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.
Scholarship 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
- Lindale High School
- Longview Christian Academy
- Longview Christian School
- Longview High School
- Lufkin High School
- Marshall High School
- Martinsville 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
- Tarkington 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
- The Woodlands Christian Academy
- The Woodlands 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.
2022 Scholarship Winners
- Isabella Boulter, All Saints Episcopal School
- Caroline Wells, All Saints Episcopal School
- Jonathan Humphries, Brook Hill HS
- Jesus Perez, Chapel Hill HS
- Isabella Carlin, College Park HS
- Lexie Nichols, Cushing HS
- Colin Sims, Garrison HS
- Jase Melton, Grand Saline HS
- Sara Pruneda, Grand Saline HS
- Jennings Rucker, Jr., Grand Saline HS
- Brayden Bowin, Harmony HS
- Ian Hancock, Hudson HS
- Ella Gumney, Jacksonville HS
- Cason Cox, Kilgore HS
- Isabella Hough, Longview HS
- Nika Sloan, Longview HS
- Peyton Mathis, Lufkin HS
- Levi Murrell, Lufkin HS
- Melissa Villegas, Lufkin HS
- Skylar Smith, Marshall HS
- Aaron Acosta, Nacogdoches HS
- Savanah Lambert, Nacogdoches HS
- Arya Vyas, Nacogdoches HS
- Jasmine Weng, Nacogdoches HS
- Kristen Harris, Palestine HS
- Gabby Knox, Palestine HS
- Reagan Sokolowski, Palestine HS
- Trinity Asberry, Rusk HS
- Carter Boone, Sabine HS
- Rosa Gaona, Sabine HS
- Carter Ramsey, Timpson HS
- Marigold Hunter, Troup HS
- Zoe Strain, Tyler Legacy HS
- Avery Brooks, Union Grove HS
- Mason Moffatt, Van HS
- Dillon Peterson, Van HS
Employee Child Recipients:
- Faith Long, Rusk HS
- Emma Simpson, Sabine HS
- Nina Grace Moseley, Van HS
- Camron Allen, Whitehouse HS