January 25, 2017

Wichita State to announce winners of Gore Scholarship on Thursday, Jan. 26

Two high school seniors will be named Gore Scholars at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Jan. 26) in the Marcus Welcome Center at Wichita State University. The $60,000 Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship is among the largest undergraduate awards in Kansas. Media are invited to attend.

All finalists will receive competitive scholarship packages to attend WSU in the fall. The 11 finalists are:

They are:
- Saniya Ahmed, Wichita High School East
- Mariana Cruz, Mill Valley High School, Shawnee, Kansas
- Abigail Faflick, Wichita High School East
- Matthew Miller, Blue Valley North High School
- Grace Rieke, Republic County High School
- Maribel Sanchez, Dodge City High School
- Liana Savage, Wichita High School East
- Nevin Subramanian, Union High School, Oklahoma
- William Valentine, Platte County High School, Missouri
- Cameron Vance, The Independent School
- Lee Vuong, Wichita High School Southeast

The students competed in DSI on Saturday, Nov. 19, with 501 total students competing -- the largest number of competitors in the history of the competition.

To be invited to compete in the invitational, students had to have a 27 or higher ACT score, or a 3.5 or higher GPA, or rank in the top 10 percent of their class. The 11 finalists this year have an average ACT score of 28 and average GPA of 3.84.
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Contact: Mandy Harmon, assistant director, Office of Admissions, 316-978-5697 or mandy.harmon@wichita.edu.