Local Students Receive UW College of Business Scholarships

April 20, 2006 -- Top Wyoming students are recipients of University of Wyoming College of Business scholarships and awards.

Incoming and current students received scholarships totaling more than $141,000. They were honored at the college’s recent 55th Annual Recognition Dinner.

Students, their hometowns and UW College of Business Scholarship awarded are:

AFTON -- Shaylee M. Paoli, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays.

ALPINE -- Brittany R. Baker, Laura Hensley Summers Memorial Scholarship.

AUBURN -- Tessa B. Hyde, Harold E. Baker/Wyoming Wholesalers and Coin Operators Association, Inc. Scholarship.

BUFFALO -- Suzanne E. Parker, Bank of Commerce of Rawlins Graduate Student Scholarship in Finance.

CASPER -- James P. Brogan, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship.

CHEYENNE -- Katie K. Baxter, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship; Ty Bowman, Paul Stock Foundation Endowment Community College Scholarship; Holli A. Breedlove, M. Clare Mundell Scholarship in Banking and Finance; Benjamin R. Cook, Pacificorp Graduate Scholarship in Regulatory Economics; Dustin P. Druce, McGee, Hearne and Paiz LLP Accounting Scholarship; Lindsey M. Gashler, John C. and Esther L. Clay Graduate Fellowship in Business; Feliciana Gutierrez, Paul Stock Foundation Endowment Community College Scholarship; and Arah L. Mowrey, Thomas G. Gligorea Memorial Scholarship.

Other Cheyenne recipients are Bernard T. Phelan, The Genevieve Edsall Mortensen Scholarship Fund for Students Handicapped by Emotional, Mental or Physical Disabilities; Kyle J. Powell, Sundance State Bank Scholarship; Emerald J. Reid, Robert Ross Miller and Frances A. Miller Memorial Scholarship in Accounting; Lindsey J. Rittmueller, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship; Amer F. Salam, Curtis A. Cramer Scholarship for Excellence in Economics Undergraduate Education; Charles R. Schmechel, Macy and Associates Scholarship; Tiffany R. Westbo, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays/Outstanding Sophomore; Andrea Marie Whisenhunt, U.S. Bank Scholarship.

DOUGLAS -- Pritesh B. Patel, Rudolph and Louise Anselmi and Jeri Kirk Scholarship.

FARSON -- Ryan M. Byers, J. Ross Stotts Memorial Scholarship.

GILLETTE -- Angel L. Bundy, Lawrence G. Meeboer Scholarship; Albert R. Wilcox III, Mader, Tschacher, Peterson and Co., Scholarship.

GREEN RIVER -- Randy M. Luck, Peter M. and Paula Green Johnson Family Scholarship; Travis R. Nelson, James B. Mitchell Scholarship in Entrepreneurship; Joshua S. Roundy, Roy Chamberlain Scholarship.

HUNTLEY -- Amie N. Zimmerer, Farm Credit Services of America Scholarship.

JACKSON -- Dustin J. Hollingsworth, Ralph W. Holland Jr. Memorial Scholarship.

LANDER -- Chelsea L. Christensen, Janet A. Roberts and Larry D. Fredrick Accounting Scholarship.

LARAMIE -- Trent A. Aagard, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays/Transfer Student; Daniel Negussie Aberra, Edmond L. Escolas Memorial Scholarship; Dusty L. Ainsworth, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays/Outstanding Freshman Award; Spencer L. Allred, McGee, Hearne and Paiz LLP Accounting Scholarship; Robert N. Baird, Bank of the West Financial Services Scholarship; Alicia K. Beedle, United Bancorporation of Wyoming, Inc. Scholarship; Robert N. Bilotte, George S.H. Sharratt Jr. Memorial Scholarship; Kaleb P. Brinkerhoff, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays/Outstanding Freshman Award; Nancy J. Brown, John C. and Esther L. Clay Graduate Fellowship in Business; Jared M. Bundy, Paul Stock Foundation Endowment Community College Scholarship; and George G. Chakmakian, Edmond L. Escolas Memorial Scholarship.

