Scholarship Opportunities for Local Students
As a community bank, Austin Bank is dedicated to providing opportunities for local students to continue their education at a university, college, trade school or vocational school. Applications are delivered to the high school counselors at the schools listed below in the beginning of November. Community applicants must pick up applications from their high school counselors. Applications are not posted online. Customer applicants may request an application from their local banking office. All applications are due the last part of February (specific date may be found on the application). Winners will be notified at their school's award presentation in May.
Eligibility Requirements & Criteria
Winners are selected based on scholastic achievement, extracurricular activity involvement, leadership qualities and an essay contest. The Austin Bank scholarship funds are for one year only and are not renewable. Students must have at least a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent). For community scholarships, students must be a graduating senior from one of the following schools:
- All Saints Episcopal School
- Big Sandy High School
- Bishop T.K. Gorman
- Brook Hill School
- Bullard High School
- Central Heights High School
- Chapel Hill High School
- Christian Heritage School of Longview
- Cleveland High School
- College Park High School (The Woodlands)
- Cumberland Academy High School
- Early College High School (TISD)
- Frankston High School
- Garrison High School
- Gilmer High School
- Gladewater High School
- Good Shepherd School
- Grace Community High School
- Grand Saline High School
- Harmony High School
- Hudson High School
- Jacksonville High School
- Kilgore High School
- LaPoynor High School
- Lake Creek High School
- Lindale High School
- Longview Christian Academy
- Longview Christian School
- Longview High School
- Lufkin High School
- Marshall High School
- Martinsville High School
- Montgomery High School
- Nacogdoches High School
- Neches High School
- Palestine High School
- Pine Tree High School
- Rains High School
- Regents Academy
- Rusk High School
- Sabine High School
- Spring Hill High School
- St. Mary's Catholic School
- Tarkington High School
- The Woodlands Christian Academy
- The Woodlands High School
- Timpson High School
- Tomball High School
- Tomball Memorial High School
- Trinity School of Texas
- Troup High School
- Tyler Classical Academy
- Tyler High School
- Tyler Legacy High School
- Union Grove High School
- Union Hill High School
- Van High School
- Westwood High School
- Whitehouse High School
For the customer scholarship, the student must be a graduating senior and not attend one of the above listed schools. Student or guardian must have a relationship of one year or longer with the Bank. It may be a loan or deposit relationship.
2023 Scholarship Winners
- Shelby Shears, Big Sandy HS
- Elise Ellis, Bullard HS
- Mallory Mitchell, Cayuga HS
- McKenzie Peery, Chapel Hill HS
- Isabella Woodhead, College Park HS
- Katie Hadash, Frankston HS
- Karli Stokes, Garrison HS
- Kloe Stokes, Garrison HS
- Kyleigh Pate, Gilmer HS
- Blakely Roseberry, Grace Community HS
- Allison Hathcock, Grand Saline HS
- Cullen Merrell, Hudson HS
- Dorelly Saldana, Jacksonville HS
- Fabiola Vanegas, Kilgore HS
- Jacob Irving, Lake Creek HS
- Crew Goodson, Lindale HS
- Jacqueline Rand, Lindale HS
- Lauren Van Andel, Lindale HS
- Henry Danielson, Longview HS
- Luke Farr, Longview HS
- Aaron McMillian, Lufkin HS
- Vinuth Gamage, Marshall HS
- Asiya Durham, Martinsville HS
- Lawson Weber, Palestine HS
- Juliana Cueva Bedre, Palestine HS
- Jessica Bowden, Palestine HS
- Jasmine Salinas, Rains HS
- Arianne Beathard, Rusk HS
- Dayne Edwards, Sabins HS
- Eliza Roper, Sabine HS
- Kenna Stutsman, Sabine HS
- Nayeli Bautista, Tarkington HS
- Kaitlyn Crockett, Timpson HS
- Hannah Massey, Troup HS
- Ariel Mendoza, Tyler HS
- Adrian Bueno, Tyler Legacy HS
- Gracie Standford, Union Grove HS
- Gracie Winn, Union Grove HS
- Macie Hansel, Van HS
- Chloe Petzold, Westwood HS
- Ainsley Anderson, Whitehouse HS
- Sara Crabtree, Whitehouse HS
- Luke Wood, Whitehouse HS
Employee Child Recipients:
- Mason Adcock, All Saints HS
- Garrett Karns, Douglass HS
- Brady Nolen, Frankston HS
- Maddi Atkins, Hallsville HS
- Juan Gonzalez, Jr., Hudson HS
- Alena Trawick, Jacksonville HS
- Jacob Juarez, Pine Tree HS
- Tabitha Juarez, Pine Tree HS
- Michael Orr, Pine Tree HS
- Jackson Dowling, Rusk HS
- Kenzie Jester, White Oak HS