FORT WALTON BEACH — The 2017 Distinguished Young Woman of Okaloosa County winner will represent the county at the state level next January.
The competition to select the Okaloosa winner was July 16 at the Fort Walton Beach auditorium.
Bailey Propps, a senior at Niceville High School, is the 2017 Distinguished Young Woman for Okaloosa County.
She also won the Scholastic, Interview and, Self-Expression awards, and was honoree for the Talent and Lydia Clark Fitness awards.
As the 2017 DYW winner, she earned the full four-year Troy University Chancellor’s Scholarship.
Propps, a Niceville High School student, won the school's Annie T. Mitchell Scholarship Award her freshman and junior years and is active in varsity cheerleading and competitive cheerleading. She is a member of the Inter-Club Council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Leadership, National Honor Society, is New Student Orientation Director, and secretary of the Student Government.
She is also a member of Crosspoint Methodist Church where she volunteers in Children’s Ministry and is a part of the Leadership Team and Mission Okaloosa. Bailey's parents are Jenny and John Propps of Niceville.
Additional awards at the DYW competition included the Natalie Lawson “Be Your Best Self” award, won by Lauren Hutson, Choctawhatchee High School; the Arden Robertson “Spirit of DYW” Award, won by Katie Schenck, Choctawhatchee High School; the Lydia Clark Fitness Award, won by Keri Kriech, Choctawhatchee High School; the Talent Award, won by Caitlin Hart, Collegiate High School.
Distinguished Young Women, formerly America’s Junior Miss, combines the chance to win college scholarships with a program that offers life skills training to prepare young women for the world after high school.
For additional program information, or to enter the July 2017 competition as a senior, go to www.distinguishedyw.org or visit the Okaloosa County program’s Facebook page.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Distinguished Young Woman program selects Okaloosa County winner