School district and high school staff are invited to submit nominations for exceptional graduating seniors to be nationally recognized at the 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Established in 1964, the program continues to be among the nation’s highest honors awarded to high school students.
Wyoming will nominate up to ten male and ten female students for the general nomination, and five students for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) nomination from the pool of nominees submitted by district and high school faculty.
A qualified nominee is a high school senior that either exemplifies outstanding academic excellence (general nomination), or mastery of Career and Technical Education (CTE nomination). To be eligible, nominees must graduate from January to August 2025, and be U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents who attend public, parochial, or independent school, or are homeschooled.
Learn more about nomination eligibility here. Find CEEB code link here.
2025 Selection Timeline
- November 15 – Wyoming nomination closes.
- December – State recommendations submitted to program.
- January 2025 – National candidates receive a letter of invitation to apply.
- February 2025 – Application deadline.
- April 2025 – Semifinalists announced.
- May 2025 – Presidential Scholars announced.
- June 2025 – Presidential Scholars Medallion ceremony, Washington, D.C.
For more information contact Madison Lacey, Teacher Leadership & Awards Consultant, at madison.lacey@wyo.gov or 307-777-6840.
