Kansas City-area high school seniors were invited to apply for the Wabash CannonBall Scholarship.

This year, 25 scholarships were awarded in the amount of $2,500.

Scholarship Qualifications and Information:
• Must be a high school senior in the greater Kansas City area (Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas; Jackson, Cass, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri).
• Must be admitted to K-State and have completed a general scholarship application. The general scholarship application is due by Nov. 1.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 on a weighted or unweighted scale.
• Complete the Wabash CannonBall Scholarship Application by 5 p.m., Dec. 1.
• Scholars will be paid half of the scholarship monies ($1,250) at the start of each semester with the requirement to maintain a 3.0 GPA in their first semester at K-State in order to earn the second half ($1,250) the second semester.
• Scholarships will only be awarded to recipients enrolled in 12 or more credit hours per semester.
• Recipients will have the opportunity to apply for renewal of the scholarship the following three years.

Funding is raised at the annual Wabash CannonBall gala in Kansas City through the "Fund a Wildcat" program. Each attendee has the opportunity to donate to the scholarship endowment. Since the inaugural Wabash CannonBall in 2007, more than 1.1 million has been raised. 

Click here to view the 2012 scholarship winners.

Questions?
Andrea Bryant Gladin
Director of alumni programs
(785) 532-5058 or AGladin@K-State.com