Indian Women's Pocahontas Club Announces 2023-2024 Scholarship Recipients

Front Row: Jaci Moffett, Emily Ward, Kylee Leach, Mackenna Markes, Monique Goudeau. Left to right back row: Rayna Rock, Marisa Reed, Lucille Ledbetter, Evan Weaver, Rod Chambers, Chas McClain. Photo courtesy of The Indian Women's Pocahontas Club

The Indian Women's Pocahontas Club sponsors ten Cherokee students, male or female, enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education (college, university, or career tech school), with an $800.00 per academic year scholarship, along with one recipient of the Oklahoma State University Foundation, Dawson-Nelson Akanadi Endowed Scholarship Fund and three recipients of the Rogers State University Foundation, Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment. Join us in congratulating these outstanding students and wishing them success in their academic endeavors.

The Indian Women's Pocahontas Club Higher Education Scholarship Recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year are:

• Dawson Arnett from Shawnee will be attending Connors State College
• Mahayla Baccus from Tulsa will be attending Tulsa Community College
• Carson Draeger from Chelsea will be attending the University of Central Oklahoma
• Monique Goudeau from Edmond will be attending the University of Central Oklahoma
• Lucille Ledbetter from Muskogee will be attending the University of Tulsa
• Chas McClain from Stilwell will be attending Northeastern State University
• Jacie Moffett from Jay will be attending Carl Albert State College
• Rayna Rock from Muskogee will be attending Northeastern State University
• Emily Ward from Locust Grove will be attending Oklahoma State University
• Evan Weaver from Adair will be attending Northeastern State University
• Cloe Dennis from Claremore -RSU - Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment
• Rob Chambers from Claremore - RSU - Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment
• Amber Tate from Nowata -RSU - Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment
• Mackenna Markes from Bison - OSU - Dawson-Nelson Akanadi Endowed Scholarship
• Kylee Leach from Salina is the recipient of the Imogene King Crutchfield Scholarship and will be attending Northeastern State University.
• Marisa Reed from Broken Arrow is the recipient of the Doris “Coke” Meyer Memorial Scholarship and will be attending the University of Oklahoma.
• Getty Lindsey from Bixby is the recipient of the Doris “Coke” Meyer Memorial Scholarship and will be attending Oklahoma State University.
• Kelly Parsley from Locust Grove is the recipient of the Cherokee Nation Foundation, Indian Women's Pocahontas Club Scholarship