Houston High School’s class of 2026 received $1,343,930.32 in potential scholarships and financial aid as announced May 15 during commencement ceremonies inside Tiger Fieldhouse.

GAVIN ALTMAN • Attending Williams Baptist University 

  • Community Betterment Scholarship – $500.
  • Williams Baptist Choir and Band scholarship – $4,500 per semester and renewable for 4 years for a total of $36,000.
  • ACT and GPA Scholarship – $4,000 per semester and renewable for 4 years for a total of $32,000.
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250. 
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

ELLIOT BARBAGIOVANNI • Attending University of Missouri

  • Shelter Insurance Foundation Agents Scholarship – $1,500.
  • MU Curators Scholars Award – $5,000 and renewable for 4 years totaling $20,000.
  • MU Scholarships totaling $21,132.
  • Houston Alumni Scholarship – $2000
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250.
  • Houston Education Foundation Scholarship – $2,000.
  • Intercounty Electric Coop Scholarship – $2,083.33.
  • MFA Scholarship – $2,000.
  • Piney River Covey Chapter 3069 of Texas County: Quail Forever Scholarship –  $1,000.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

ETHAN BRANUM • Entering the workforce

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

NATALIE CLINTON • Attending Crowder College

  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.
Houston High School seniors Gracyn McNiell and Elliot Barbagiovanni are pictured with Ryan Munson, center, of the Houston Education Foundation after receiving $2,000 scholarships from the group. (Submitted photo)

EMERY CHRISTESON • Attending Ozark Technical Community College

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

CASSIDY CREED • Attending Ozark Technical Community College

  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250. 

NOAH DOWDICAN • Attending University of Nebraska

  • Husker Salute Pledge – $9,000 a year and renewable for 5 years for a total of $45,000.
  • Federal Pell Grant – $2,515 and renewable for a total of $10,060.

MASON DODSON • Attending Avila University

  • Avila Academic and Athletic scholarship – $34,645 and renewable for 4 years for a total of $138,580.
  • Work Study and Pell Grants for a total of $10,395.

HANNAH ENNIS • Attending Ozarks Technical Community College

  • Houston Alumni Oscar Collins Scholarship – $2000
  • Helping Hands Scholarship – $1,000.
  • West Plains Bank Scholarship – $2000.
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $500. 
  • Houston Ministerial Alliance Scholarship – $500.
  • Sheriff Carl D. Watson Scholarship – $500. 
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.
Recipients of the $250 Booster Club scholarships. The award is based upon GPA, as well as community service and involvement. You do not have to be an athlete to receive this scholarship. Winners were Shane Yonkers, Annabelle Westbrook, Elliot Barbagiovanni, Gracyn McNiell, Halie Hamilton, DJ Riley, Maggie Wolfe, Hannah Ennis, Kayla Wagner and Gavin Altman. (Submitted photo)

KATY EVANS • Attending East Central College

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

TIMMOTHY FLEMMING •Entering the workforce

  • Awarded the James Covert Award which honors a senior who has made progress in general areas of development.  Selection is made by majority vote of Houston High faculty.  

VICTORIA FULBRIGHT • Attending Williams Baptist University

  • Williams Baptist Dean’s Scholarship – $8,000.
  • WBU Legacy Scholarship – $2,000 and renewable for 4 years totaling $8,000.
  • Williams Works Leadership scholarship – $16,500 and renewable for 4 years totaling $66,000.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

ASHLEY GILBERT • Attending Mineral Area College

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

KRYSTALYN HAIDER • Attending Missouri State University – West Plains

  • Emmett Kelly Fine Arts Scholarship – $100.
  • Intercounty Electric Coop Scholarship – $2,083.33.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

HALIE HAMILTON • Attending Texas County Technical College

  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.

WARREN HINKLE • Entering the workforce

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

NOAH JOHNSON • Enlisting in Army

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

EMILY JOHNSTON • Attending University of Nebraska

  • New Nebraskian Scholarship – $15,000.

