The Cameron Sanders Scholarship is named after Cameron Charles Servon Sanders. Cameron Sanders was born on July 28, 2000, in Memphis, Tn. Since an infant, he displayed the wonderful characteristics of being amiable, frank, witty and extremely intelligent. He loved his family, especially his mother. Born the fourth
out of five children, he made certain to
express his unconditional love for her by
keeping her proud throughout childhood
and adolescence. He did this by simply
being himself. In his high school years he
was a member of the male gymnastics
team and football team. He loved to read
Greek mythology in his spare time, when
he wasn’t playing NBA 2K. He scored
exceedingly high on state tests, and won
.all of the family debates with his cleverness
In his third year of high school, Cameron
began an online program in which he was
set to graduate one semester early! He was
so advanced and mature at the age of 16
he became employed as a cook at Steak N
Shake to attain his own funds. He began
saving up for a car, even before obtaining his driver’s license. While he drove me to his driver’s education class, I sat in the passenger’s seat and he listened to me preach about applying to college. Although he was already in the process of applying for colleges he was interested in, I stressed the importance of including Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He listened closely as I told him about the empowering experience Tennessee State University provided me. He smiled and replied, “Ok sis, I am going to look into it”. That was the last conversation I had with him. In hopes of preserving the goals and dream of a young male like Cameron, the Cameron Sanders Scholarship will be granted to aid them on their pursuit to graduate college