Winners of Gore Scholarship to be named Thursday, Feb. 26 Winners of Gore Scholarship to be named Thursday, Feb. 26

Two high school seniors will be named Gore Scholars at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Marcus Welcome Center at Wichita State University. The $52,000 Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship is among the largest undergraduate awards in Kansas.

All finalists will receive competitive scholarship packages to attend WSU in the fall. The 10 finalists are:

- Meghan Carver, Mulvane, Kan., Mulvane High School
- Austin Greathouse, Garden City, Kan., Garden City High School
- MD Joad, Wichita, Kan., Wichita High School East
- Kyle Kopecky, Leawood, Kan., Blue Valley North High School
- Ryan Lee, Wichita, Kan., Eisenhower High School
- Amy Lightfoot, Colorado Springs, Colo., Rampart High School
- Katie Murray, Rolla, Kan., Rolla High School
- Emily Sarnacki, Winfield, Kan., Winfield High School
- Jessica Vold, Leavenworth, Kan., Leavenworth High School
- Christopher Vuong, Wichita, Kan., Wichita High School Southeast

To be invited to compete in the invitational, students had to have a 24 or higher ACT score and a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA. The 10 finalists this year have an average ACT score of 28 and average GPA of 3.8.
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Contact: Mandy Harmon, assistant director, Office of Admissions,
316-978-5697 or mandy.harmon@wichita.edu.