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WKU selects 15 for 2021-22 Cherry Presidential Scholarship
- WKU News
- Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

WKU has selected 15 students as recipients of the 2021-22 Cherry Presidential Scholarship, the school’s most prestigious academic award.
The scholarship is valued at $16,000 annually and worth $64,000 during a four-year period. The students were chosen from the group of applicants who were invited to interview and participate in a virtual event on March 18.
The 2021-22 Cherry Presidential Scholarship recipients are:
- Caitlyn Blandford of Owensboro, a senior at Apollo High School who plans to major in Civil Engineering.
- Camille Casey of Roselle, Illinois, a senior at Lake Park West High School who plans to major in Nursing.
- Madison Clark of Benton, a senior at Marshall County High School who plans to major in Business Economics.
- Robert Connor Flatt of Hendersonville, Tennessee, a senior at Merrol Hyde Magnet School who plans to major in Economics.
- Esther Gorecki of Lenox, Illinois, a senior at Lincoln-Way Community High School who plans to major in Nursing.
- Kaitlyn Gray of Versailles, a senior at Woodford County High School who plans to major in Biology.
- Lillian Groves of Bowling Green, a senior at Bowling Green High School who plans to major in Exercise Science.
- Victoria Iles of Morning View, a senior at Walton-Verona High School who plans to major in Exercise Science.
- Josie Ison of Walton, a senior at Walton-Verona High School who plans to major in Biochemistry.
- Shannon Maloney of Marietta, Georgia, a senior at George Walton Comp High School who plans to major in Dance.
- Nathan Meredith of Clarkson, a senior at Grayson County High School who plans to major in Biology.
- Evelyn Overstreet of Louisville, a senior at DuPont Manual Magnet High School who has undeclared a major.
- Mateus Rodriguez Vaz of Bowling Green, a senior at Greenwood High School who plans to major in Biology.
- Sydney Windhorst of Crestwood, a senior at Highlands Latin School who plans to major in Journalism.
- Sara-Kate Wiseman of Louisville, a senior at Male Traditional High School who plans to major in Music.
More: For more about WKU First-Time Freshmen Scholarships for Fall 2021, visit https://www.wku.edu/financialaid/scholarships/freshmen-2122-academicyear.php
Contact: Susan Fitzpatrick, (270) 745-6385
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