MOBILE, Ala. — Kaylin Baker, a 2008 graduate of Spanish Fort High School and a resident of Daphne, is the winner of the 2008 Thompson Holdings Foundation Scholarship.

Baker will be presented with a $1,000 scholarship award at the Thompson Holdings Annual Stockholders Meeting this summer.

Baker was selected from among 26 other applicants based on her scholastic achievement, financial need, good character, leadership qualities, community involvement and personal development. The annual scholarship is renewable for up to four years.

Baker will begin studies this fall toward a major in building science at Auburn University. She is the 2008 Baldwin County Junior Miss. This was the first year a Spanish Fort High School student could participate in the event. Baker won a $1,000 tuition scholarship, a two-year tuition scholarship to Faulkner State Community College and other assorted prizes. She is the daughter of Evelyn and Bruce Baker.

The Thompson Holdings Foundation was founded in 2004 to invest in organizations, programs, and activities that strengthen our area’s social framework and sense of community. The Thompson Holdings Foundation instituted its scholarship program to encourage and assist talented young people who are interested in the technical specialties that are employed by the Thompson Holdings subsidiaries, Thompson Engineering and Watermark Design Group.