SAU awards Atlanta’s Lexi Oliver the Hallman Scholarship

The Southern Arkansas University Hallman Scholarship has been awarded to two inspiring young females who will be incoming science freshmen from Northeast Texas.
The Hallman Scholarship is awarded through the SAU Foundation and provides two scholarships for incoming freshmen women in the SAU College of Science and Engineering. The scholarships are annual amounts of $12,000 and of $17,000 based on ACT scores and other aid. The 2016 inductees are Elizabeth Jacobs of Texarkana and Alexandria Oliver of Atlanta, Texas.
Alexandria Oliver of Atlanta High School has excelled in her studies with a 4.0 GPA and a 5.7641 weighted GPA, placing her second in a class of 142. On top of her class work, she has been a member of the varsity softball team for four years.
She plans to major in Biology at SAU to prepare her for a future in the medical field as a dentist.
She is fortunate to have earned the Hallman Scholarship as she hopes it will lessen her and her parent’s financial burden, allowing her to be able to focus on her studies as an undergraduate.
“I am one of four children. My oldest sister is currently in college, and my twin and myself plan on attending next year with our younger brother following in only two years,” Oliver explained in her application essay. “With four children born so close together and some with plans of attending graduate school, there will be a time when we are all in college at the same time. This can be very expensive for my parents, so I hope winning this scholarship will lessen the burden.”
She is the daughter of Gerrod and Allison Oliver.