CHEYENNE - The top 101 high school seniors across Wyoming have been selected to receive the 2019 Trustees' Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming's top academic scholarship.
The premier scholarship for Wyoming resident high school seniors covers actual credit hours taken as well as room and board costs for eight semesters at UW, starting with the fall 2019 semester. Students from 31 high schools, along with home-schooled students, were chosen.
Recipients are evaluated on their academic excellence, including their high school grade-point average, ACT/SAT scores and curriculum rigor. Individual interviews were held as well. For this year's award winners, the average GPA is 3.97 and the average ACT score is 32.
"We are excited to welcome this outstanding group of Wyoming students to the state's flagship university this fall," UW Admissions Director Shelley Dodd said.
To retain the scholarship all four years at UW, students must maintain full-time continuous enrollment (at least 12 semester hours) during the fall and spring semesters each year, along with a 3.25 cumulative GPA.
Local recipients of the 2019 scholarship, listed by high school and chosen college major, are as follows:
Cheyenne's Central High School: Colter Anderson, business (undeclared); Maren Anderson, exploratory studies; Isabel Bivona, biology; Bailey Bowcutt, molecular biology; Joshua Broomfield, business economics; Jenna Goodrich, exploratory studies; Julia Horst, biology; Claudia Miller, engineering (undeclared); Rudy Nesvik, chemical engineering; Alyson Ottoes, exploratory studies; Maggie Rossman, exploratory studies; Lauren Salsgiver, exploratory studies; Austin Stephen, exploratory studies; and Yingzhou Widi, psychology.
Cheyenne's East High School: Abigail Brady, molecular biology; Abby Erickson, chemical engineering; Meghan Higgins, civil engineering; Maeve Knepper, economics; Emily Purifoy, animal and veterinary science; and Tristin Waggener, economics.
Home school: Grace Ritschard, Cheyenne, outdoor recreation and tourism management.