LARAMIE — Two Green River High School students are among 101 Wyoming seniors to earn the University of Wyoming’s top scholarship.
Emmalee Skinner and Jessica Petri were among the students chosen from 34 high schools. The University released a list of the scholarship winners selected for the 2021 Trustee’s scholarship, awarded to the top academics in the Cowboy State.
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 2021 semester.
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.
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 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Other southwest Wyoming high school students to earn the scholarship are:
- Jakobi Hibbert and Muriel Jones, Big Piney High School
- Auna George, Evanston High School
- Brayden Dearden, Sophia Failoni and Jeffrey Hendrickson, Kemmerer High School
- Carter Huntsman and Jaydee Neilson, Lyman High School
- Hailey Jean and Reese Noble, Pinedale High School
