Batesville’s Wesley Gwaltney, a senior majoring in creative media production at Arkansas State University, is the 2018 recipient of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Marvin Vines Memorial Scholarship. The award was announced at the College of Media and Communications Student Honors Banquet, Wednesday, April 11.
Gwaltney is the son of Sandra and Woodrow Gwaltney and expects to graduate in May 2019 with a 3.56 overall grade point average (GPA) and 3.6 GPA in his major. He has been named to the Chancellor’s and Dean’s Lists for academic achievement and was inducted in the A-State Honors College.
His extra-curricular activities include working as an ESPN3 crew member for the Sun Belt Conference Women’s Soccer Championship and Sun Belt Indoor Track and Field Championship, both in Alabama. He plans to pursue a career in television or radio sports broadcasting.
Arkansas Farm Bureau endows the scholarship, which honors the memory of Marvin Vines, farm director for more than 25 years at Little Rock radio station KAAY. Since 1980, it’s been awarded annually to a broadcast major at A-State.
In addition to the Vines scholarship, Gwaltney has also received the A-State Pride Scholarship.
Welsey Gwaltney / Image via Arkansas Farm Bureau
“In a way, Mr. Vines’ story lives on through me,” Gwaltney said. “There are great accomplishments, great people represented through some of these scholarships and nothing instills more pride in me than to carry on their dreams. I hope my work ethic demonstrates my appreciation.”
