Bothell High graduate Audrey Michael is one of 40 recipients to win BECU Foundation scholarships for $2,500 for the 2011-2012 school year.

The high-school seniors were selected by a volunteer selection committee of local business, educational and nonprofit leaders based on a combination of strong dedication to community service, leadership and academics.

The foundation received more than 600 scholarship applications from BECU student members.  Applicants were required to submit hours of community service, grade-point average, transcripts and letters of recommendation, as well as essays describing their most meaningful service experiences.

Michael, who will attend Tufts University in Medford/Somerville, Mass., stood out as a volunteer as a program aide at a Girl Scout summer camp.

According to a BECU press release:

“Tested to the extreme by a group of unpredictable sixth-graders for 13 hours each day at Girl Scout summer camp, Audrey not only experienced a crash course in patience, she grew as a leader.  Working with sixth-graders required her to remember what that was like and she was able to anticipate their behavior while helping independent girls of expand and encourage more needy girls to explore new activities and in turn became a positive role model for them all.”