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Mikayla Wilson of Trimble Tech HS Named Davey O'Brien High School Scholarship Winner
Mikayla Wilson, a senior at Trimble Technical High School, is the winner of the Davey O’Brien High School Scholarship Award.
The award announcement, which includes a $30,000 college scholarship, was made at the 32nd annual Davey O’Brien High School Scholarship Luncheon Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Fort Worth Club.
Mikayla will be recognized at the 41st annual Davey O’Brien Awards Dinner, along with the National Quarterback Award winner and Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield from the University of Oklahoma.
She becomes the first student from Trimble Tech High School to receive the honor and the sixth student from FWISD to earn the recognition in the award’s 32-year history, according to officials with the Davey O’Brien Foundation.
“We are excited to announce that Mikayla Wilson has been selected as this year’s Davey O’Brien High School Scholarship winner,” said David O’Brien Jr., chairman of the scholarship selection committee in a statement. “Mikayla is a truly impressive young woman, and we know she will continue the strong legacy established by all the previous recipients.
Trimble Tech Counselor My Jones nominated Mikayla for the scholarship. Mikayla was was interviewed and was chosen one of the five finalists from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Mikayla ranks No. 1 in her 361-student senior class with a 4.49 GPA on a 4.0 scale. She is the oldest of three girls of parents Michael and Zulema Wilson.
Since her freshman year, Mikayla has been part of the Bulldog Varsity Softball team, and in 2017 picked up two all-district honors.
She is an audio/visual production student at Trimble Tech who has published videos online, including short films and a PSA on texting and driving.
Mikayla has aspirations to major in astronomy and astrophysics and one day work as a research scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Since 1986, the Davey O’Brien High School Scholarship has recognized extraordinary high school seniors and student athletes in the North Texas area. Annually, the award winner receives a $30,000 scholarship, and the four finalists each receive a $2,500 scholarship. Since the inception of the Davey O’Brien High School Scholarship, nearly $600,000 in scholarships have been awarded through the Davey O’Brien Foundation.
Click here to learn more about Mikayla and the Davey O’Brien High School Scholarship .
View photos from the awards luncheon here.
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