Three Area Students Receive Oklahoma Regents Academic Scholar Award
(Press Release 04-11-08)
Hank Mooney, Office of Public Information

Three incoming freshmen at Eastern Oklahoma State College have been named as recipients of the Oklahoma State Regent's for Higher Education Academic Scholars Program award.  Colt Richmond, from Stigler, along with Calli Reasnor from Quinton and Caitlin Clifton from McAlester were named as this year's award winners at the Wilburton college. This scholarship will provide these students with full tuition, full room and a $900 cash award per semester while at Eastern.

To be eligible for the award, students must have a minimum high school GPA of 3.7 and be graduating in the top 5% of their high school class OR have made a minimum of 29 on the ACT.  The scholarship will begin with the fall 2008 semester and may be renewed for three semesters if the students maintain academic excellence with a 3.0 GPA and stay enrolled as a full time student. They must also complete 30 hours of community service per semester.

Richmond will be a Pre-veterinarian major while at Eastern. He has maintained a high school GPA of 3.98 and scored a 29 on the ACT. He is the son of Billy and Karen Richmond from Stigler. He is the nephew of Randall and Johnnie Richmond and is the grandson of the late Bill and Annette Richmond and Rosena Roper, all from Crawford County, AR.

Reasnor will be a General Studies major at Eastern with career goals of a profession in Architecture. She maintained a high school GPA of 4.19 and scored 25 on the ACT. She is the daughter of Gary and Greta Reasnor from Quinton.

Clifton will be a Pre-medicine major and maintained a high school GPA of 4.38 and scored 32 on the ACT. She is the daughter of David and Mary Clifton from McAlester.

Colt Richmond from Stigler and Calli Reasnor from Quinton received the Oklahoma Regents Academic Scholarship Program Award from Eastern Oklahoma State College Vice President for Student Affairs Leah McLaughlin recently while visiting the Wilburton campus. Both will be freshmen when classes begin in the fall.

Caitlin Clifton from McAlester received the Oklahoma Regents Academic Scholarship Program Award from Eastern Oklahoma State College Vice President for Student Affairs Leah McLaughlin recently while visiting the Wilburton campus. Clifton will be freshmen when classes begin in the fall.