$1.336 million awarded to Gentry students in scholarships
GENTRY — Gentry High School seniors were awarded scholarships at a scholarship awards ceremony on Monday, May 8, with the approximate total of all scholarships awarded being $1,336,491.00.
The Gentry High School scholarship fund awarded scholarships to the following students: Destiny Bolles, Rebecca Brown, Lauren Cargill, Heaven Coker, Avarie Coones, Cole Cripps, Nova Edwards, Amber Ellis, Jakeb Ernest, Xitali Estrada, Evan Folker, Derek German, Whitney Holt, Eden Hosteter, Kyle Kilgore, Sidney Kinser, Michael Lee, Colton Little, Fiona Long, Gavin Martin, Autumn McMurtrey, Minoah Milam, Wyatt Philpott, Lydia Pye, Braden Rector, Laura Reyes, Jazlyn Sanderson, Alexandra Savage, Yuliana Stasiv, Makensi Sweeten, Jessica Sykes, Austin Trimble, Alex Vang, Audra Weathers, Trey Welch and Tifany Yang.
Other scholarships recognized included the following: American Legion Auxiliary — Yuliana Stasiv; American Legion — Michael Lee, Colton Little; Arvest Bank — Derek German, Eden Hosteter, Colton Little, Makensi Sweeten; Community Blood Center of the Ozarks — Nova Edwards, Lydia Pye; David Shelby Memorial — Rebecca Brown; Entrepreneurship Scholarship — Destiny Bolles; Ervin Cripps Memorial — Cole Cripps; James Stanfill Memorial — Cole Cripps; Walter David Millsap Memorial — Braden Rector; Richard Denniston Memorial — Alex Savage, Destiny Bolles; Gentry Masonic Lodge #222 — Lydia Pye; Gentry Intermediate School PTO — Adam Philpott; Gentry Eastern Star #359 — Alex Savage; Gentry High School FBLA — Derek German; Mabel Jordan Memorial — Cole Cripps, Amber Ellis, Evan Folker, Colton Little, Wyatt Philpott; Gentry High School Cheerleaders — Sidney Kinser, Lily Murphy; Dr. Lamb Medical Arts — Trey Welch; M.H. “Bill” Simmons Memorial — Avarie Coones, Mackensi Sweeten, Braden Rector; Ruby Hall Memorial — Lydia Pye; Perservance Scholarship — Kyle Kilgore; AEPSWEPCO — Zach Beer, Sidney Kinser, Adam Philpott, Breanna Veile; Gentry Alumni — Amber Ellis, Jakeb Ernest; 4-H Foundation Scholarships — Heaven Coker, Wyatt Philpott; Extension Homemakers — Heaven Coker; Carroll Electric — Laura Reyes; CASA/Kit Murphy Memorial — Yuliana Stasiv, Jessica Sykes, Avarie Coones; Grand Savings Bank — Xitlali Estrada; Helping Hands — Whitney Holt, Minoah Milam, Jessica Sykes, Austin Trimble; Doug Atteberry Memorial — Cole Cripps; Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship — Derek German; Army National Guard — Braxton Gunnaman, Clay Wills; Farm Credit of Western Arkansas — Makensi Sweeten; Wayne Shields Memorial — Autumn McMurtrey; McDonalds — Gavin Martin; GHS Choir Boosters — Jazlyn Sanderson, Audra Weathers; Career/Technical Education Completers — Braden Rector; Patricia Guthary Marts Memorial — Yuliana Stasiv; Gentry Middle School FBLA — Makensi Sweeten; Sophia AsencioPorter Memorial — Sidney Kinser, Lily Murphy; Roberts/Philpott Eye Associates — Alex Savage, Amber Ellis, Audra Weathers, Cole Cripps, Evan Folker, Jazlyn Sanderson, Sidney Kinser, Wyatt Philpott, Austin Morris; Benton County Farm Bureau — Audra Weathers; Wasson Funeral Home — Amber Ellis.
The following colleges, universities and vocational schools have offered scholarships, with the scholarship awards
including: University of Arkansas Fayetteville — Austin Morris, Derek German, Cole Cripps, Jakeb Ernest, Colton Little, Avarie Coones, Jessica Sykes, Makensi Sweeten, Jazlyn Sanderson; University of Arkansas Fort Smith — Wyatt Philpott, Autumn McMurtrey, Yuliana Stasiv, Mystic West, Lydia Pye, Michael Lee, Audra Weathers, Braden Rector; University of Central Arkansas — Autumn McMurtrey, Austin Trimble, Nova Edwards, Eden Hosteter, Amber Ellis; John Brown University — Kelsey BorgeteienJames, Whitney Holt, Eden Hosteter, Evan Folker, Clay Wills, Audra Weathers; University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma — Destiny Bolles; Evangel University — Amber Ellis; Drury University — Taylor Hull; Adventist University of Health Sciences — Eden Hosteter; Arkansas Tech University — Alex Vang, Trey Welch, Yuliana Stasiv, Eden Hosteter, Colton Little, Audra Weathers, Braden Reactor; NEO — Anna Richardson, Derek German, Braden Rector; NSU — Lily Murphy; Oklahoma State University — Derek German; Southern Adventist University — Eden Hosteter; Southern Arkansas University — Jakeb Ernest; Missouri State University — Nova Edwards, Jessica Sykes, Alex Savage, Avery Cozens; Walla Walla University — Eden Hosteter.
Recognition Awards were given to the following students:
Northwest Arkansas Community College Early College Experience Rising Scholars — Sierra Holt Bayer, Avarie Coones, Avery Cozens, Cole Cripps, Nova Edwards, Jakeb Ernest, Lali Estrada, Whitney Holt, Eden Hosteter, Jessica Sykes, Gavin Martin, Autumn McMurtrey, Minoah Milam, Austin Morris, Wyatt Philpott, Yuliana Stasiv, Makensi Sweeten; Americanism Award — Derek German, Minoah Milam; American History Award — Derek German; NTI Honor Cords and Certificates — Jakeb Ernest, Derek German, Destiny Bolles, Clay Wills, Kyle Kilgore, Braden Rector, Jenna Jarnagan.