Sept. 17, 2002

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Contact: John Scarffe, KU Endowment Association, (785) 832-7336.

25 KU students win surprise $1,000 scholarships at football game

LAWRENCE -- For the second consecutive year, 25 University of Kansas students attending a KU football game were surprised with scholarships worth $1,000 each.

Officials with the Kansas University Endowment Association selected the students Saturday, Sept. 14, from among those present at the match-up between KU and Southwest Missouri State University. Students were selected from prechosen seats at Memorial Stadium and numerically from among those entering the gates.

To qualify for the giveaway, students at the game had to be enrolled at KU and wear one of the 19,000 blue 2002 edition KU First T-shirts, which were given away on KU's four campuses. Students did not have to purchase anything to win. KU First: Invest in Excellence is the third and largest fund-raising campaign for the university.

The KU First T-shirts, which were funded in part by Intrust Bank, allowed students to attend the game for free.

The scholarships were made possible by a $25,000 gift to KU Endowment from longtime KU supporters Dick and Jeanne Tinberg. The Leawood couple also provided the funding for the scholarships awarded during a fall 2001 football game between KU and UCLA. The scholarships will be applied to the students' spring tuition.

2002 winners, listed by home county or state, year in school and major, are:

DOUGLAS
From Lawrence
Michael Bateman, sophomore in mathematics
Alison Cropp, sophomore in pre-education
Todd Hayworth, junior in human development/family life
Anne "Aya" Patterson, sophomore, undecided

JOHNSON
From Leawood
Jonathan Evans, freshman in biology

From Overland Park
Chad Gustin, second-year student in medicine
Michael Maroon, sophomore in pre-business

From Olathe
Alexis Hallman, sophomore in music
Katie Lopez, senior in nursing

From Shawnee
Trista Hostin, junior in elementary education
Schuyler Jones, freshman in biology

SHAWNEE
From Topeka
David Doeren, sophomore in pre-business
Kelly Foerster, sophomore in pre-education
Grant Hinkle, senior in business administration

LEAVENWORTH
From Tonganoxie
Melissa Brady, graduate student in special education

SEDGWICK
From Wichita
Andrew Leopold, freshman in pre-pharmacy

WYANDOTTE
From Kansas City
Katie Upton, sophomore in biology

ILLINOIS
From Barrington
Eva Szafranski, freshman in pre-education

MISSOURI
From Ballwin
Kelly Kingsbury, freshman in pre-education

OKLAHOMA
From Stillwater
Jessica Finley, sophomore in molecular biology

SOUTH DAKOTA
From Harrisburg
Lorrie Woltman, sophomore in civil engineering

WASHINGTON
From Yakima
Matthew Longsine, junior in architectural engineering

CAMBODIA
From Phnom Pehn
Sokun Men, graduate student in mathematics

CANADA
From Windsor, Ontario
Andrea Bulat, senior in pre-physical therapy

INDIA
From Secunderabad
Radhakrishnan Mukkai, graduate student computer science

KU Endowment is conducting KU First on behalf of KU through 2004 to raise funds for scholarships, fellowships, professorships, capital projects and program support. KU Endowment is an independent, nonprofit organization serving as the official fund-raising and fund-management organization for KU.

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