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Schmit Awarded Centennial Honors Scholarship

April 7, 2015

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MACOMB, IL – Yorkville Community High School senior Trenton Schmit, of Yorkville, IL, has been selected for Western Illinois University's Centennial Honors Scholarship, which awards $10,000 per year to academically high-achieving students.

High school students with an ACT score of 30 or higher and a grade point average of 3.0 or higher are eligible for the scholarship.

Schmit said he expects to major in law enforcement and justice administration (LEJA) at Western. After graduation, he would like to become a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent who works in task forces against organized crime and drugs.

In high school, Schmit participated IVVC Law Enforcement, Skills USA, Teens Reaching Youth, Student Ambassadors, football, baseball, wrestling and tennis.

For more information about the Centennial Honors Scholarship, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at (309) 298-3100, or email admissions@wiu.edu. Additional scholarship opportunities can be found by visiting wiu.edu/scholarship.


Posted By: Alisha Looney (AA-Looney@wiu.edu)
Office of University Communications & Marketing