2026 Senior Banquet

Yegua seniors collect more than $460,000 in scholarships

Ben Peck

May 21, 2026

2026 Senior Banquet

Somerville ISD would like to congratulate our graduating seniors for their extraordinary accomplishments at Somerville High School.

Our Class of 2026 has been awarded with more than 80 scholarships, totaling more than $460,000. To date, nearly 70 percent of our seniors have received at least one scholarship.

The average (median) scholarship recipient will be receive more than $2,000 in rewards.

Our scholarship award winners were recognized last Thursday at our Senior Awards Banquet.

2026 Senior Banquet

Our Class of 2026 scholarship recipients are:

Kyle Brooks

  • United States Navy ($200,000)

Bra'Kayla Burns

  • Janice Kotch NHS Memorial Scholarship ($500)

Gizelle Cisneros

  • Landolt Family Scholarship ($2,000)

  • Gloria S. Sale/Bryan Coca-Cola Scholarship ($2,000)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,500)

  • Somerville Athletic Booster Club Scholarship ($500)

Nicholas Connelly

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

  • Yeguas United ($400)

  • Burleson County COPS4KIDS Scholarship ($250)

Christopher Deere

  • McMurry University ($16,500)

  • Kevin Knesek Memorial Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation:

    Ron and Etta Watson Scholarship ($500)

Roberto Garcia Vega

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation: Mark and Nancy Browning Scholarship ($1,000)

  • Somerville Historical Society ($800)

Abbigail Garza

  • Somerville Ex-Students ($1,500)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,500)

  • First Baptist Church of Lyons ($1,000)

  • Burleson County COPS4KIDS Scholarship ($750)

  • Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville First United Methodist Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville HS Class of 1981 ($200)

Colt Holton

  • Burleson Co Go Texan Scholarship ($3,000)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,500)

  • First Baptist Church of Lyons ($1,000)

  • Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville Athletic Booster Club Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville Rotary Club Graduating Senior Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville Secondary Parent Teacher Organization ($500)

  • Yeguas United ($400)

  • Burleson County COPS4KIDS Scholarship ($250)

  • Somerville HS Class of 1981 ($200)

  • Lockart-Griffen Family Scholarship

Cheyenne Lewis

  • United States Army ($56,000)

Nidia Matus-Ortega

  • Burleson County Lions Club ($1,000)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,000)

Bra'keyla Minor

  • Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

  • Burleson County Juneteenth Association ($400)

Victoria Myers

  • Knights of Columbus ($500)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

  • Yeguas United ($400)

Adia Ramos

  • Baldwin Beauty School ($4,500)

  • Bluebonnet Electric ($2,500)

  • Kevin Knesek Memorial Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

Kimberly Ruiz

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

Irman Sadic

  • Burleson County Lions Club ($1,000)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,000)

Maddison Saxon

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

  • Yeguas United ($400)

Kalyjah Simons

  • Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship ($500)

Abigail Sowders

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,000)

  • Yeguas United ($400)

  • Burleson County COPS4KIDS Scholarship ($250)

Emily Strange

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,000)

  • Somerville Rotary Club Graduating Senior Scholarship ($500)

  • Caldwell VFW ($400)

Gracie Strange

  • Texas Leadership Scholars ($120,000)

  • State of Texas Highest Ranking Graduate Scholarship ($11,370)

  • Gloria S. Sale/Bryan Coca-Cola Scholarship ($2,000)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation: Abercrombie Scholarship ($2,000)

  • Janice Kotch NHS Memorial Scholarship ($500)

Alyssa Tenorio

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,500)

  • Somerville First United Methodist Scholarship ($1,000)

Brooklyn Towslee

  • Alexis Faith Warmke Memorial Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation: Ron and Etta Watson Scholarship: ($500)

  • Yeguas United ($400)

Gage Tuck

  • Burleson Co Go Texan Scholarship ($3,000)

  • First Baptist Church of Lyons ($1,000)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($1,000)

  • American Legion Post 455 ($500)

  • Somerville Secondary Parent Teacher Organization ($500)

Jeremy Vela

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

X'Zavion Vela

  • Dallas Christian College Academic Scholarship ($4,500)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

Blair Youngblood

  • Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship ($500)

  • Somerville ISD Education Foundation ($500)

  • Somerville Rotary Club Graduating Senior Scholarship ($500)

2026 Senior Banquet