FAIRHOPE, Ala. — ASMS senior Georgia Schrubbe has been awarded an Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship. She will receive a $1,000 college scholarship and will attend an all-expenses-paid trip to participate in the Journalism Conference Program in Washington, D.C. on March 14-19.

Only one female student from each state is awarded a Free Spirit Scholarship. This program was created to honor Al Neuharth, founder of USA TODAY and the Freedom Forum, for his long and distinguished career in journalism and his free spirit. Schrubbe is also an Azalea Trail Maid.

She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Schrubbe of Fairhope.