News Release

LeTourneau University hosted 86 of the top high school students from across the country and some overseas, in mid-February as they competed for 10 Heritage Scholarships. The university’s premier scholarship fully covers tuition costs for up to eight semesters, as long as the students maintain grade point averages of at least 3.5 and meet scholarship requirements.

To qualify for the Heritage Scholarship competition, these high school students were required to have scored a 1300 on the SAT or 29 on the ACT exam and have a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.65. 

The top 10 winners were determined by three objective criteria:  SAT/ACT score (10%); the team challenge project (45%); and an essay written while on campus (45%). While the university selects only 10 winners from this qualified group of applicants, all students who competed can receive some level of other university scholarship funding for their academic qualifications.

The 10 Heritage Scholarship winners for Fall 2009 are as follows:

                1.   Jennifer Nelson currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya and attends Rosslyn Academy. Her major is biology. 
                             2.  Trisha DeGroot of Port Tobacco, Md., is home schooled, and her major is business.
                             3.   Mark Harrison of Durham, N.C., attends the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.  He plans to study mechanical engineering.
                             4.  Michael Nash of Waxhaw, N.C.  attends the Central Academy of Tech & Arts.  He plans to study computer science engineering. 
                             5. Tiffany Boren of Overton, Texas, attends East Texas Christian School. Tiffany has not yet finalized her major. 
                             6. Rebekah Pace of Longview, Texas, attends Pine Tree High School and will major in mechanical engineering. 
                             7.  Jenneth Zettler of Lone Oak, Texas, attends Lone Oak High School. She plans to major in engineering.
                             8.  Ian Willard of Miltona, Minn., is home schooled and plans to major in electrical engineering. 
                             9.  Stephanie Nystrom of Lawrence, Kansas, is home schooled and plans to major in biomedical engineering.
                           10.  Tyler Shuman currently lives in Kandern, Germany, and attends Black Forest Academy.  His major is professional flight.

LeTourneau University integrates learning, living and Christian leadership in a community of integrity, academic quality and technological innovation. It is an interdenominational Christ-centered university offering academic majors in the aeronautical sciences, business, education, engineering, the humanities and sciences. 

LeTourneau University also offers undergraduate degree programs in business, education and psychology and graduate programs in business and education and at education center in Austin, Bedford, Dallas, Houston and Tyler and online. Claiming every workplace in every nation as its mission field, LeTourneau University graduates are professionals of ingenuity and Christ-like character who see life’s work as a holy calling with eternal impact.