Frankie Graves / Mike Realon Southwest Charlotte Business Association Scholarship

The Frankie Graves / Mike Realon Southwest Charlotte Business Association Scholarship is available to graduating or recently graduated seniors of Olympic or Palisades High School who are enrolled in a technical career degree or diploma program at Central Piedmont. Applicants are required to have a minimum 2.5 GPA in high school and must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours.

This scholarship was established by the Arrowood Association in 2006 in honor of Frankie Graves, a long-time Olympic High School counselor. The Southwest Charlotte Business Association Board added Mike Realon to the scholarship name in 2024. Mike followed Frankie Graves as a counselor at Olympic and currently serves at Palisades High School.