Scholarship Offered for Recently Graduated Student Athletes

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Deadline Set for Mid‐July

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The Watonga Republican/Geary Star is dedicated to helping youth achieve a stronger foundation for future learning and career selection. As promised, the newspaper will award multiple scholarships this summer to outgoing WHS and GHS graduates who played sports during their senior year. This comes thanks to sports sponsorships from local businesses throughout the 2019-20 school year.

The application process welcomes students who participated in at least one varsity sport during their senior year.

We know many worthy students face financial difficulties when it comes to college tuition. These scholarships can contribute to the success of ambitious and dedicated students who might otherwise face a financial hardship associated with college.

This is one reason we created these scholarships with the help of local businesses. Sports sponsorships enabled us to cover local student athletes’ success on the field over the past year. This scholarship program is something that we hope to continue well into the future to help many other local student athletes achieve their dreams.

Qualifying students who wish to apply for one of the scholarships can do so using the form found on page A8. The form can also be picked up at the newsroom at 104 East Main Street, Watonga.

The application process also requires that students submit a minimum 300-word essay detailing their educational goals and what sports has meant to them over their careers in high school. The newspaper would like to know how the scholarship would benefit potential recipients and why they believe they are the worthiest candidate.

The deadline to apply for the scholarship is July 15, 2020. Please attach the form to your essay and return it to the newsroom to the attention of: general manager, Kimberly Jenkins P.O. Box 30, Watonga, OK, 73772. Scholarship recipients will be announced in the July 22 edition of the Watonga Republican/Geary Star.

We would like to thank the following local businesses for their yearly sports sponsorship contribution throughout the 2019-20 school year: B&W Ready Mix, Cimarex, Cimarron Energy, City Pharmacy, Earnhart, First State Bank, Jordan Air, Mark's Service Center, McCrary Vet, Dr. Tim Nelson, Sinclair Heat & Air, Stewart Real Estate, Swann’s Pharmacy, Wheeler Bros, ASAP Energy, England Ford, First National Bank of Weatherford, Xtreme, Bank of Western Oklahoma.

To become a sports sponsor for the 2020-2021 school year and help to support this program, please contact our advertising team at Ads@watongarepublican.com or at 580-623-4922.