Five Powell High School students were among 100 outstanding high school seniors from across Wyoming selected to receive the 2026 Trustees’ Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming’s top academic scholarship.

The premier scholarship for Wyoming resident high school seniors is a four-year award for study toward an undergraduate degree (or up to eight consecutive semesters), including tuition, mandatory fees and university standard double room and board.  (Room and board is covered providing the student lives in university housing and has a meal plan).

Students from 31 high schools were chosen, along with three home school students.

The Powell students are Audrey Johnson, Kyra Morrow, Katarina Reitz, Isabelle Urbach and Colin Walker.

Three Cody High School seniors were among the 100 awardees. They include Sunday Schuh, Andrew Solberg and Nick Stewart. Presley Bray of Cody was among home school scholars chosen.

Recipients were evaluated on their academic excellence (high school grade point average, ACT/SAT scores and curriculum rigor). Individual interviews were conducted as well. For this year’s award winners, the average GPA is 3.97, and the average ACT score is 32.

To retain the scholarship all four years at UW, students must maintain full-time continuous enrollment (at least 12 semester hours) during the fall and spring semesters each year, along with a 3.25 cumulative GPA.