MSU's newest Presidential Scholars

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Twenty-two students are Mississippi State University's newest class of Presidential Scholars in the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College. Those students come from Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, and are being recognized with MSU’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarships. The Presidential Scholars have opportunities to interact with members of MSU’s land-grant institution’s research faculty and be part of the honors college’s summer-study program at Oxford University in England, among other enhanced learning experiences. This year’s Presidential Scholars class includes Joshua W. Phillips, a political science and economics major and Spain Park (Ala.) High School graduate is receiving a G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Lauren Noe of Brandon, Miss., a biochemistry/pre-medicine major and Jackson Preparatory School graduate receiving a Jim and Julia Rouse Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Dominic X. Chavez of Brownsville, Texas, a biochemistry/pre-medicine major and Homer Hanna High School graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship; Kelsei L. Harri of Coffeeville, Miss., an accounting major and Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science graduate receiving a San Shuttleworth Adkerson Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Joshua C. Whitehead of  Franklin, Tenn., a finance and accounting double major and Franklin High School graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship; Julian M. Dedeaux of Gulfport, a marketing/international business and foreign language/Spanish double major and Gulfport High School graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship; Hayden Cherry of Halls, Tenn., an agricultural education, leadership and communication major and Halls High School graduate receiving a Luke and Ruth Davis Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Lucy Mellen of Hattiesburg, an environmental economics and sustainability major and Sacred Heart High School graduate receiving a Bobby P. and Barbara M. Martin Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Reagan S. Hendricks of Hoover, Ala., a biomedical engineering major and Hoover High School graduate receiving a Sanders Family Presidential Endowed Scholarship; John P. Givens of Knoxville, Tenn., a biomedical engineering major and Bearden High School graduate receiving a Mike and Nan Sanders Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Richard A. Whigham of Kosciusko, a chemical engineering major and Kosciusko Senior High School graduate receiving a Lila and Hunter Henry Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Kyndle D. Lee of Memphis, a political science and history major and White Station High School graduate receiving a Luke and Ruth Davis Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Annea M. Scales of New Albany, a geoscience/professional meteorology major and New Albany High School graduate receiving a Dean and Turner Wingo Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Erin G. Quinn of Oxford, an English major and home school graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship; Haylee G. Morman of Richmond, Ky., an English major and Buckhorn High School graduate receiving a Charles and Pat Lee Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Vitor Da Silva of Ridgeland, a chemical engineering/biomolecular engineering and political science major and Saint Andrews Episcopal School graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship; Lily B. Langstaff of South Haven, a wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture/wildlife veterinary medicine major and Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science graduate receiving a Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship; Hannah R. Daniels of Starkville, a business administration/international business and foreign language/Spanish major and Starkville High School graduate receiving a Mickey and Babs Holliman Presidential Endowed Scholarship, and Muneebah Umar, a biological sciences/pre-medicine and Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship; Khaoula Kamal, of Tupelo a biomedical engineering major and Tupelo High School graduate receiving an Alan Nunnelee Presidential Endowed Scholarship; Constance E. Wade of Vancleave, a biochemistry/pre-medicine major and Gulfport High School graduate receiving a Charles and Pat Lee Presidential Endowed Scholarship; and Sydney K. Denton of West Monroe, La., an accounting and finance double major and Ouachita Christian School graduate receiving a Charles and Pat Lee Presidential Endowed Scholarship; (Source: MSU 10/05/21) MSU President Mark E. Keenum presented them with commemorative cowbells.