BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Ten West Virginia high school juniors have been named as finalists for the 2015 MVB Bank West Virginia Scholar Program.
Online voting at wvmetronews.com begins Tuesday and continues through June 14 that will result in a four-year, $125,000 scholarship for undergraduate study at West Virginia Wesleyan, located in Buckhannon, that includes tuition, fees, room and board.
Beyond the grand prize, there are additional scholarship awards for finalists. The second prize is a four-year, $5,000 scholarship at Wesleyan, while the third prize is a four-year, $2,500 scholarship there.
The winners will be announced during a June 16 luncheon on the Buckhannon campus.
The finalists include:
Abigail Chaffins Spring Valley High School
Ashley Grace East Fairmont High School
Breaunna Haynes Parkersburg South High School
Mateah Kittle Bridgeport High School
Adreanna LeMasters Wheeling Park High School
Margaret Lohmann Bridgeport High School
Khori Lowther Lewis County High School
Caitlin Murphy Tygarts Valley High School
Hayden Nichols Herbert Hoover High School
Katherine Rexroad Notre Dame High School
To vote, you will simply click on the VOTE NOW button on the home page of our site. You will see a picture of each finalist along with a short bio and a video interview with the finalist and an audio interview with one of the parents of that finalist.
In addition to MVB Bank, West Virginia Wesleyan and MetroNews, the sponsors for the 2015 West Virginia Scholar Program, now in its 7th year, are the West Virginia Homebuilders Association, West Virginia Forestry Association, the West Virginia Hospital Association and Friends of Coal.