T.J. Regional Health announces 2025 scholarship recipients

GLASGOW, Ky. – T.J. Regional Health has announced this year’s recipients of the T.J. Educational Scholarship.

According to T.J. Regional Health, the scholarship program is aimed at high school seniors planning to pursue a career in healthcare.

Four local seniors were chosen to receive $2,000 in scholarship funds.

About this year’s recipients, according to T.J. Regional Health:

Carlee Huckabee is a senior at Adair County High School and will be attending Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky to study nursing while working as a CNA at T.J. Health Columbia. After graduation, Carlee wants to follow in her parents’ footsteps, becoming a nurse, serving her local community and gaining the knowledge needed to achieve her dream of becoming a flight nurse.

Cainin Woodard is a senior at Glasgow High School and will be attending The University of Kentucky, in Lexington this fall to study healthcare sciences. Cainin wants to become a radiologist and hopes to be able to mentor and inspire other young people interested in healthcare the way her mother, a nurse, inspired her.

Briley Aidala is a senior at Barren County High School and will be attending Alice Lloyd College in Pippa- Passes this fall and majoring in pre-pharmacy. After graduation, Briley plans to seek a PharmD at the University of Kentucky. She says that working in a local pharmacy for the past two and half years solidified her desire to serve her community as a pharmacist.

Addison Bartley is a senior at Monroe County High School and will be attending Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky this fall to study occupational therapy. Addison says the exceptional care her grandfather received from local OTs fostered a love for health care in her and a longing to give that same level of care to others.

Congratulations to all scholarship recipients.