WSU to name two $48,000 Gore Scholarship winners
The students competed in the largest Distinguished Scholarship Invitational in history, with 375 competitors. The two winners will receive the Harry Gore Memorial scholarship worth $48,000, the largest individual undergraduate scholarship in Kansas.
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.
Once invited, students completed a packet of information, including essays and letters of recommendation and competed in an on-campus leadership competition. Finalists are back on campus today (Wednesday, Dec. 9) for final interviews.
All finalists will receive competitive scholarship packages to attend WSU in the fall. They are:
- Ryan Aeschliman, Topeka, Shawnee Heights High School
- Andrea Burns, Clearwater, Kan., Clearwater High School
- Dillon Cott, Goddard, Goddard High School
- Jenice Duong, Wichita, Wichita East High School
- Paige Fletcher, Galena, Kan., Columbus High School
- David Lightfoot, Colorado Springs, Colo., Rampart High School
- James McMullin, Olathe, Olathe Northwest High School
- Sarah Thompson, Salina, Salina South High School
- Joel Tieszen, Halstead, Kan., Hesston High School
- Todd Wells, Garden City, Garden City High School
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Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, director of news and media relations, (316) 978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.