MYB Scholarships

Merit Scholarship
This $1,000 cash award is given each spring to a graduating high school senior who is the son or daughter of a MBA member bank employee in Mississippi. The scholarship is presented to the winner during the Mississippi Young Bankers Convention. The Merit Scholarship is awarded based on high school academic excellence and extracurricular activities. THE POSTMARK DEADLINE FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS THE TUESDAY AFTER THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLDAY IN JANUARY OF EACH YEAR. (Last year's scholarship application 2007-08) The 2008 Merit Scholarship was awarded to Marianna Breland of Forest, whose father, Allen Breland, works at the Bank of Forest.

Orrin Swayze Scholastic Awards
The Orrin Swayze Scholastic Awards, presented each year to Mississippi college students, carry on the tradition of banking excellence started by Orrin H. Swayze Jr., widely-respected Mississippi banker and promoter of banking education. Swayze served as a senior officer for Trustmark (which was then known as First National Bank of Jackson) for many years until his retirement in 1967. From 1950-1970, he served as the director of the Graduate School of Banking at LSU. The scholarships, awarded at the MYB Study Conference & Convention each year since 1979, include one award of $2,500 to the Swayze Scholar and four awards of $1,000 given to the runners-up, called MYB Scholars. Five scholarship finalists are invited to the Mississippi Young Bankers Convention each year to interview with the MYB Scholarship Committee. Besides the cash award, each Swayze Scholar also receives an medallion featuring an engraving of Swayze to wear at graduation ceremonies. The 2007 Swayze Scholar is Noelle Hansen of Memphis, Tenn. (pictured), a May 2007 graduate of the University of Mississippi. She majored in banking and finance, and carried a 3.88 grade point average. Other finalists for the award included Lindsey Carter, University of Mississippi; Kendall Childers, Mississippi State University; Omar Love, University of Southern Mississippi; and William Moseley, University of Mississippi.

Leadership Scholarship
This $1,000 cash award is given each fall to a college or university student who is majoring in banking and finance. Each nominee must be submitted to the MYB Scholarship Committee by their banking professor and fill out the required application. The 2006 Leadership Scholarship winner was Jessica Schrader, a student at University of Mississippi. She was presented with the scholarship at the MYB Leadership Conference in Jackson.