One hundred one outstanding high school seniors from across Wyoming — including three from Powell High School — have been selected to receive the 2020 Trustees’ Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming’s top academic scholarship.

Powell’s Jaymison Cox, Grant Dillivan and Nicolas Fulton will receive the premier scholarship, which covers actual credit hours taken as well as room and board costs for eight semesters at UW, starting with the fall 2020 semester.

Cox plans to study astronomy and astrophysics; Dillivan’s major is criminal justice and Fulton is majoring in psychology.

Recipients are evaluated on their academic excellence (high school grade-point average, ACT/SAT scores and curriculum rigor). Individual interviews were held as well.

Students representing 38 high schools from all corners of the state were chosen.

For this year’s award winners, the average GPA is 3.96, and the average ACT score is 32.

“These students represent the highest caliber of academic talent from across Wyoming high schools — students who would excel at any university in the country — and we are delighted to have them attend the state’s world-class university,” said Kyle Moore, UW associate vice provost for enrollment management.

To retain the scholarship all four years at UW, students must maintain full-time continuous enrollment (at least 12 semester hours) during the fall and spring semesters each year, along with a 3.25 cumulative GPA.

Other area recipients of the 2020 scholarships, listed by high schools they’re attending along with their chosen majors, are:

• Burlington High School: Jarom Davidson, molecular biology.

• Cody High School: Hunter Kindt, mechanical engineering; and Jeffrey Williams, engineering/undeclared.

• Lovell High School: Lauren Mitchell, communication.

• Ten Sleep High School: Zayne Cooper, chemistry.

• Worland High School: Karter Dunham, exploratory studies; and Caleb Fraser, engineering/undeclared.