Demedis wins top scholarship for Greek Americans

Stephen Demedis of Huntingtown, Md., won the Peter Agris Memorial Scholarship, a prominent scholarship for Greek Americans awarded by the Alpha Omega Council.

Demedis, a junior print-journalism major in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, was awarded the $5,000 scholarship at the AOC's annual banquet, held May 6 in Boston, Mass.

Demedis, a student in USC's prestigious South Carolina Honors College, is a McKissick scholar, a recipient of a School of Journalism and Mass Communications scholarship and is a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha national honor society.

Demedis has written for TheCarolina Reporter, the journalism school's newspaper, and has studied abroad in Australia. He currently is completing an internship in communications at the Marriott Corporation headquarters.

The Peter Agris Memorial Scholarship honors the AOC's late founder who was an accomplished journalist and philanthropist. The scholarship is awarded annually to aspiring journalists of Hellenic ancestry who demonstrate outstanding academic performance and leadership in school, community and church.

Read about Stephen's study abroad experience in Australia.