WSU to name two $48,000 Gore Scholarship winners WSU to name two $48,000 Gore Scholarship winners

Two high school seniors will be introduced as the latest Gore Scholarship recipients at 11:30 a.m. today (Thursday, Jan. 31) in the Marcus Welcome Center.

The students participated in the largest competition in DSI history, with 413 students competing. The two winners will receive the Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship worth $48,000, one of the largest individual undergraduate scholarships in Kansas.

The finalists are:
- Courtney Allen, Wichita, KS, Wichita High School Southeast
- TJ Blake, Hutchinson, KS, Hutchinson High School
- David Brink, Wichita, KS, Goddard Eisenhower High School
- Hassan Farhoud, Wichita, KS, Wichita Collegiate School
- Kelsey Hanna, Wichita, KS, Rose Hill High School
- Hannah Hoetmer, Wichita, KS, Goddard High School
- Reegan Innes, Mulvane, KS, Mulvane High School
- Amanda Johnson, Wichita, KS, Wichita High School Northwest
- Carley Larson, Bel Aire, KS, Wichita Heights High School
- Sachin Pendse, Bel Aire, KS, Wichita High School East

To compete in the invitational, students had to have a 24 or higher ACT score and a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA.

Once invited, students completed a packet of information, including essays and letters of recommendation, and competed in an on-campus leadership competition.

All finalists will receive competitive scholarship packages to attend WSU in the fall.