UT Tyler Announces 2025 Honors Scholars

February 13, 2025 | Hannah Buchanan

The University of Texas at Tyler recently recognized nine high school seniors as 2025 Honors Scholars. Each student has been awarded a $40,000 scholarship and accepted into the UT Tyler Honors College.

“This recognition is not only for their academic excellence, but also for their dedication, perseverance and passion for learning,” said UT Tyler President Julie V. Philley, MD. “It took a lot of hard work to get to this achievement, and we are extremely proud to welcome them to UT Tyler.”

Students were selected out of nearly 900 applicants who submitted essays and were interviewed as part of the selection process. They were notified of the scholarships this week during surprise visits to their high school campuses as part of the university’s Admissions Honors Scholars Road Show.

Recipients listed by high school are:

Martin’s Mill High School – Reese Hataway and Anna Zimmerman.

Tyler Legacy High School – Alexandra Hammel.

UT Tyler University Academy-Tyler – Hassan Danish, Sofia Garcia and Melissa Hilbig.

Van High School – Sean Dangerfield.

Whitehouse High School – Christopher Carlile and JJ Idrogo.

The UT Tyler Honors College provides specialized content and programming for high-achieving and intellectually curious students at UT Tyler. Academically, the college emphasizes small, unique courses with engaged faculty and rigorous undergraduate research. For more information, visit uttyler.edu/honors/.

With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 10,000 students. Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.