Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) has named Mesa Flippo of Geary, Aspen Kelly of Watonga, and Karysa Meade of Calumet as the Bill and Elois Muncy Memorial Scholars for Academic Year 2023-2024.
Bill and Elois Muncy Scholars each receive a scholarship award from the Bill and Elois Muncy Memorial Scholarship Fund.
All three scholarship recipients are Freshmen at SWOSU.
The Bill and Elois Muncy Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 2015 by their children — Mike Muncy, SWOSU Class of 1977, of Oklahoma City, and Jayne Muncy Hackworth, of Centennial, Colorado. The fund benefits SWOSU students from the Geary, Watonga, Calumet, and Greenfield areas.
Bill and Elois Muncy were educated in Hinton. Bill was a year ahead of Elois in school, and together the two took every math class offered them. Bill wanted to go to college but could not afford it, so after graduation he went to work at his uncle’s farm at Geary. They understood the value of education and were always reading and learning. They always said, “Once you learn it, it’s yours for life.”
The Muncys were proud to sponsor National Honor Society students at Geary High School, believing sincerely induction into the National Honor Society was as important as making the football team. For many years, the Muncys delighted in regularly treating the honor society students to a steak dinner and a night of bowling in Weatherford. The Muncys were quiet benefactors of several students from the Geary area who could not have otherwise afforded college expenses.
The Bill and Elois Muncy Memorial Scholarship Fund is stewarded by the SWOSU Foundation, Inc. The Foundation was established in 1977 to promote philanthropy, award scholarships, and distribute funds to support the activities and programs of SWOSU. For more information about the Bill and Elois Muncy Memorial Scholarship Fund or any SWOSU Foundation funds, please contact 580-774-3267 or visit www.SWOSUFoundation.com.