UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications

UT Tyler Announces Presidential Fellow Scholarship Recipients

February 11, 2020

Media Contact: Beverley Golden
Senior Director of Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.566.7303

The University of Texas at Tyler announced today the 14 recipients of the fall 2020 Presidential Fellow Scholarship. The scholarships cover full tuition, fees, books, and room and board.

 Recipients by hometown are:

GRAND SALINE – Gavin Foster.

HAWKINS – Abby Williams.

HURST – Emily Shelton.

LONGVIEW – Isabell Nix.

MAY – Christopher Zondag.

MESQUITE – Andrea Reyes.

PALACIOS – Griffin White.

PALESTINE – Kennedi Davis.

ROCKWALL – Kyle Blemings.

TEXARKANA – Mary Fincher.

TYLER – Giancarlo Petosa and Elaina Gonzalez.

WHITEHOUSE – Jack Pannagl.

LOUISIANA – Nathan Selmer.

 Applicants for the UT Tyler Presidential Fellow Scholarship must have a minimum ACT score of 29+ or SAT of 1350. Essays and a preliminary interview with the admissions team are required.

 Qualified students are selected from this process to proceed to interviews with the Presidential Fellow Selection Committee.

 December 1 is the deadline to apply for the following fall semester.

 A member of the prestigious UT System, The University of Texas at Tyler focuses on student success and innovative research in the more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered to nearly 10,000 students. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News and World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.