WSU announces full list of 2024 Rudd Scholars

Wil Day
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita State University has announced the full list of 2024 Rudd Scholars.

Fifteen Kansas High School seniors are receiving a full-ride scholarship to attend Wichita State University. Last week, Wichita Public Schools announced that Heights High School Senior Miamoona Muhammad had been surprised at school by officials presenting her with her Rudd Scholarship.

The remaining 14 recipients are:

  • Annaliese Jorgenson – Hillsboro High School

  • Jose Urbina-Renteria – Wichita North High School

  • Alexander Baird – Campus High School

  • Faith Ekart – Sterling High School

  • Kylee Mohr – Great Bend High School

  • Richard Gwyn Jr. – Wichita Southeast High School

  • Vatedis Coleman – Wichita Southeast High School

  • Isabelle Christensen – Southeast of Saline High School

  • Kane Huston – Paola High School

  • Mya Scott – Conway Springs High School

  • Vivian Chau – Wichita East High School

  • Israel Torres Ayala – Wichita Northeast Magnet High School

  • Adam Bosworth – Wichita North High School

  • Shiloh Goetzinger – Hugoton High School

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“We’re excited to welcome our seventh class of Shocker Rudd Scholars to Wichita State in the fall,” said Bobby Gandu, assistant vice president of strategic enrollment management and undergraduate admissions. “The Rudd Foundation has blessed these students and their families with a gift which allows them to pursue all their collegiate hopes and dreams in a debt-free, powerful mentor-and-coaching environment. Being affiliated with their classmates and previous scholars delivers them an incredible network of friends and business professionals who give them a second-to-none edge when they pursue post-college career and graduate school opportunities.”

Each student is receiving a four-year full-ride scholarship that covers all tuition, fees, and on-campus housing costs. They will be partnered with mentors and success coaches, have an opportunity to network with leaders in the professions they are pursuing and participate in developmental activities.

The scholarship was established in 2017 by the foundation to support “Pell-eligible students in Kansas who exhibit our strong, Midwestern core values and the drive to achieve their long-term goals.” The goal of the scholarship is to keep young professionals living a working in Kansas after graduation.

For more about the Rudd Foundation, click here.

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