Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship Recipients 2014-Present

TASA established the Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship in 2013-14 to honor and provide financial assistance to outstanding doctoral students pursuing careers in educational leadership, with particular emphasis on the superintendency.

2021 Scholarship Recipients

Cicely Alexander and Michelle Rinehart are to be honored as recipients of the 2021 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship at the 2021 TASA Midwinter Conference. Alexander, executive principal/executive director of Lubbock ISD’s Lubbock Partnership Network in-district charter, is working toward her doctorate in educational leadership at Texas Tech University. Rinehart is a full-time student working toward her doctorate in education leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).

Scholarship Recipients 2014-Present