MATTAWAN, Mich. – Two Mattawan High School seniors have been presented scholarships in honor of a student killed in a shooting in 2016.
The Kalamazoo Strong Organization presented scholarships to Baylie Kaiser and Nolan Hader from the Tyler Smith Scholarship fund.
Tyler Smith was a student at Mattawan when he and five others were killed in a shooting rampage in February 2016 in Kalamazoo. Smith’s father, Richard, was also killed. The Kalamazoo Strong Organization was created after the shooting to help build community.