LARAMIE — Students from Rock Springs, Green River, Farson, and Pinedale High Schools have been chosen to receive the University of Wyoming’s most prestigious scholarship for academic excellence.

Some 101 outstanding high school seniors from across Wyoming have been selected to receive the 2019 Trustees’ Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming’s top academic scholarship.

Rock Springs High School students receiving the scholarship are: Antonina Klatka, engineering (undeclared); Breanna Mathis, biology; Racheal Pinkham, exploratory studies; and Sydney Shannon, kinesiology and health promotion.

Green River High School student Hannah Thomas (chemical engineering), Farson-Eden High School’s Shad Sellers (chemical engineering), and Pinedale High School’s Toby Covill (biology) also received the award.

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-school students, were chosen.

Recipients are evaluated on their academic excellence (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 says.

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.

For more information about the UW Trustees’ Scholars Award, as well as other scholarship opportunities at UW, go to 
www.uwyo.edu/admissions/scholarships/index.html.