Coastal Bend College Endowed Scholarship

It was a Saturday morning, the basketball tournament has begun and the cold temperature kept me calm. My coach said, “we leave at 10:00 am” and I was uncontrollably nervous. I couldn’t stop shaking my leg. We arrived at the school at around 10:15 am and we walk into the gym. Oaks middle school’s gymnasium, I was amazed by the scenery and how many games were going on. I saw many college and university basketball banners. Banners I saw were from universities such as: LSU, Duke Univ., Louisville Univ., etc. Those banners inspired me to go for a D1 scholarship, and work hard to get one for basketball. Our first game had begun, but we kept a losing streak. The streak continued for the next to games. Although I don’t remember the schools we faced, they put up a great game on the court. After our games I explored Oak’s campus. My coach gathered our team up. “We have to get to school at 1:00 pm”, he said. We went on the bus and I had been influenced to keep playing basketball and constantly practice.

I was always taught that I must work hard for everything I receive, I believe now is the time to show all I have worked for. At Gulf Coast I plan to obtain my Associate degree in Dental Hygiene. I am assiduous for this scholarship because during my years of high school I have worked hard not only in the classroom but at my job, sports, and clubs as well. Coming into high school as a Freshman I

This scholarship is very important to me in many ways.This scholarship will help me physically and emotionally if I receive money. For instance, it will make me stress less about how I am going to be able to pay for my tuition and fees and not have debt. Also, it will give me a way to purchase my books for the classes I will take.Since I will not receive financial aid I will have to apply for more scholarships. I plan to go to Northwest Shoals to be able to get my basics done and further my education and transfer to Wallace State to be able to become an Occupational Therapist it has always been a desire to work with many people and help someone out if they needed it. Some of my college goals is to be able to maintain a high GPA and do the

Now that I’ve covered why I financially need this scholarship, let me explain why I have earned it. This past year has been a whirlwind. I ended my junior year with 34 credit hours, 20 of which were earned second

Thank you for the opportunity to apply for this unique scholarship. This award shows me that you recognize your alumni as being vital to the campus. I’ve had a long family history with your school. My great grandmother Florence Wilson attended the former Platteville State Teacher College and taught a year before marrying my great grandfather. My grandfather, Kenneth Wilson, attended the University of Wisconsin Platteville and studied agriculture. His education was beneficial in his career in farming. He needed to leave school after two years in order to work full time on the farm and to raise seven children. Three of his children attended UW-Platteville. My uncle Kurt Wilson started teaching physical education in Lodi after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Education. He is still enjoying his job there. My mother, Lynette Wilson (Potter) received a Bachelors of Science degree in Art and a Masters of Science in Counselor Education. She has had many creative positions and has worked with a variety of people over the years. Her artwork has been published in national magazines as well as local papers. She was dedicated to her job working with the developmentally

I am honored and appreciated to have been selected to receive the Jim & Phyl Woodhouse Endowed Scholarship, in the amount of $1000.

Throughout my high school athletic career, playing both football and running cross country, i’ve witnessed multiple teammates of mine receive scholarships to continue their athletic and academic careers at a university. However due to the disproportionate number of hours spent on the sport rather than academics without receiving compensation is causing many high school athletes to turn down athletic scholarships and instead begin to focus on their academic futures.

As a recipient of the Betsy Caughlin Donnelly Endowed Scholarship, I personally wanted to say thank you so much for your contribution to the University of Nevada, Reno and for the scholarship that you have provided for me.

My name is Destiny Nichelle Blanks and I reside in Pennington, Alabama. I was born in Meridian, Mississippi on January 12, 1995 in Rush Hospital. I am twenty years old, an African American, and I am single. Growing up church is all I knew, I was that little girl my peers used to say, “You be in church Monday through Sunday”, which didn’t offend me at all. I would like to say as far as my religion I am a Baptist and I believe in God. Currently I attend The Alabama State University majoring in Social Work. I do not have a job but I do have work-study here on campus where I do my hours at the Comptroller’s Office. All through life it has been God, family, and education and all these things have motivated me to keep going and it has gotten me

I grew up loving sports. My favorite sport has changed over the years, but the love for sports has always remained. Being an athletic trainer would allow me to stay involved with athletics and includes my love of science. Since I was a child I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Started off as veterinarian, then zoologist, then marine biologist but has always been in science. This football season has showed me the career path I want to take. I have recently been on a college visit and talked to a professor in the Kinesiology department. I know that there won't be a lot of free time in the program, so that means not a lot of time to work. This scholarship would allow me to continue my education, even with a limited income. I don't want to have

I selected architecture as my career. It involves a lot of my passions such as math, building, algebra, and designing. Architecture can mean: A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures.

As a freshman volleyball player, my biggest dream was to get so good at my position that a college would offer me a scholarship to attend college and play for them. Everyone is aware that college is expensive, especially the students who don’t know how exactly they are going to pay for college. That was and is me. I had read about students being signed to different community colleges or universities and sometimes getting a full ride. I wanted so badly to be that student my junior or senior year. If I could play the game I loved and attend college for free or at a discounted price, I was going to be one happy individual.

The “On-Track Scholarship” will help me with staying “on-track” in my future goals. My ultimate goal in life is to receive a college education and proceed into a field with a successful job. I want to major in Business Management and minor in Entrepreneurship. When I am older, I hope to take over the organization that my mother has built, she started running a youth football league because of my brother. But she also started a basketball league because of me, it is my dream to be able to expand the organization that helped me be successful in my basketball career.

I believe there is a reason for every opportunity given to a person. I applied for the Alumni Chapter Scholarship for many reasons. The primary reason is because I believe in school pride. A pride that will carry on for the rest of one’s life. I believe the alumni of Truman State University are the basis of such a notable school. I choose Truman because helping people is my passion. The staff and students epitomized who I aspire to be--loving and caring. I hope to pursue my yearning passion through counseling. Counseling allows direct contact with people in need of help. Currently, I volunteer for many different activities in order to help those people. My personal goal has gratefully been achieved. My goal in life was to be happy, and then

It is with great pleasure that I highly recommend Christopher Brown for the Robert D. Riley Endowed Scholarship. I have known Chris for this past semester at the University of Texas at Arlington as his professor in Computer Programming and Computer Science. Having noticed Chris’ attentiveness to the work involved in the classroom, his brilliance in working on projects, and his observant and receptive nature when working with others, I feel that Chris is a truly exceptional student and will be a leader in whatever he pursues in the years to come.