Greater Texarkana Young Professionals today announced six local high school graduates have won a total of $6,000 in scholarships to pay for their first semester of college. The six students were selected from a pool of 52 applicants. This year the scholarships were broken into two groups. Four scholarships were awarded to students pursuing an academic degree, and two scholarships were awarded to students pursuing a trade.
Each student had to meet rigorous qualifications to be considered for the award. The four academic winners were Kalyx Aikin (Liberty Eylau High School), Gracie Kennedy (Pleasant Grove High School), Gage Whatley (Atlanta High School), and Makenzie Jones (Texas High School). The two trade winners were Evan Acosta (Maud High School), and Jackson Montgomery (DeKalb High School).
“Since the creation of the Greater Texarkana Young Professionals, we have been offering this scholarship to local high school graduates,” GTYP Board Member and Scholarship Committee Chair Warren McDaniel said. “We started by spending our own funds, and now we have partnered with Langdon Davis Law Firm (Academic) and Ledwell (Trade) to grow the number of scholarships offered. This year we offered six $1,000 scholarships – $4,000 was donated from our own funds, Langdon Davis Law Firm donated $1,000, and Ledwell donated another $1,000. We are beyond excited to have awarded these six well deserving students with financial assistance, and we are planning to grow the number of spring scholarships available next year.”
