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Dion Dargin of Detroit, Angela Palaian of Farmington Hills and Angela Arnold of Waterford had the chance to get close up and personal with the Detroit Pistons at the April 11 game at the Palace of Auburn Hills against the Washington Wizards.
The three were recognized during halftime as the grand prize winners of the “Education First Merit Scholarship Essay contest,” sponsored by Eastern Michigan University, the Detroit Pistons, The Ann Arbor News and MLive.com. Each student will receive $7,500 in tuition credits to attend EMU. The essay topic was, “How have you made Education First in your life?”
Dargin’s essay was named Best of Show. He was presented with a framed, autographed Pistons jersey and had a tour of The Palace and Pistons locker room. He is a senior at Cass Technical High School in Detroit.
Palaian is a transfer student from Adrian College, and Arnold is a junior at Waterford Mott High School.
The three winners were announced on emich.edu, pistons.com and at the April 11 Detroit Pistons home game. They also attended the game where their names flashed in lights on The Palace of Auburn Hills arena LED screen and scoreboard.
Fifteen other students won $1,000 housing grants. They are:
More than 190 high school juniors and seniors, and transfer students participated in the essay contest while attending EMU’s Explore Eastern open house April 5.
