Narrabri High School student Tenayah Woodward has been awarded the 2015 Auscott Scholarship.
Tenayah, the daughter of Tania and Dean Woodward, is the 48th recipient from the Namoi Valley to be awarded the Auscott Education Programme Scholarship.
The award follows an interview process which was undertaken in late 2014. The interview panel, made up of Auscott representatives, was impressed by the high standard of the applicants from the area.
Criteria used by the selection committee for awarding the scholarship include realistic ambition, need, the ability to succeed in a chosen course, motivation, academic performance, personal presentation, community involvement and maturity.
Academic results are not the sole basis on which a decision is reached.
Tenayah joins other Auscott Scholarship winners from the Gwydir and Macquarie Valleys and also now the Murrumbidgee Valley.
Tenayah plans to attend the University of New England, where she will undertake a Bachelor of Rural Science degree.
In 2015, Auscott will be supporting nine carry-over students as well as the four new students, with investment in the scholarships currently running at around $149,500 annually.
The scholarship assists students to meet expenses such as tuition, books, living expenses, as well as other compulsory and course fees, totalling up to $11,500 per year over the life of the scholarship.