UW awards top scholarship to 101 Wyoming students

101 outstanding high school seniors from across Wyoming have been selected to receive the 2020 Trustees’ Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming’s top academic scholarship.

Crook County recipients of the 2020 scholarships, listed by high schools they’re attending along with their chosen majors, are: Hulett High School – Audrey Merwin, psychology and Sundance High School – Logan Wilen, engineering/undeclared.

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 2020 semester. Students representing 38 high schools from all corners of the state 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 3.96, and the average ACT score is 32.

“These students represent the highest caliber of academic talent from across Wyoming high schools – students who would excel at any university in the country – and we are delighted to have them attend the state’s world-class university,” UW Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Kyle Moore 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 http://www.uwyo.edu/admissions/scholarships/index.html