WKU selects 15 for 2021-22 Cherry Presidential Scholarship

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Western Kentucky University 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 Isles 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.