The North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority (NET RMA) announced the recipients for its 4th annual Linda Thomas Safe Driving Scholarship. The scholarship awarded $1,000 each to 11 high school seniors in NET RMA counties throughout Northeast Texas, including Hunter Wernecke from Mineola High School and Joseph-Hoang Nguyen and Logan Foster from Winnsboro High School.

The scholarships promote safe driving practices among local high school students and the Northeast Texas community. Winners were selected based on essays along with academic and extracurricular achievements. Each application was evaluated by the scholarship committee made up of NET RMA board members on the Community Relations Committee.

The winners represent a highly accomplished group of students, with varied backgrounds and career interests.

Fields of study for this year’s scholarship recipients include nursing, animal science, engineering, biomedical science, electric line worker certification and education.  

“This year we had the largest number of scholarship submissions as well as the most competitive applicant pool in the history of the program. It made the committee’s job of selecting the winners extremely difficult,” said Andrea Williams-McCoy, NET RMA Community Relations Chair. “These young adults are poised to become impactful leaders for our next generation. NET RMA is proud to play a part in helping them pursue these worthwhile endeavors.”

The winners and essays can be found at netrma.org/scholarship.

Recipients will be able to use scholarship funds for tuition, fees, books, room, board or other expenses required by their college or university.