Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) recently awarded donor-funded scholarships from the Missouri State University Foundation to students for the 2024-2025 academic year.
The students were selected based on criteria established by the donors of the scholarships, university officials said.
More information about the scholarships can be found on the financial aid website, WP.MissouriState.edu/FinAid.
The list below includes the names of students who have accepted the scholarships as of Jan. 14.
MSU-WP empowers students to achieve personal success and to enrich their local and global communities by providing accessible, affordable and quality educational opportunities.
MSU-WP offers associate degrees and credit and non-credit courses and serves as a delivery site for bachelor’s and master’s degrees offered by Missouri State University in Springfield.
Editor’s Note: Students receiving scholarships are listed below and arranged alphabetically by scholarship, country, state then hometown.
1963 Heritage Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Houston: Victoria Narancich
Adeline E. Moore Non-Traditional Book Scholarship
ARKANSAS
Mammoth Spring: Lindsey Wood
MICHIGAN
Northport: Rudy Rodriguez
MISSOURI
Alton: Alexandria Blankenship, Crystal Pinson, Hannah Smith, Schellby Wilkerson
Birch Tree: Lynsie Roberts, Harold Ryan
Cabool: Dylan Ficken, James Herrington, Samantha Turnbull
Cape Girardeau: Lindsey Moyers
Caulfield: Pamela Olivas
Graff: Juliana Moore
Jefferson City: Melissa Buckner
Kansas City: Erin Kelly
Kennett: Jessica Smith
Kingdom City: Reyna Cash
Koshkonong: Rhainnon Lindquist
Mountain Grove: Alexis Hurst
Pottersville: Carmen Gilliam
Springfield: Logan Wood
Thayer: Hannah Ogden
Thornfield: Sheila Scott
Warsaw: Danielle Cockriel
West Plains: Brannan Adkisson, Sheremy Anderson, Keahna Antrim, Chrystal Bean, Whitley Dobbs, Teresa Gelsinger, Cara Hopkins, Coleena Huffman, Dustin Huffman, Amy Johnson, Shannon Kramer, Yelyzaveta Liedovska, Mary Mason, Toni Newton, Natalie Paulman, Callista Russell, Kelsey Stephens, Samantha Stepp, Sandra Wenck, Mallory Zimmerman
Williow Springs: Debra Cooper, Jessica Haas
Al Hufstedler Leadership Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Tia Agers, Rydan Deckard
Couch: Mia Taylor
Gatewood: Marissa Ayers
Myrtle: Hannah Shields
Al Hufstedler Memorial Endowed Scholarship (Alton)
MISSOURI
Alton: Andrea Sisco
Al Hufstedler Memorial Endowed Scholarship (Oregon County)
MISSOURI
Bakersfield: Taylor Coffey
Al Hufstedler Memorial Endowed Scholarship (Veteran)
MISSOURI
Mansfield: Keyera Cornelison
Allison London Smith Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Gainesville: Nicholas Goodson
Willow Springs: Holly Wehmer
Angela Dawn Conway Endowed Music Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Nolan Perkins
Bessie Yadon Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Alexis Shumpert
Willow Springs: Holly Wehmer
Bill Burris Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Haley Anaya
Koshkonong: Morgan Phipps
Bob Lawrence Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Norwood: Hayden Garn
Carol Bell Silvey Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Logan Walls
Cecil Riley and Greg Prevett Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
Pomona: Rebekah Crosser
Charles H. and Rena Wood Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Lynchburg: Destany Murray
Chuck and Sue Kimberlin Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Koshkonong: Morgan Phipps
West Plains: Jordyn Sigman
Clyde and Joyce Bell Elementary Education Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Vanzant: Isabel Bradshaw
Crissy Bell Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Birch Tree: Payton Hugg
Cabool: Athena McCart
Houston: MaKenzie Richards
Darr Incentive Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Blue Springs: Alex Biermaier
Branson: Jason Scanlon
Elkland: Camryn Elliott
Essex: Aubrey Hull
Hermann: Michaela Grannemann
Lynchburg: Marshall Breedlove
Morrisville: Maggie Painter
Strafford: Cody Fisher
Darr Scholar Award
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Reese Morrison, Holly Wehmer
Dixie Huff Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Caulfield: Devona Mitchell
Don and Judy Kenslow Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Heath Johnson
Donald E. and Carol D. (Roe) Reser & Family Endowed Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Jordyn Sigman, Madeline Taylor
Donald Flinner Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Gabriel Harvill
Donna S. and Michael D. Hayes Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Courtney Ames, Tesla Buxbaum, Morgan Dixon, Daphnie Dollins, Sharon Stevenson, Hunter Ward
