Senior Hannah Wagner won the Mel Hambelton scholarship of $1,500 at halftime of Friday’s game.
To win, Wagner wrote a three page essay on why she loved Maize High. She was competing for the scholarship with many other students from the school and said she was not confident of being chosen as the winner.
“It’s really exhilarating, I didn’t expect to win at all,” Wagner said.
Wagner also said that she didn’t know it was an essay until midnight the night before it was due, and sacrificed most of her sleep that night in favor of writing her winning essay.
