Forty graduating high school students from Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties were recently selected by the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation as 2026 Selby Scholars. Each student will receive a renewable scholarship award of up to $7,000 per year of college based on individual financial need.
Selby Scholars have demonstrated academic preparedness and rigor, resourcefulness, grit, and commitment to use their education to help others. Twenty-five are first-generation students, the first in their immediate families to go to college.
Selby Scholars’ diverse majors at universities across the United States and Florida will position them to succeed in our rapidly changing environment in careers or continued postsecondary education. They include Chemistry, Astrophysics, Global Business, Marketing, Elementary Education, Neuroscience, Nursing, and Urban Planning…