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The State Farm® Texas Scholar Athlete Program recognizes high school seniors throughout Texas who exhibit leadership and good citizenship in academics and athletics, and who do so while demonstrating diversity through extracurricular activities and committments

Scholar Athletes are individuals who actively participate in academic competitions as well as UIL athletic practices, games and competitions on a daily basis. Most importantly, a scholar-athlete is an individual whose academic progress and success serves as a priority.

Students selected for this program are nominated by their high school counselors

This year, fifty student-athletes will be selected to receive a $1,000 scholarship. Selection is based on criteria which include GPA, class ranking, academic achievements, UIL athletic participation, and extra-curricular activities.

A look at the 2007-2008 Class of Scholar Athletes

Over 1,800 valid nominations from 423 high schools across the State of Texas were accepted during the 2007-2008 school year. These nominees represented an outstanding group of student athletes who are a credit to themselves and to the schools they attend. All of these deserve the accolade of being a State Farm® Texas Scholar Athlete Nominee.

The selection process was extremely competitive and yielded a group of fifty young men and women whose academic and athletic accomplishments are extraordinary, and whose leadership was demonstrated by a varied and extensive track record of involvement in their schools and their communities.

Some of the characteristics of these fifty impressive Scholar Athlete scholarship awardees of 2007-2008:

  • 32 had GPA's which exceeded the scale (e.g. 4.50 on a scale of 4.0)
  • 15 had GPA's that are within 10% of the scale (e.g. 3.98 on a scale of 4.0)
  • The median class rank is 1st
  • 45 are members of the National Honor Society
  • 39 are School or Class Officers
  • 29 have successfully taken multiple college-credit classes
  • 35 have been leaders in, or involved in faith-based extracurricular activities
  • 17 have been committed to music or dance activities
  • Most have competed in more than one varsity sport and some competed in two varsity sports. These include:
    • 17 in Basketball
    • 13 in Track & Field
    • 12 in Football
    • 10 in Tennis
    • 8 in Cross Country
    • 8 in Volleyball
    • 7 in Baseball
    • 5 in Soccer
    • 3 in Softball
    • 3 in Swimming
    • 2 in Golf
    • 1 in Power Lifting
    • 1 in Water Polo

Over the last six years, this program has awarded scholarships totaling $162,000, making the State Farm® Scholar-Athlete program the largest state wide athletic scholarship program.