Photo Provided Belmont College Governor’s Merit Scholarship recipient Hallee McGary.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont College announced that Hallee McGary from Flushing has been awarded the Governor’s Merit Scholarship.

McGary is a graduate of Union Local High School and is majoring in phlebotomy at Belmont. She graduated in the top 5% of her high school class.

Under the leadership of Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Legislature, Ohio established the Governor’s Merit Scholarship program, funded at $20 million for the first year of the program. The objectives of the GMS are to:

Reduce financial barriers preventing Ohio’s top high school graduates from pursuing higher education;

Recognize the impressive scholastic achievement of Ohio’s top graduates; and incentivize Ohio’s high achieving high school students to attend an institution of higher education in Ohio.

In order to be eligible, a student must be a resident of the State of Ohio and be enrolled in a public or chartered non-public high school. Additionally, they must be determined to be in the top 5% of their class. The student must graduate from high school on time (within one year of the point of eligibility determination) and enroll at a qualifying institution of higher education, as specified by law.