Clinton County High School student Lamon Hubbs has graduated from this summer’s first class of The Center for Rural Development’s 2012 Rogers Scholars youth leadership program.

Hubbs is the son of Lamon and Lisa Hubbs of Albany.

The Rogers Scholars program—The Center’s flagship youth program—provides leadership and exclusive scholarship opportunities for rising high school juniors in Southern and Eastern Kentucky and encourages graduates to build their careers in the region.

“Between the speakers and activities, Rogers Scholars has opened my mind to the leader I can be back in my hometown of Albany,” said Hubbs. “Rogers Scholars has been the experience of a lifetime, because of all the people I have met and the new skills I have learned.”

The first summer session of Rogers Scholars was held June 24-29 on the grounds of The Center for Rural Development in Somerset.

Students apply during their sophomore year and attend the Rogers Scholars program before the start of their junior year in high school.

The one-week summer youth leadership program gives students a chance to grow their leadership and entrepreneurial skills, learn from professional business leaders, and explore their interests in one of Rogers Scholars’ three majors: engineering, video production, and healthcare.

Lonnie Lawson, right, president and CEO of The Center for Rural Development, and Delaney Stephens, left, youth programs coordinator and community liaison, present Rogers Scholars graduate Lamon Hubbs of Clinton County with a certificate of achievement acknowledging his completion in the program. Hubbs, a junior at Clinton County High School, graduated from the first class of the 2012 Rogers Scholars program held June 24-29 on the grounds of The Center in Somerset.