Mid-Maine Chamber announces Bill and Joan Alfond Family scholarship winner

Waterville High School graduate Sadie Williams named 2025 recipient

Sadie Williams

Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce announces the 2025 Bill and Joan Alfond Family Scholarship Award winner.

Sadie Williams of Waterville was selected as the scholarship recipient from a field of applicants.

Williams graduated this spring from Waterville Senior High School Class of 2025.

Williams carried an unweighted GPA of 97.4, served as the vice president of Key Club, was inducted into National Honor Society, a varsity soccer captain, varsity track, junior classical league, and a class officer. Sadie has earned numerous honors, including the Margaret Chase Smith Library Maine Exhibition Award, the National History Day in Maine Labor History Award, the Princeton Alumni Book Award, the RIT Women in STEM Award, and a Renais­sance Award. Outside school, Sadie works as a WYSA youth soccer referee and holds two jobs locally.
Williams plans to continue her post-secondary education at Brandeis University majoring in STEM for pre-med/pre-physical therapy.

The scholarship selection committee convenes annually to award the prize to a local graduating senior with an exemplary record of citizenship and community service. Applicants are required to submit an essay on their community involvement, and finalists are interviewed by the Bill and Joan Alfond Family Scholarship Award Committee.

“ We are very pleased to award the 2025 Bill and Joan Alfond Family Scholarship Award to Sadie Williams,” said Kimberly N. Lindlof, executive director of the Central Maine Community Betterment Collaborative and coordinator of the scholarship selection committee. “It chose Sadie from an impressive group of accomplished applicants, because her dedication to service and leadership truly reflect Bill and Joan’s interest in citizenship, community service, and exemplify their spirit and vitality.”

The scholarship is awarded by Central Maine Community Betterment Collaborative on behalf of the Bill and Joan Alfond Family Foundation. Recipients must be graduating from Messalonskee, Good Will-Hinckley, Waterville, Winslow or Lawrence high schools and attending post-secondary school in New England. Awardees receive a $750 scholarship after successfully completing one semester with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher. This amount will be awarded for up to four years, for a total of $3,000.