2013 CIAA /FOOD LION/ COCA-COLA® SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST
Food Lion and Coca-Cola Zero have partnered this year to award a total of $35,000 in scholarship grants to deserving students of CIAA schools. To receive a scholarship, students were asked to submit a 500-to-700 word essay on two topics: why they chose to attend their CIAA school OR what does attending a CIAA school mean to their community. There were four Grand Prize winners who will each received a $5,000 scholarship and 15 First Place Winners, who each received a $1,000 scholarship.

As a result of their outstanding essay submission, the four Grand Prize winners of a $5,000 Coca-Cola Zero and Food Lion scholarship are:
- Ayanna Puryear, Winston-Salem State University
- Levi Prince, Livingstone College
- Joshua Finney, Elizabeth City State University
- Claire Vilain, Lincoln University
The 15 first place winners of a $1,000 Coca-Cola Zero and Food Lion CIAA Scholarship Essay Contest are:
- Oluwanife Ogundipe Bowie State University
- Kaniqua Thomas Chowan University
- Timothy Watts Chowan University
- DeVon McNair Elizabeth City State University
- Sierra-Bethany Henderson-Holmes Fayetteville State University
- Melinda Milone Fayetteville State University
- James Veal, Sr. Johnson C. Smith University
- Tyeasha Savage Johnson C. Smith University
- Tiana Wilson Lincoln University
- Corren Brown Livingstone University
- Willie Alexander Shaw University
- Danielle Green Shaw University
- Shalia Watts Virginia State University
- Shauneice Ragland Virginia State University
- Stephanie Young Winston Salem State University