PRESQUE ISLE – Alyssa Murchison, who graduated from Presque Isle High School this month, received the first Erin Elizabeth Sperrey Memorial Scholarship from Sperrey’s mother Johna Lovely.

Sperrey’s family and friends established the annual scholarship to assist the college education of a graduate who participated in the alternative education program.

Erin’s Fund and the memorial scholarship were instituted after Erin Sperrey’s death in January.