MA
    Angelina      Leominster Center Technology Education
     Spagnoli     School                                    Leominster, MA
    Elizabeth
     Steele      Central Catholic High School               Atkinson, NH
    Samantha
     Steer       Rockport High School                       Rockport, MA
    Mirela
     Tadic       Everett High School                        Everett, MA
    Catherine
     Van
     Amburgh     Fitchburg High School                      Fitchburg, MA
    Anthony
     Vitale      Peabody Veterans Memorial High School      Peabody, MA
    Abigail
     Warren      Littleton High School                      Littleton, MA
    David
     Russell
     Weiss-
     Irwin       Commonwealth School                        Medford, MA
    Hilary
     Wiggins     Norwell High School                        Norwell, MA
    Elizabeth
     Williams    King Philip Regional High School           Norfolk, MA
    Dianna
     Willms      Minuteman Regional High School             Arlington, MA
    Joseph
     Wisialko    Westwood High School                       Westwood, MA
    Kelly
     Wolohan     Holyoke High School                        Holyoke, MA
                  Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical   North Attleboro,
    Chou Yang     High School                                MA
    Hakeem
     Yaya        Urban Science Academy                      Dorchester, MA
    Kumail
     Zaidi       Match Charter Public High School           Cambridge, MA
    Amanda
     Zaniewski   Notre Dame Academy                         Weymouth, MA

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