After the most competitive process in program history, the fourth class of Dean’s Scholars at Wichita State University has been named.

Fifty-seven students from across the Wichita metropolitan area were honored at a February dinner on the WSU campus.

The list of students is available at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?446.

Each year three local high schools are selected (a private school, a public school and a suburban school) from the Wichita area, and about 10 scholarships are awarded at each school.

This year’s Dean’s Scholars schools were Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Goddard High School and Wichita North High School.

There are also at-large scholarships available to any high school senior from the Wichita metropolitan area. All applicants were required to have a 3.25 grade point average and at least a 26 on the ACT.

The Dean’s Scholars Program was created in 2007 by Dean of Enrollment Services Christine Schneikart-Luebbe. The program is aimed at attracting some of Wichita’s best and brightest to Wichita State through a variety of social and academic programs.

Schneikart-Luebbe is amazed at the growth of the program in such a short time.

“These are all very talented students, and I would love nothing more than for all of them to decide that Wichita State is where they want to pursue their education,” she said.

During the past few months these students were given a firsthand look into all that Wichita State has to offer through a variety of social and academic programs. The average ACT score of the students selected was a 29, and the average grade point average was a 3.88.

“These students are some of the area’s most impressive high school students, and I look forward to all that they will bring as Shockers,” said Schneikart-Luebbe.

For more information on the Dean’s Scholars Program, visit www.wichita.edu/deansscholars.