Library scholarship winners named

CLOVIS — The Clovis-Carver Public Library has named winners of two $2,000 scholarships in memory of victims of a fatal shooting at the library in 2017.

Mikaela Snider is the 2021 recipient of the Wanda Walters Memorial Scholarship, funded by donations.

Snider plans to attend Texas Tech University and will study biology, Library Director Margaret Hinchee said in a news release.

Danielle Griego is this year’s recipient of the Krissie Carter Memorial Scholarship. She plans to attend Eastern New Mexico University and study communicative disorders, the news release stated.

Walters, 61, and Carter, 48, suffered fatal gunshot wounds in the Aug. 28, 2017, shooting in the library.

Nathaniel Jouett pleaded guilty in the shootings, which also wounded four others. He is serving concurrent life sentences.