INDIANAPOLIS — Hauser High School graduate Brittany Young is among 33 college-aged omen who have been selected as Indianapolis 500 Festival Princesses for 2016.
The freshman Ag Education major at Ivy Tech Columbus will participate in the 500 Festival’s statewide community outreach programs, pre-race ceremonies and the Victory Circle celebration for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Young also receives a $1,000 scholarship.
Three Center Grove graduates have also been named a 500 Festival Princess this year.
Elyse Hoy is a sophomore at Franklin College studying Biology and Pre-Med.
Jessi Arbuckle is a junior at Taylor University majoring Public Relations.
Nilofer Rajpurkar is a junior at Purdue University majoring in Biomedical Engineering.
The 500 Festival Princess Program has a long history of celebrating Indiana’s most civic-minded, academically driven college-aged women.
They represent 13 Indiana colleges and universities and 21 cities and towns across the state. With a cumulative GPA of 3.5, this year’s 500 Festival Princesses were selected from hundreds of applicants based upon their communication skills, commitment to service, leadership, scholarship, and professionalism.
