RHS seniors receive $220,000 plus in scholarships
Rusk High School graduating seniors received in excess of $220,000 at the annual scholarship banquet May 10 at the junior high cafeteria.

TJC scholarship recipients include from left Anna Martinez, Lauren Johnson, Jessica Lankford and Laura McClosky.

Class valedictorian Jay- Anna Magruder received a total of $66,500. Miss Magruder received $1,000 from the Dallas Scottish Rite; $3,500 per year for a total of $14,000 from the East Texas Communities Foundation; $500, Euclid Masonic Lodge; $500 from Rusk Ministerial Alliance; $1,000 from Temple Inland Foundation, $12,000 from University of Houston valedictorian award; $1,000, Rusk Alumni Association; $500, Southern Cherokee Federal Credit Union; $12,000, TEA Tuition Exemption; and $24,000 ($6,000 per year), University of Houston.

Elizabeth Guinn, salutatorian, received $31,500, which included Mack Philbrick Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Rusk Alumni Assoc., $1,000; Rusk Kiwanis Club, $500; University of Houston leadership scholarship, $1,000 per year; University of Houston, $6,000 per year for a total of $24,000 University of Houston, Conrad N. Hilton College Scholarship, $1,000.

Molly Miller, Elizabeth Guinn

Third ranking senior, Kinsey Gresham received a total of $6,000, which includes Austin Bank, $2,500; Cherokee County Rural Electric, $1,000; Cherokee County Motorsports Park, $500; Rusk Alumni Assn., $1,000; Rusk Rotary Club, $500; Southern Cherokee Federal Credit Union, $500.

Anna Martinez received Rusk Lions Club, $500 and TJC Top 10 Scholarship, $2,000; Ashley Alexander, Holly Jennings Memorial Scholarship, $500; Autumn Vaught, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, $1,000.

Ben Thompson received $3,400, which includes Doug and Sally Jordan Memorial Scholarship, $750; Rusk High School band, $200; Rusk Athletic Booster Club, $1,000; Rusk Lions Club, $500; Rusk Ministerial Alliance, $500 and Rusk Rotary Club, $500.

Brenda Hernandez, received $2,500 Tyler Junior College/Citizens 1st Bank. Brent Jones received a total of $3,500 in scholarships including the Cherokee County Rural Electric Scholarship for $1,000; Euclid Masonic Lodge, $500; Rusk Alumni Assn., $1,000; Rusk Lions Club, $500; and Travis McCain Memorial/All State Athletic, $500.

Kinsey Gresham, Ben Thompson, Kayla Morris, Sheena Henderson

Bryce Isaacs received a $500 scholarship from the Cherokee County Motorsports Park Scholarship. Casey Sosby received a total of $2,700 in scholarships including East Texas Communities Foundation/ Citizens 1st Bank, $1,000; Rusk High School band, $200; Rusk High School Alumni Assn., $1,000; Texas Association of Student Councils, $500. Chris Walley received $1,500 in scholarships including JPF Land services, $1,000 and Rusk Baseball/Softball Assn., $500. Cierra Ballard received a Rusk High School Alumni Assn. Scholarship for $1,000.

Cord Stover received $800 in scholarships including $300 from Jerry Smith Memorial Scholarship and $500 from Texas National Bank. Cory McDuff received a $200 Rusk High School band scholarship. Cortland Jones received $4,000 including $1,000 from Cherokee County Rural Electric Co-Op scholarship and $3,000 from East Texas Telephone Exchange. Daniel Kennedy received $500 from the Roy Kennedy Jr. Memorial/ Dairymen Association scholarship. Eddie Harris received $600 from the Loretta Colston Stewart Memorial Scholarship and $2,000 from the Texas Publishers Association. Erin Thrash received the $500 Texas National Bank Scholarship. Heather Davis received room and board at Kilgore College for a cheerleading scholarship. Jessica Lankford received $2,000 from the Tyler Junior College Top 10 scholarship.

Erin Thrash

Justin Sturns received $15,200 Athletic Scholarship from Navarro Junior College. Katie Folkes received the Cherokee County Retired School Personnel Scholarship for $500 and $200 from the Rusk High School band. Kayla Morris was granted a total of $4,600 including $1,000 from East Texas Communities Foundation, $600 from Loretta Colston Stewart Memorial Scholarship, $500 from the Rusk Rotary Club and $2,500 from Tyler Junior College/ Citizens 1st Bank. Kyle Garner's scholarships totaled $3,500 and included $1,000 from the Rusk High School Alumni Assn. and $2,500 from TJC/Citizens 1st Bank. Laura McClosky received $500 from the Career Women's Civic Club and $2,000 from the Tyler Junior College Dean's Scholarship. Lauren Johnson received $3,500, which included $500 from Austin Bank, $1,000 from Cherokee County Rural Electric Co-op and $2,000 from the Tyler Junior College Top 10. Matthew Wilcox received $12,000 ($3,000 per year) from the Nucor Scholarship.

Brent Jones

Molly Miller received a total of $1,940 in scholarships including $1,000 from East Texas Communities Foundation; $440 from Greg James SFA Scholarship; $500 from Rusk Kiwanis Club. Neal Campbell received a $200 Rusk High School Band Scholarship. Pax Richey received $22,000 from Baylor University; $500 from Euclid Masonic Lodge; $1,000 from Rusk Athletic Booster Club; and $500 from Southern Cherokee Federal Credit Union. Rachel Hicks received $500 from the Rusk Baseball/Softball Assn.

Ryan Curtis received $500 from Cherokee County Farm Bureau; $500 from Cherokee County Motorsports Park Scholarship; $500 from the Clifford Harris Memorial/ Rusk Volunteer Fire Department; $1,000, East Texas Communities Foundation; $1,000, Rusk Alumni Assn.; $500, Southern Cherokee Federal Credit Union; $2,500 from TJC/Citizens 1st Bank.

Molly Miller

Scott Helm received $200 from the Rusk High School band. Sheena Henderson received a total of $5,500 including $1,000 from the Cherokee County Rural Electric Co-op; $10,000 ($2,500 per year) from the Clyde and Louise Johnson Memorial Scholarship; $500 from Patrick Wickware Scholarship; $1,000, Rusk Alumni Assn. and $500, Rusk Rotary. Taylor Clay received $1,600 including $400 from the First United Methodist Church Raper Scholarship; $200, Rusk High School band and $1,000 from Texas A&M Cadets Scholarship; and the Robert C. Byrd Scholarship.