LARAMIE – Lingle is buzzing with excitement as one of its own, Natalie Speckner from Lingle-Fort Laramie High School, has been chosen for the prestigious Trustees’ Scholars Award. This award, given by the University of Wyoming, is the top academic scholarship for Wyoming seniors. Speckner is among 100 seniors from across the state who have been selected to receive this honor.
The scholarship is a four-year scholarship which covers the cost of an undergraduate degree, including tuition, mandatory fees, and university housing with a meal plan. It is a highly competitive award, with students from 28 different high schools, as well as one home-schooled student, being chosen. The recipients were evaluated based on their academic excellence, including their high school GPA, ACT/SAT scores, and rigor of their curriculum. In addition, each student was also interviewed individually.
The average GPA of this year’s award winners is an impressive 3.97, with an average ACT score of 32. Out of the 1,000 Wyoming high school seniors who applied to the University of Wyoming, only 200 were considered for the award. From there, only 150 were invited for interviews, and finally, 100 were chosen as the recipients of the scholarship.
To retain this prestigious scholarship for all four years at the University of Wyoming, students must maintain full-time continuous enrollment, taking at least 12 semester hours each fall and spring semester, and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.25.
Recipients of the 2024 scholarship, listed by high schools they’re attending, are:
Burlington High School – Rachel Schatz.
Cheyenne Central High School –Madelyn Brady, Steven Cone LeBeaumont, Aspen Custis, Anuradha Glennie, Reuben McGuire, Miles Porwoll, Alexander Runyan and Saimaa Widi.
Cheyenne East High School – Clara Kerschner, Caleb Miller and Sophie Ray.
Cody High School – Kelly Joyce, Elle Ortner, Kelsey Pomajzl, Benjamin Stewart and Elisa Wachob.
Cokeville High School – Bryli Groll and Isaac Halls.
Douglas High School – Malachy Lehnen, Anna Lesner and Elizabeth Loveless.
Evanston High School – Jessica Powell and Nathan Robinson.
Glenrock High School – John Holman.
Green River High School – Raygan Cochrun and Laural Kurth.
Hannah-Elk Mountain Junior-Senior High School – Mackenzie Priest.
Home school – Ansley Smoll, Bar Nunn.
Hot Springs County High School – Aidan Freeman.
Jackson Hole High School – Sydney Bolden.
Kelly Walsh High School – Kason Adsit, Landon Armstrong, Madison Griffin, Lydia Harris, Katherine Hede, Bodie Larsen, Tage Longhurst, Sophie Meyers, Macey Mohr, Lucas Nicolaysen, Tavia Ossa, Paige Ramage, Alexander Rapp, Emma Schwarzrock, Tyler Stiefvater and Eleanor Veauthier.
Lander Valley High School – Emily Anderson, Matt Gray, Benjamin Kulow, Reed McFadden, Ella Stanbury and Randall Wise.
Laramie High School – Lucas Dillon, Kathryn Eastman Curry, Theodore Hart, Maxwell Holmes, Zeren Homer, Samuel Kaiser, Liam Knerr, Marit Mallberg, Catcher Pannell, Lauren Wade, Mackenzie Waggoner and Emma Weinzierl.
Lingle-Fort Laramie High School ñ Natalie Speckner.
Lovell High School – Hallie Cornia and Jadalie Marchant.
Mountain View High School – Spencer Erickson, Michael Lake, Ali Sibert and Kate Walker.
Natrona County High School – Moira Amelotte, Diego Diaz, Christopher Mongar, Abigail St. Clair and Kaylee Youmans.
Powell High School – Kiyoko Hayano, Abigail LeBlanc, Nolan Reitz and Seeger Wormald.
Riverton High School – Rylee Johnson, Aidan Jones and Katherine Shields.
Rock River High School – Jentry Sims.
Rock Springs High School – Claire Edman, Dawson Fantin and Joshua Sorensen.
Sheridan High School – Lincoln Carroll, Georgia Gould, Grace Hinton, Dillon Lemon, Anderson Murray, Katelyn Reckard and Garrett Spielman.
Star Valley High School – Khale Clinger.
Sundance High School – Ryder Downey.
Thunder Basin High School – Kane Clements and Seth Cyr.
Worland High School – Elena Gunderson.
For more information about the UW Trustees’ Scholars Award, as well as other scholarship opportunities at UW, go to www.uwyo.edu/sfa/scholarships/residents/.
