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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Bailey Jordan, a first-year student at King&#8217;s College, was recently named the recipient of an annual scholarship established at the college in honor of Colleen Shea, a 1995 graduate of King&#8217;s who died in a 2001 automobile accident.</p><p>Established through a donation to King&#8217;s by the Colleen Shea Children&#8217;s Foundation, the $2,500 scholarship is matched by King&#8217;s College and awarded annually to a graduate of Pittston Area High School to be used toward the student&#8217;s first-year King&#8217;s tuition. The winner is selected based on his or her character, leadership, scholarship, sportsmanship, dedication, commitment, teamwork and perseverance.</p><p>The scholarship&#8217;s fifth recipient, Jordan graduated from Pittston Area in May and is an international business major at King&#8217;s.</p><p>A resident of Pittston, Jordan was active for four years in Student Council, Key Club, and the Zero Conflict Club at Pittston Area. She was also a district finalist in a Future Business Leaders of America competition and a four-year member of the school&#8217;s field hockey and lacrosse teams.</p><p>Colleen Shea was a native of Pittston and graduated from Pittston Area High School prior to earning a bachelor&#8217;s degree in accounting from King&#8217;s. The daughter of working-class parents, she worked her way through King&#8217;s from money she earned at supermarket and babysitting jobs.</p><p>As a senior at King&#8217;s, Shea interned with Prociak &amp; Associates, LLC, and secured a public accounting position with the firm following her graduation. She was killed in an October 2001 automobile crash on her way home from work.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">From left, are Ann Marie Durako, member of the selection committee; Patti Prociak, president of the Colleen Shea Children&#8217;s Foundation; Nancy Shea, mother of Colleen; Bailey Jordan, scholarship recipient; and Brenda Jordan. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web1_Shea-Scholarship.jpg</photo0><caption0>From left, are Ann Marie Durako, member of the selection committee; Patti Prociak, president of the Colleen Shea Children&#8217;s Foundation; Nancy Shea, mother of Colleen; Bailey Jordan, scholarship recipient; and Brenda Jordan. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>

Bailey Jordan receives scholarship from Colleen Shea Children’s Foundation