MSU welcomes largest incoming class of Presidential Scholars

Contact: Addie Mayfield

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State College is welcoming 42 distinctive college students as its latest Presidential Students. Almost twice the scale of final yr’s incoming class, the 2022-23 Presidential Students are actually the most important class to be acknowledged with the college’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarships.

The current development is due largely to a major bequest from the late Louis A. Hurst Jr. of Houston, Texas, which continues his longtime assist of scholarships at MSU. The Poplarville native died in 2020 at age 95, having loved a steadfast connection along with his alma mater as a loyal contributor to teachers and athletics.

Presidential Students are identified for his or her tutorial expertise, creativity and need to excel. They’re among the many elite college students within the U.S. who enroll at MSU to additional their objectives as a part of the celebrated Shackouls Honors Faculty.

Earnings from endowment-level items for Presidential Scholarships assist cowl the price of attending MSU over the course of 4 years. The expertise supplies a one-time academic enrichment scholarship for examine overseas alternatives, internships or different certified tutorial pursuits, an undergraduate analysis fellowship award and mentoring alternatives.

To qualify, candidates will need to have a minimal 30 ACT/1330 SAT rating, in addition to have graduated with a minimal core or total 3.75 highschool GPA (based mostly on a 4.0 scale). Recipients are anticipated to take care of an total 3.4 GPA whereas of their respective tutorial majors.

Presidential Students have alternatives to work together with members of the land-grant establishment’s in depth analysis school and be a part of the honors school’s summer-study program at Oxford College in England, amongst different enhanced studying experiences.

This yr’s Presidential Students class consists of (by hometown):

BARTLETT, Tennessee—Nyla Jones, a pure assets and environmental conservation main receiving a John Grisham Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

BILOXI—Grace Belk, a chemistry main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship; and Annalyn Fayard, a biomedical engineering main receiving a Hassell Franklin Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—Lewis Fuller, an economics main receiving a Dr. Brad Roderick Moore Memorial Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

CLINTON—Gertarryan Coleman, a organic sciences main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

COLUMBUS—Hayden Anderson, a biochemistry main receiving a Necole Moore Ray Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

CUSHING, Texas—Abby Reeves, an aerospace engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

D’IBERVILLE—Madeline Raynor, a chemical engineering main receiving a Lila and Hunter Henry Presidential Endowed Scholarship; and Hailee Sexton, a philosophy main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. S Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

ENTERPRISE—Jenna Kasselman, a pc science main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

FRENCH CAMP—Anne Phillips, an English main receiving a G. V. Sonny Montgomery Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

GREENVILLE—Rachel Guynes, a pc science main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

GREENWOOD, Indiana—Sadie Morris, a geosciences/broadcast meterology main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

HATTIESBURG—David Anzola, a mechanical engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—Christopher Martinez, a pc engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

JACKSON—William Carter, {an electrical} engineering main receiving a Berenice and Lamar A. Conerly Presidential Endowed Scholarship; and Logan Huff, a mechanical engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

JONESBORO, Arkansas—Abby Berger, a biochemistry/pre-vet main receiving a John Grisham Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas—Claire Inexperienced, a biochemistry main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

LONG BEACH—Luke Salisbury, a mechanical engineering main receiving an Ottilie Schilling Management Scholarship.

MADISON—Sneha Cherukuri, a organic sciences main receiving an Ottilie Schilling Management Scholarship; Regan Felder, a biomedical engineering main receiving a Lila and Hunter Henry Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Shreenithi Lakshminarayanan, a chemical engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Vineeth Vanga, a biochemistry/pre-med main receiving a Charles and Pat Lee Presidential Endowed Scholarship; and William Phrase, a microbiology main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

MCCALLA, Alabama—Christopher Jolivette, a psychology main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

MERIDIAN—Eli Coleman, a mechanical engineering main receiving a Mark and Cindy Jordan Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

MISSOURI CITY, Texas—Amelia Horner, a wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

MOUNTAIN BROOK, Alabama—Hunter Anderson, an animal and dairy science/pre-vet main receiving a Hal and Linda Parker Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama—Chloe Puckett, a chemical engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

NEW ALBANY—Caleb McConaha, a kinesiology main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

OCALA, Florida—Payton Davis, an environmental economics and sustainability main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

OLIVE BRANCH—Maya Jones, an accounting main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

PEARL—Zamiya Warner, a kinesiology main receiving a Charles and Pat Lee Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

RUSSELLVILLE, Alabama—Madelynn Inexperienced, an anthropology main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

SHANNON—Mikayla Jones, a biomedical engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

STARKVILLE—April Guo-Yue, a biomedical engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship; and Jaren Lee, a finance main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

STONEWALL—Kylar DeLoach, a pc engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

UNION—Rowan Feasel, an English main receiving a G. V. Sonny Montgomery Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

VOSSBURG—Jalen Nixon, a pc science main receiving a Hassell Franklin Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

WESTLAKE, Ohio—Ethan Waring, a mechanical engineering main receiving a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Endowed Scholarship.

Through the years, a number of presidential students have nationally aggressive Goldwater, Truman and Fulbright scholarships; others have been acknowledged as finalists for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships; and lots of have been chosen for quite a lot of skilled internships.

Be taught extra concerning the Shackouls Honors Faculty and its Workplace of Prestigious Exterior Scholarships at www.honors.msstate.edu.

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