WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

The Sterling Scholar Awards are open to Utah public high school students in line to graduate in the current school year from a Utah public high school. It is expected that each school will nominate one candidate in any of the 15 categories. Each school may nominate only one nominee in each of the 15 categories and a nominee may be nominated in only one category. The selection and nomination process of a potential Sterling Scholar is left entirely up to each high school. Sterling Scholar officials consider a nominee a high school student if he/she/they will be graduating during the year 2023. 

High school students who attend college classes full or part-time or are classified as foreign exchange nominees are eligible for the Sterling Scholar Awards. However, the program is designed to recognize scholastic achievement in Utah public high schools. To be selected as a Sterling Scholar nominee, students must have extraordinary scholarship scores as well as service in leadership and community service/citizenship opportunities at their Utah public high school. It is up to each school to determine if an individual has been in attendance enough to experience these leadership and community service/citizenship opportunities. Each Sterling Scholar nominee’s entire school experience will be considered, although emphasis will be placed on the high school years. High school of icials are urged to nominate scholars for categories in which the nominees are genuinely interested and qualified.