May 9, 2003

PITTSBURGH - Greensburg Salem High School senior, Quindelyn Cook has lots to smile about. The college-bound student was recently selected as one of this years' winners of Dominion's annual Award of Achievement Collegiate Grant competition.

Quindelyn, who maintains a perfect 4.0 grade point average, will receive a $2,000 second place grant. Dominion's Award of Achievement grant program was established in 1989 and has since awarded over $70,000 in grants to African American students in pursuit of higher education.

Quindelyn's extracurricular and community service activities include: President of the National Forensic League, member of the National Honor Society, Physics Club, serving as a tutor for Big Brothers Big Sisters. She also attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for Healthcare. Quindelyn will attend Duke University in the fall of 2003 to study Pre-Medicine.

The other 2003 winners are:

• Olivia Benson- winner of the $3,000 first place grant. Olivia is a senior at Aliquippa High School located in Aliquippa, Pa.
• Kevan M. Matthews - winner of the $1,000 third place grant. Kevan is a senior at Woodland Hills High School located in Churchill, Pa.

The winners were selected from a field of 35 applicants throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. From those, an independent review committee chose five finalists based on academic profile, letters of recommendation and a personal interview.

Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with a diversified and integrated energy portfolio that includes 24,000 megawatts of generation and 6.1 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved natural gas reserves. Dominion also serves 5 million retail energy customers in nine states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.

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