Daughter of St. Louis residents receives scholarship to attend Washington University in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO (06/29/2010)(readMedia)-- Ashley  D. Gray, daughter of Sheri Speed-Gray of St. Louis, Mo. (63147) and Keith Gray of Clayton, Mo. (63105), recently was named an Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Gray, a 2010 graduate of Crossroads College Preparatory School in St. Louis, Mo., will enter the university's College of Arts & Sciences as a freshman when the fall semester begins Aug. 31.

Gray served as a student ambassador for her high school. She was also a member of her school's volleyball team and the editor of her school's newspaper.

Gray's scholarship was made possible by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which provided $25 million "to help Washington University develop the best and brightest minds from all segments of our society."

Scholars are selected on the basis of academic merit, leadership skills and a commitment to community service. The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Endowed Scholarship Fund makes it possible for more than 80 exceptionally talented students from across America to attend Washington University each year.

The Enterprise Rent-A-Car scholars are recognized at a dinner in their honor during the school year.

Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University is counted among the world's leaders in teaching and research and it draws students and faculty to St. Louis from all 50 states and more than 125 countries. The total student body is more than 13,500 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

The approximately 3,290 faculty teach in seven schools: Arts & Sciences, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, School of Engineering & Applied Science, School of Law, School of Medicine and George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Twenty-two Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, with nine doing the major portion of their pioneering research here.

The university offers more than 90 programs and almost 1,500 courses leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in a broad spectrum of traditional and interdisciplinary fields, with additional opportunities for minor concentrations and individualized programs.

Enterprise Holdings

Enterprise Holdings, through its regional subsidiaries, operates more than 1 million cars and trucks, the largest fleet of passenger vehicles in the world today. Enterprise Holdings is North America's largest and most comprehensive service provider in the car rental industry, operating the Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental brands. Enterprise has more than 68,000 employees and more than 8,000 locations worldwide.

Enterprise is ranked No. 24 on the Forbes "500 Largest Private Companies in America" list. For the last several years, The Black Collegian magazine has ranked Enterprise the largest recruiter of college graduates among the country's "Top 100 Employers."

Andrew C. Taylor, chairman and chief executive officer of Enterprise Holdings, is a Washington University trustee. His father, Jack C. Taylor, who founded Enterprise in 1957, attended Washington University and is an emeritus trustee of the university.

The Taylor family initiated the $25-million scholarship gift - the largest to date for undergraduate scholarships - to support "a world-class university located in Enterprise's hometown of St. Louis."

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