Emily Sanders became just the sixth person from Kingfisher to be awarded the Elks National Foundation Legacy Award.

With the award came a $4,000 scholarship, which she was presented May 4 during the 2021 Kingfisher Elks Lodge Honors Banquet.

The annual banquet recognizes the county’s honors graduates and presents a number of scholarships.

Sanders, the daughter of Chad and Shelley Sanders, recently graduated from Epic Charter School.

While being active in a number of volunteer duties and also pursuing her passion of singing and songwriting, Sanders was named to the National Honor Society, served on the Oklahoma state superintendent’s advisory council and was a Next Gen Under 30 award winner, among several other accomplishments.

She plans to attend the University of Oklahoma and study journalism and pre-law.

She joins Grady Thiems (2004), Dustyn Nail (2006), Brandon Hubbard (2011), Kinsey Mueggenborg (2016) and Katie Soudek (2017) as recipients of the national award from the Kingfisher Elks Lodge.

Sanders earned two more scholarships on the night.

She was presented an $800 Most Valuable Student Scholarship from the Oklahoma Elks Association.

She was also one of two recipients of a $500 Kingfisher Elks Womens Auxiliary (KEWA) scholarship.

Kingfisher High School’s Zoey Evans received the other.

The local lodge presented three $800 scholarships.

They were presented to Caleb Dick, Graci Endres and Dynton Townsend of Kingfisher.

Also recognized were Cayman Matson, Tyler Roman and Joseline Rivera of Kingfisher; Kelsey Brooks, Molly Jolliff, Allison Smith, Kaylee Duran, Jayden Wells, Austin Ogletree and Bella Schenk of Cashion; Reagan Ramer, Rhett Glazier, Hector Rivera, Adysen Wilson and Emma Duffy of Lomega; Nick Baustert, Kori Cox, Bryce Reese and Madison Owens of Okarche; and Madi Moeller of Dover.