Doug Darr Community Leadership Restricted Current Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Hannah Smith
Houston: Jessica Dzurick
Dr. Bruce Mitchell Smith Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Ashton Roberts
Dr. Vera Carhart Scholarship Fund
MISSOURI
Alton: Alexandria Blankenship, Jessica Mitchener, Crystal Pinson
Earl S. and Ruth N. Webb Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Sara Jenne
Emory Melton Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Logan Walls
Everett and Opal Parrott Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Moody: Kayla Yeager
Frances Reiter Memorial Nursing Endowed Scholarship
ARKANSAS
Mountain Home: Amanda Harvey
Gammill Family Scholarship for Nursing School
MISSOURI
Alton: Alexandria Blankenship, Andrea Sisco
Bakersfield: Taylor Coffey
Birch Tree: Payton Hugg
Brandsville: Riley Villavicencio
Cabool: Athena McCart
Caulfield: Devona Mitchell
Drury: Kaitlyn Thompson
Houston: MaKenzie Richards
Isabella: Kodi Shockey
Koshkonong: Morgan Phipps
Mansfield: Keyera Cornelison
Moody: Kayla Yeager
Mountain Grove: Abigail Fry, Alexis Hurst
Mountain View: Melissa McAfee
Thayer: Griffin Willison, Jackson Willison
West Plains: Courtney Ames, Sheremy Anderson, Kaydence Brown, Mandalyn Cockrum, Raigan Denton, Morgan Dixon, Summer Gabriel, Makayla Lucas, Maria Ruble, Sophia Zellars
Glenwood Mustang Milestone Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Hannah Williams
Glyn Spears Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Summersville: Haylea DeWitt
Graham and Connie O’Neal Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Autumn Collins
Granvil and Idell Vaughan Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Sierra Brower, Donivan Owens
Harlin Family Business Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Sara Jenne
Honorable William Hass Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Ian Bivens
Jack and Marian McNevin Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain View: Emily Jennings
Jack Nelson Wiles, M.D. Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Norwood: Kylee Mullins
West Plains: Melany Grinstaff, Stacy Hutchinson
James and Audrey Friend Restricted Scholarship
MISSOURI
Licking: Roberto Ezquivel
Jess and Betty Garnett Family Endowed Scholarship
ILLINOIS
Aurora: Kaitlyn Aleshire
MISSOURI
Success: Cali Smith
Winona: Kylia Stayton
Jim and Cindy McFarland Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Jessica Haas
Jim and Nell Peters Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Autumn Collins
John Craig Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Jessica Haas
Judge Harold and Martha M. Henry Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Ava: Mackinley Goss, Elizabeth Schroeder
Judith Shepard Newman Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain Grove: Katharyn Brennan
Peace Valley: Dana Russo
Thayer: Samantha Stockle
West Plains: Autumn Collins, Raigan Denton, Trista Pinnon, Alexis Shumpert, Annastasia Tucker, Natalie Wiehe
Willow Springs: Noel Kish
Kent and Barbara Thomas Student Ambassador Scholarship
MISSOURI
Branson: Abigail Mulnik
Mountain View: Melissa McAfee
West Plains: Lydia Davis
Lelia Heuer Restricted Current Scholarship
MISSOURI
Moody: Ashley Beach
West Plains: Lailla Storey
Lelia Heuer Restricted Current Scholarship for Howell County
MISSOURI
West Plains: Jasmine Pickett, Melia Wiehe
Lida Risner Bozman and Louis Bozman Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Thayer: Corwin Mullins
Lillian Meade Darr Endowed Leadership Scholarship
MISSOURI
Salem: Dawson Hasty
Winona: Captolia Boyer
Linda Wood Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Licking: Kellar Davis
Local Emergency Planning Committees of Howell and Oregon Counties Restricted Current Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Jessica Haas
Lorin L. Vaughn Probation & Parole Citizens Advisory Board Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mansfield: Kyra Thompson
Lucas Orf Scholarship
MISSOURI
Thayer: Salena Hollis
M.O. Looney Community Service Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Caulfield: Taylor Watkins
Margaret W. Shaw Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Alexandria Blankenship, Lana Richardson, Rylan Steele
Doniphan: Kaydyn Bond, Jayden Broyles
Gatewood: Faith Harris
Koshkonong: Dillon Ward
Myrtle: Hannah Shields
Salem: Chezney Schivitz
Summersville: Kailey Bradley
Thayer: Madalyn Donahue, Alyssa Spence, Griffin Willison, Jackson Willison, Ely Wilson
Winona: Evan Martin
Marianna Hoover Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Ava: Elizabeth Schroeder
Marvin Wheeler and Lorene Wheeler Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Addison Hunter
Mary H. Sheid Student Ambassador Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Raigan Denton
