Ten finalists chosen for the Linwood Sexton Endowed Scholarship

Wichita State University has chosen the top 10 finalists for the Linwood Sexton Endowed Scholarship, a full-ride award geared toward minority students majoring in business or education.

The announcement of the Linwood Sexton Endowed Scholarship recipient will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Marcus Welcome Center. 

The finalists are:

  • Sebastian Araiza Bejarano, Ness City High School
  • Eduardo Avila, Liberal High School
  • Carolina Delgado Sonora, Andover Central High School
  • Jada Escobar, JC Harmon High School, Kansas City
  • Bria James, Belleville High School, Illinois
  • Juslin Medina Santos, Duncanville High School, Texas
  • Ian Ramirez-Mathews, Wichita High School North
  • Alicia Saunders, Wichita High School Southeast
  • Diana Vasquez, Emporia High School
  • Dianna Velasco, Wichita High School South

To be eligible for the scholarship, students had to have a 21 or higher ACT score and a 3.0 or higher GPA. All finalists will receive competitive scholarship packages to attend WSU in the fall of 2020.


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