SPEARMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

The Spearman Scholarship Foundation

In the spring of 1991, Larry Butts and his wife Robbie Ownbey, both Spearman High graduates, attended the Stratford High graduation ceremonies. They were amazed at the number of local scholarships that were awarded to the graduates. Larry decided Spearman should be offering assistance to their graduates also. He enlisted his friends Carl Archer, Richey Thompson, and Kerry Henton to assist him in requesting donations from the community. In the Spring of 1992, the Spearman Scholarship Foundation was established and awarded $8,000 to Spearman graduates. The current board members of The Spearman Scholarship Foundation include Alejandra Alvarez, Yasmin Anguiano, Macy Beedy, Bret Burgin, Lisa Munoz, Bill Pittman, Dana Schneider, Ryan Schnell, Haley Shields, and Travis Wolf.

The Spearman Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit organization whose sole mission is to gather funds and disperse scholarships to Spearman graduating seniors and postgraduate students who apply and meet our qualifications. The Spearman Scholarship Foundation has awarded $2,253,600 to Spearman students to date! Our qualifications include a score of 17 or higher on the ACT test, OR applicants must meet at least one or more of the following requirements AND have a minimum of 3.5 Cumulative High School GPA (weighted):

- High School Class Rank in the Top 30%

- 3.25 Cumulative High School GPA (unweighted)

- 30 Hours of Documented Community Service Hours form July 1st to March 1st

- Proof of a Part Time Job (at least 20 hours a week)

Students must be enrolled as a full-time student taking a minimum of 12 semester hours. All seniors attending any Texas state-supported university, college, junior college, approved trade school, or any out of state school or any private or church school that will waive or equalize the tuition to the level of the Texas schools will be eligible. The scholarship is given in two separate checks – one at the beginning of each semester. In order to receive the second check, or second half of the scholarship, the student must have maintained a 2.5 GPA for the first semester. Students are eligible for the scholarship for up to 8 semesters. 

We are incredibly proud of our foundation and work up to this point. Our hope and goals are for this foundation to continue on for many years while making a difference in the lives of graduating Spearman High students pursuing their education after high school. Thank you for helping us reach our goal and make a difference.