SPHS graduate accepts scholarship

Spain Park High School graduate Jacob Kimes recently received a scholarship from The Good South, a southern lifestyle clothing company based in Mississippi.

“This scholarship represents recognition for an accumulation of hard work for the past four years in academics and community involvement,” said Kimes.  “I am honored and humbled.”

Jason Welch and Steven Nelson, college admissions counselors, opened The Good South at the end of 2013 as an online retailer of bow ties, t-shirts, and hats.  Seeing the need for college scholarships, Welch and Nelson created a business model that donates a portion of their yearly proceeds to a scholarship fund.

Kimes is an honor roll student, president of the National Honor Society, a Youth Legislature Senator and founding member of the Spain Park Fishing Team. He also started a scholarship foundation that benefits his high school.

Kimes plans to attend Case Western Reserve University in the fall to pursue a degree in economics.  To find out more about The Good South and the scholarship, visit thegoodsouth.com.