10 Oklahoma students receive Sam Noble Scholarships
ARDMORE, Okla. — The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation announced the 2017 recipients of the Sam Noble Scholarships, awarding $160,000 in scholarships to 10 southern Oklahoma students.
Sam Noble Scholarships assist both undergraduate and graduate students studying agriculture, and undergraduate students studying technology. The 2017 Sam Noble Scholarship recipients are:
- Logan Biggins, freshman, farm and ranch management, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, hometown Duncan.
- Trenton Burge, first-year technology student, automotive technology, Marietta.
- Sage Counts, freshman, biosystems agricultural engineering, Latta.
- Miles Cunningham, freshman, animal science, Springer.
- Mikaylan Downing, junior, animal science with pre-veterinarian option, Plainview.
- Tanna Frizzell, sophomore, agricultural education with horticulture emphasis, Byng.
- Jacob Gollihare, freshman, biosystems agricultural engineering, Stratford.
- Cody Moore, first-year technology student, engineering, Dickson.
- Baler Stewart, freshman, farm and ranch management, Ringling.
- Rhiannon Wyma, freshman, agricultural education, Antlers.
"This scholarship is highly competitive, and the students have worked diligently throughout their academic careers to earn the award," said Mary Kate Wilson, director of philanthropy for the Noble Foundation. "We look forward to watching the students excel in their future endeavors and create a positive impact in the fields of agriculture and technology."
Agriculture undergraduate scholarships are $2,500 per semester for as many as nine semesters, and graduate awards are for $3,125 per semester for up to five semesters. Technology students receive scholarships of up to $1,875 per semester for two years.
Sam Noble, for whom the scholarships are named, bequeathed funding to establish the program in 1992. The first scholarships were awarded in 1999. To date, the Noble Foundation has awarded more than $2,759,500 to 205 students. "Mr. Noble's thoughtfulness has helped each of these students receive one of the most important tools for life – an education," Wilson said. "It is remarkable how one man's generosity has forever changed so many lives."
Access to the scholarship application for the 2018 application period may be requested through the Noble Foundation website or by calling 580-224-6247. Agricultural scholarships are limited to students pursuing an agriculture-related degree at universities with a separate college or division of agriculture. Technology scholarship applicants must be attending or planning to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in Okmulgee or Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma City.
Applicants for the Sam Noble Scholarship must reside in one of the following southern Oklahoma counties: Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, McCurtain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pushmataha or Stephens. An external committee selects the recipients.
Additional information about the Sam Noble Scholarship Program is available online.
For media inquiries concerning the Noble Foundation, please contact Katrina Huffstutler at 817-223-2851.
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc. (noblefoundation.org), headquartered in Ardmore, Oklahoma, continues the philanthropic legacy of Lloyd Noble by funding agricultural research and making charitable grants that cultivate good health, support education and build stronger communities.
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