Interview with Morehead-Cain Scholar: Fields Pierce

What does it take to become a University of North Carolina Morehead-Cain Scholar?  “It takes passion in any given field and an attitude that never accepts mediocrity,” says Fields Pierce who was just awarded a Morehead-Cain Scholarship.  As a member of the Cape Fear Academy’s student body since kindergarten, our school is exceedingly  proud of this recognition for one of our students.

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship is given to 56 students annually; it pays for their UNC tuition and summer enrichment programs for all four years along with all their incidental education costs.  Fields Pierce was one of two students nominated for the scholarship from CFA; 4,500 applicants from around the world were considered  for this prestigious award.

Fields certainly proved to the board that he was worthy.  Throughout his Upper School years here, he has been passionate in the goals he had set forth to achieve.  His achievements have embodied leadership and hard work, as well as have demonstrated that he is capable of anything that he tries to achieve.

As a freshmen, Fields was chosen as Class President and has participated in many different clubs.  He continued to be a student leader for the next two years and was elected Student Government Association President at Cape Fear Academy as a rising senior.  Fields is in National Honor Society and BETA Club and participates on  the Debate Team.  He is president of one of the school’s political clubs and the Youth and Government Club.  He is in on the Varsity basketball team and soccer team and, in the summer, is on swim team.

As an active participant of Youth and Government for four years, Fields has held the positions of Delegation President, Speaker of the House, and, most impressively, Governor of the North Carolina Youth Legislature.  He has been nominated to and has attended many summer programs which have broadened his horizons and his participation in the things that interest him.  He has attended the Conference on National Affairs (CONA), has been a page for the North Carolina General Assembly, and has participated in many mission trips.  He has also interned with a local political party and campaigned for national and regional political candidates. In addition to all of this, he has been on either the Headmasters List or Honor Roll every semester while challenging himself by taking many AP and Honors classes.

Fields Pierce has demonstrated a moral force of character, scholarship, physical vigor, leadership and much more during his four years at Cape Fear Academy, and we are all so proud of him for being chosen for this very special recognition!