FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: Oct. 24, 2006
CONTACT: Gretchen Pressley, gretchen.m.pressley@ttu.edu
(806) 742-2136
LUBBOCK – From a pool of around 700 applications, 61 students from Texas Tech received
Texas Interscholastic League Foundation scholarships for their achievements in advanced
levels of UIL competitions during high school.
To be eligible, each student had to advance to the state competition level in UIL
sometime during their high school career, said Lynn Elms, the director of the University
Interscholastic League at Texas Tech. The average scholarship awarded is about $5,000.
“These students are all intelligent, all team players,” said Elms. “They had to be
involved in their school, they are interested in making the grade, and they are passionate
about their subject.”
The criteria by which the Texas UIL foundation awards the scholarships includes a
successful academic performance during high school, grade point average, high school
rank, need for financial assistance, high college entrance scores, and the motivation
to succeed through successful participation in UIL academic competitions.
“Academically, Texas Tech is bound to be better,” said Elms, regarding the scholarship
students enrollment at Texas Tech. “Because these students challenge their teachers
and challenge each other in the classroom. They are the kids we want at Tech.”
The UIL scholarship recipients were honored at a banquet at Texas Tech University
on Oct. 23.
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CONTACT: Lynn Elms, director of the University Interscholastic League at Texas Tech,
can be reached at (806) 742-2350 or lynn.elms@ttu.edu.