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Hartsville High Student Named Young Entrepreneur

January 19, 2009

Tevin Prescott, a freshman at Hartsville High School, has been selected as a Merrill Lynch Young Entrepreneur.  Tevin is one of only six students to win this honor.

The South Carolina Council on Economic Education (SCCEE) and Merrill Lynch established the Young Entrepreneur award in 2004 as a way to recognize outstanding students for their accomplishments in entrepreneurship. Tevin will be interviewed on the ETV Stock Market Program, which is broadcast closed circuit to schools statewide. In addition, the Darlington School District student will be honored next May at SCCEE’s annual awards luncheon and receive a $200 cash prize.

Tevin sells Otis Spunkmeyer cookies after school at his parents’ business in Hartsville and on the weekend at the Florence flea market. He started his successful cookie business when he was only five years old. He is one of the Spunkmeyer company’s premier salesmen. Due to his success, the company covers the cost of the oven he leases and doesn’t charge him for the cookie dough he orders because he always requests the maximum quantity and never fails to sell all of his tasty product.

“Every year the Merrill Lynch Young Entrepreneur award recognizes young people who have met the challenge of starting their own businesses and are willing to share their knowledge and experience with other students,” said Helen Meyers, SCCEE president. “Tevin and the other five winners have great ideas and lots of energy. Through this award we hope that other students will get ideas on how they might be able to start a business.”