Trinity senior Matthew Thomison was one of only seven students nationwide to receive the prestigious Gordon A. Rich scholarship foundation award.

Thomison was selected from among 175 applicants for the scholarship, which is worth $50,000.00 over a four-year period. Thomison will travel to New York City next October to meet his benefactors. He is the first student ever chosen from Kentucky. Trinity Advanced Program counselor Dr. Aaron Striegel nominated Thomison for the award.

Part of the personal notification he received from Mr. Rich’s widow reads: “Congratulations on being such an outstanding student! I heard that the GAR Scholar Selection Committee was impressed with your work experience. Many of them juggled studies, work, and activities when they were in school. They were also impressed with your volunteer work (attending burials for the impoverished – how wonderful – how sad). My husband was brilliant and hard working yet he cared deeply about others. Welcome to being part of continuing his legacy.”