Wichita State University has announced 14 high school seniors who will be receiving Rudd Scholarships to attend the university next fall.

Each Rudd Scholar will receive a full-ride scholarship, which includes tuition, fees, on-campus housing, and considerable networking and coaching support along the way. All Rudd Scholars are from Kansas and will attend Wichita State, Emporia State, Fort Hays State or Kansas State.

The Rudd Scholarship, sponsored by the Rudd Foundation, aims to remove financial barriers to a college education. Chosen scholars are expected to achieve a high level of excellence on campus in preparing themselves to be leaders in their profession and in their communities after graduation.

This is the eighth cohort of Rudd Scholars, and it brings the greater total of Rudd Scholars studying at WSU to 62 students, the most of any Rudd Scholar partner university. Since its inception, the Rudd Foundation’s scholarship program has awarded 263 Kansas students the Rudd Scholarship.