Mary Lou and Don Sallee Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Norwood: Weston Contreras
Math Educators of South Central Missouri Restricted Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Sierra Brower
Maxine Brown Restricted Scholarship
MISSOURI
Houston: MaKenzie Richards
West Plains: Toni Newton
May Wheeler Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Alexandria Blankenship
Thayer: Griffin Willison, Jackson Willison
Mike and Mary Jane Lybyer Endowed Scholarship
ARKANSAS
Camp: Cassidy Walling
MISSOURI
Isabella: Kodi Shockey
Kingdom City: Reyna Cash
Lebanon: Mahder Jay
Mildred M. Schobert Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MICHIGAN
Northpoint: Rudy Rodriguez
MISSOURI
Alton: Crystal Pinson
Birch Tree: Harold Ryan
Missouri State University-West Plains Technology in Manufacturing Scholarship
MISSOURI
Plato: Joseph Steinbrink
Mountain Grove 2006 Missouri State Alumni Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Licking: Cole Wallace
Mountain Grove Missouri State University Alumni Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Logan Walls
Mynde Tarter Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Madison Hughston
Nancy White Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Saint Charles: Elden Vierzba
Naomi McKee Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Kelsey Stephens
Norman and Peggy Rieger Family Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Caulfield: Devona Mitchell
West Plains: Macy Meeks
Norman Rieger Dora Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Sara Jenne
Nursing Alumni Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Toni Newton
Onita Trett Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Morgan Totty
Pahlmann Family Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Kelsey Stephens
Peggy Rieger Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Drury: Kaitlyn Thompson
West Plains: Makenna Locke
Ralph F. and Louella Cox Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Andrea Sisco
Brandsville: Riley Villavicencio
Koshkonong: Morgan Phipps
West Plains: Kaydence Brown
Rita Fugate Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Plato: Joseph Steinbrink
Rita J. Turpin Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Lailla Storey
Robert Neathery Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain View: Ava Greenan
West Plains: Sophia Zellars
Robert T. Drago Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Lee’s Summit: Paden Cole
Roger D. Shaw Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Hannah Smith, Rylan Steele
Koshkonong: Cody Jedlicka
Thayer: Corwin Mullins, Ely Wilson
Roy and Vallie Mayfield Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
Ava: Elizabeth Schroeder
Samantha Beach Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Pomona: Rylie Fox
Senator Doyle Childers Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Ashton Roberts
Shirley Calhoun Lawler Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Dora: Callen DePriest
South Central Ozark Home Health Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Callista Russell
Willow Springs: Debra Cooper
St. Francis Farm Endowed Book Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Whitley Dobbs
Susan Sims-Giddens and Edwin Giddens Scholarship
ARKANSAS
Camp: Cassidy Walling
Mammoth Spring: Caitlyn Sisco
Mountain Home: Amanda Harvey
MISSOURI
Brandsville: Riley Villavicencio
Cabool: Athena McCart
Drury: Kaitlyn Thompson
Kansas City: Erin Kelly
Kingdom City: Reyna Cash
Lebanon: Mahder Jay
Thayer: Griffin Willison, Jackson Willison
West Plains: Sophia Zellars
Tarter-Thompson Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Ava: Morgan Clements
The Jeanette Kellett Grisham Scholarship
MISSOURI
Moody: Makenna Taylor
West Plains: Jordyn Sigman
The Lancaster Family Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Plato: Joseph Steinbrink
West Plains: Gabriel Martin
Veronica Mays Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
Thayer: Heather Smith
Virginia Henderson Nursing Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Bailey Bunch
Vivian H. Drago Endowed Leadership Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Logan Walls
West Plains: Ian Bivens
Walt Wegner Scholarship for Religious Studies
MISSOURI
West Plains: Heath Johnson
West Plains Bank & Trust Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Jessica Haas
West Plains Campus Letters and Communications Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Autumn Collins
William and Virginia Darr Endowed Leadership Scholarship
MISSOURI
Koshkonong: Cody Jedlicka
Zizzer Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Bailey Cox
Zizzers Class of 1964 Nursing Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Ava: Morgan Clements
West Plains: Bailey Bunch, Morgan Dixon
