Billy Navarre, owner of Billy Navarre Chevrolet/Honda/Hyundai in Lake Charles, has pledged $30,000 over the next five years toward the endowed Billy Navarre Scholarship through the McNeese State University Foundation. The donation will receive a $10,000 match from the foundation's capital campaign, thus making this a total donation of $40,000. Melissa Ellis Northcutt, center, director of development operations and special events for the McNeese Foundation, accepts the first $6,000 installment of the $30,000 pledge from Billy Navarre, left, and Ryan Navarre, general manager of Billy Navarre Chevrolet in Sulphur.