TYLER KELLY • Attending Missouri State University – West Plains

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

LILLY KINCAID • Attending Crowder College

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.
The Gale Wright scholarship honors the memory of the former HHS teacher. Recipients were Hannah Ennis, Gavin Altman, Elliot Barbagiovanni, Cassidy Creed, Natalie Clinton, Gracyn McNiell, Shiane Parish, DJ Riley, Annabelle Westbrook and Shane Yonkers. (Submitted photo)

GRACYN MCNIELL • Attending Evangel University

  • Clinton J. Carr Foundation Scholarship – $1,500 per semester and renewable for 4 years for a total of $12,000.
  • Community Betterment Scholarship – $500.
  • Emmett Kelly Fine Arts Scholarship – $200.
  • Evangel Platinum Level Valor Scholarship – $28,000 and renewable for 4 years for a total of $112,000.
  • Hagan Scholarship – $17,000 and renewable for 4 years for a total of $68,000.
  • Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation Scholarship – $1,000.
  • John and Naomi Montgomery Scholarship – $5,000 a year and renewable for four years for a total of $20,000.
  • Houston Community Foundation Medical Scholarship – $900.
  • Missouri Ozarks Community Health Scholarship – $1,500.
  • Simmons Bank Scholarship – $500.
  • Missouri Bright Flight – $3,000.
  • Vocational Rehab – $2,000.
  • Recipient of the Virgil M. Hines Award which honors a senior for scholarship, deportment, morality and general worthiness. Selection is made by majority vote of Houston High School faculty.
  • Houston Alumni Scholarship – $2000.
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250. 
  • Houston Education Foundation Scholarship – $2,000.
  • Sheriff Carl D. Watson Scholarship – $500. 
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

MADISON MEIER • Attending Missouri State University – West Plains

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

RYAN PAINTER • Attending State Technical College of Missouri

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

SHIANE PARISH • Attending HM Dent Works Academy

  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250.
  • Justin Dixon Memorial Scholarship – $250.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.


LAKEN PEEDE • Attending Missouri State University

  • A+ Recognition Scholarship – $500.
  • MSU Bear Excellence Scholarship – $2,000.
  • Access Missouri Program Scholarship – $2,700.


DANIEL RILEY • Attending Missouri State University – West Plains

  • Houston Alumni Class of 1964 Scholarship – $1,000.
  • Restore the Joy CFO Scholarship – $1,000.
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250.
  • Intercounty Electric Coop Scholarship – $2,083.33.
  • Sheriff Carl D. Watson Scholarship – $500. 
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

JACK SANDBERG • Attending Drury University

  • Provost Scholarship – $20,000 and renewable for 4 years for a total of $80,000.
  • Drury Breakthrough Scholarship – $30,000.

JOHN SAWYER • Enlisting in National Guard

  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.


KAYLA WAGNER • Attending Missouri State University – West Plains

  • Don Tottingham Memorial Scholarship – $500.
  • MSU-West Plains Book Scholarship – $500.
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Farm Bureau of Texas County Scholarship – $250.
  • Sheriff Carl D. Watson Scholarship – $500. 
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.
Recipients of the Piney River Covey Chapter 3069 of Texas County: Quail Forever Scholarship were Elliot Barbagiovanni and Chesney Warner. (Submitted photo)

CHESNEY WARNER • Attending University of Missouri

  • Bobby Hayes Memorial Scholarship – $500.
  • Freddie S Hollenbeck FFA Scholarship – $500.
  • Soil and Water Conservation Scholarship – $500.
  • Piney River Covey Chapter 3069 of Texas County: Quail Forever Scholarship –  $1,000.
  • Sheriff Carl D. Watson Scholarship – $500. 
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.


KYNLEE WEAVER • Attending Missouri State University – West Plains

  • Bonnie Carter Memorial Scholarship – $500.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.


ANNABELLE WESTBROOK • Attending Mission University

  • Fraternal Order of Eagles 3911 scholarship – $2,000.
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250.
  • Houston Ministerial Alliance Scholarship – $500.
  • Sheriff Carl D. Watson Scholarship – $500. 
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.


RILEY WILSON • Attending Missouri State University

  • Missouri State Maroon and White Scholarship – $3,500 and renewable for 4 years for a total of $28,000.
  • A+ Recognition Scholarship – $500 and renewable for 4 years for a total of $2,000.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.


MAGGIE WOLFE • Attending Texas County Technical College

  • Houston Alumni, One Time, In Memory of Rowena Moore’s Employee of the Month Scholarship – $1,000.
  • CFO Romines Family Scholarship – $2,500 and renewable for one year totaling $5,000.
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Intercounty Electric Coop Scholarship – $2,083.33.
  • Farm Bureau of Texas County Scholarship – $400.
  • MFA Scholarship – $2,000.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.


SHANE YONKERS • Attending College of the Ozarks

  • Peace Chapel Scholarship – $500.
  • College of the Ozarks Work Program – $25,095 and renewable for 4 years for a total of $100,380.
  • Booster Club Scholarship – $250.
  • Gale Wright Scholarship – $250.
  • Justin Dixon Memorial Scholarship – $250.
  • A+ Tuition reimbursement of $7,000/yr for a 2 year total of $14,000.

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