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The Discus Awards website was launched, and the program began to officially accept applications.
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The Discus Awards received its first ever nomination from an outstanding high school student who went on to win the first Discus Award.
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The first two National All-Around Student Scholarships, then known as the Discus Scholarships, were awarded in the same month to two outstanding high school seniors. Rebecca Dawson (pictured) and Christopher Millison will forever be remembered as the inaugural winners of this $2,000 college scholarship.
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The Discus Awards web site, just about 4 months after launching, attracted its 100,000th unique visitor.
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The Discus Awards received its 10,000th nomination, less than five months after accepting its first.
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The 250,000th unique visitor came to the Discus Awards website. It took 11 months after the initial launch of the website to reach this milestone.
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Less than one year after its launch, the Discus Awards received its 25,000th nomination.
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Just before the deadline for applications in its second program year, the Discus Awards web site attracted its 500,000th unique visitor.
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Exactly 2 years to the day after launching its website, the Discus Awards received its 50,000th nomination.
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Just halfway through its third program year, the Discus Awards web site attracted its 750,000th unique visitor.