Other Laramie recipients are Kalyn T. Coatney, Pacificorp Graduate Scholarship in Regulatory Economics; Emily S. Doak, Bank of Commerce of Rawlins Graduate Student Scholarship in Finance; Mary Kathleen Doherty, Gregory Brian Comeaux Memorial Scholarship; Lisa A. Erickson, Lucille and Bud Webster Accounting Scholarship; Shawn R. Faxon, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays; Jingling Guan, Curtis A. Cramer Scholarship for Excellence in Economics Undergraduate Education; Virgil C. Helm, Wyoming Bankers Fund; Mitchell R. Jackson, John C. and Esther L. Clay Graduate Fellowship in Business; Nelson N. Kamande, Attilio and Hedy Bedont Grant-in Aid and Joseph C. and Katherine A. Drew Scholarships; Erich W. Kirsch, Lucille and Bud Webster Accounting Scholarship; Julie A. LaBrie, LeRoy L. Lee Memorial Accounting Scholarship; and Seneca J. Lopez, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays/Outstanding Minority.

Other Laramie recipients are Nathan T. Miller, Margaret and Sam Kelly Business Scholarship Fund; Benjamin T. Monroe, First National Bank of Wyoming E.G. Jackson Memorial Scholarship; Terry M. Olson, Michael K. Schutte Business Scholarship; Kalon R. Partridge, Unicover Corporation Entrepreneurial Spirit Undergraduate Award; Tammy L. Rompola, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship; Gary S. Seymour, Hilltop National Bank Scholarship; Supriya Sood, Curtis A. Cramer Scholarship for Excellence in Economics Undergraduate Education; Joseph R. Sullivan, Wyoming Society of Certified Public Accountants Scholarship; Philip J. Temte, United Bancorporation of Wyoming, Inc. Scholarship; Chase E. Turner, Alvin C. and Helen A. Wade Scholarship; and Erica A. Walrath, Daniel Lee Dolan Memorial Scholarship.

LYMAN -- Ashlee Maxfield, Wyoming Bankers Association Banking and Finance Scholarship.

PINE BLUFFS -- Jessica S. Willoughby, Patrick E. Nugent Memorial Scholarship.

PINEDALE -- John M. Cavanagh, Curtis A. Cramer Scholarship for Excellence in Economics Undergraduate Education.

POWELL -- Blake A. Humphries, Paul Stock Foundation Endowment Community College Scholarship.

RALSTON -- Colter C. Collins, The Genevieve Edsall Mortensen Scholarship Fund for Students Handicapped by Emotional, Mental or Physical Disabilities.

RAWLINS -- Kasandra M. Carpenter, Rawlins National Bank Scholarship; Brenda M. Wiley, Margaret and Sam Kelly Business Scholarship Fund.

RIVERTON -- Ty E. Frohbieter, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays/Transfer Student; Toby C. Steen, Paul Stock Foundation Endowment Community College Scholarship.

ROCK SPRINGS -- Stacie Dawson, Joe H. and Arlene Watt Scholarship in Honor of Elliott Hays/Outstanding Freshman Award; Abby M. Norman, M. Clare Mundell Scholarship in Banking and Finance.

SHERIDAN -- Osea C. Nelson, Attilio and Hedy Bedont Endowment in Recognition of Outstanding Graduate Students and John C. and Esther L. Clay Graduate Fellowship in Business; Jacob M. Wright, Mader, Tschacher, Peterson and Co., Scholarship.

THERMOPOLIS -- Blaine W. Christensen, Wyoming Bankers Association Banking and Finance Scholarship.

TORRINGTON -- Courtney Gilbert, Cassie A. Parish Memorial Scholarship; Derek L. Johnson, L.C. Atkins and Mary Lou Atkins Scholarship and Fathi Mansour Memorial Scholarship; Katherine A. Kilgore, L.C. Atkins and Mary Lou Atkins Scholarship and Fathi Mansour Memorial Scholarship.

WILSON -- Geoffrey M. Stephenson, Gene W. Murdock Memorial Scholarship in Marketing.

WORLAND -- Amber P. Cowdrey, Cal S. Taggart and Irene D. Taggart Scholarship Endowment.

Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006