Four Southeastern Louisiana University students have been named recipients of Emmy scholarships.
Taylor Nettle of Lacombe, Alexis Genovese of Husser, Ian Nicoll of Covington, and Wesley Ennis of Baton Rouge were among the 27 college broadcasting students from the southeast region of the U.S. to win the esteemed Emmy Student Scholarship.
The award is presented by the Emmy Suncoast Region of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
The Suncoast Region awarded $93,175 in scholarships with the Southeastern Channel having the second-highest number of recipients, trailing only the University of Miami, which had five.
Scholarship winners must have a 3.5 cumulative grade point average.
Receiving scholarships for the academic year were Genovese with a $5,000 scholarship and Nettle with a $3,500 scholarship. Both Ennis and Nicoll earned a $1,500 stipend as well.
The Southeastern Channel has now had nine Emmy scholarship winners in the past six years.
Nettle is an award-winning reporter-anchor for the student newscast, “Northshore News,” and a reporter, anchor and director for the Southeastern Channel’s live sports programming. Genovese is also an award-winning reporter-anchor for “Northshore News,” and Nicoll has reported and anchored “The Big Game,” while serving as a color analyst on live game broadcasts. Ennis produced, directed, shot and edited commercials, promos and entertainment show segments, while also working on a variety of live, multi-camera productions, including live sports events, forums and music events.
